--- # Training and Education --- ## Don't pay! --- Thanks to the government's ***Skills Bootcamp*** programme, there are a number of free courses in cloud engineering, data engineering, software development and related fields. --- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-skills-bootcamp --- - A lot of these offerings are online. - Some are part-time, some are full-time. - Mileage varies. Shop around. --- ## Apprenticeships are great if you can get them --- Get paid to learn! What's not to like. --- ## The other options --- ## Paid coding bootcamps --- Just don't do it. --- ## University - Undergraduate degrees - Master's conversion degrees --- ## A quick word about generative AI --- ChatGPT, GitHub Co-pilot and similar tools are changing our industry. A lot of software developers are already using them. They are already making some of us more productive. --- LLMs are an opportunity for people wanting to get into the industry. Embrace them! --- ## Advertisement --- If you are interested in any software engineering fields and you are London based, join the Founders and Coders community, join our Discord server, come to meetups. ---