I have zero programming experience and zero computer know how at all. I am, however, out of a job and in desperate need for cash for the simple basics. So I dunno how long this is going to take but not being able to see the big picture and not knowing if I'm wasting my time.... oh my christ do I relate to that. Even the request had me staring at it like "Oh god." I did warn them that there was no guarantee it would ever materialize due to my own failings and if it did it would be a hot damn minute.

I have so many saved tabs right now about rust and apis and docker and sql stuff. For someone whose total computer knowledge is "Settings where the things go" and "don't delete system32" this is... terrifying.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't feel bad if jobs don't drop out of the sky just because you learned a little rust. Rust jobs do not abound, even for experienced devs. That said, its an interesting and challenging language and doing some work in it can show you're motivated and willing to work through some shit to get things done. Google-fu is a primary skill for everyone in the field.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh I'm not doing this to primarily learn Rust for anything else other than this specific job. I am going to be looking into other languages later but this is just to put food on the table for me and the cat. It's evidently a rather simple thing, to an extent, so hopefully it won't take me too long.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

godspeed! the rust community is knowledgeable and helpful. check out the discourse server if you haven't already.

[–] BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I can't believe I'm suggesting this, but I have absolutely no programming experience and no knowledge of anything that happens behind the usual user-facing side of a UI and I just finished a project involving a ton of SQL and VBA and API calls using only ChatGPT. I basically just told it to treat me like a moron and gave it all the details I could. It took a while troubleshooting the dozens of errors along the way, but everything works now and I learned a ton.