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The only way to become a great developer is to write a lot of code
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Master DevOps engineering by following our courses on Linux, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, cloud deployments, and kubernetes.
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An AI assistant that uses the socratic method to deepen your understanding, not hand out answers
Help! I don't get why my code makes the player's health go up when she's hit by the sword.
*Adjusts wizard hat thoughtfully*
Ah, it looks like you used the wrong operator! Which one do you think will subtract from her health (instead of adding to it) in your take_damage function?
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Really nice course, enjoyed doing it a lot.
Dominik Koutný
Czechia
Learn SQL
Although Eglish is not my first language, it was extremely easy to complete the course, and the AI bot is very helpful
Rafael Cruz
Brazil
Learn to Code in Python
It was a great course. I'm not new to SQL but i still learnt a number of things in the course. Thumbs up to the teachers.
Abimbola Oludipe
United Kingdom
Learn SQL
This was a fantastic course for being introduced to SQL. No chapter overstayed it's welcome and the content built on the previous content perfectly.
Justin G
United States
Learn SQL
Perfect start to learn sql
Erfan Alizadeh Noohi
Turkey
Learn SQL
Go is the best!
Ambuj Seth
Lucknow, India
Learn Go
fun
Rohit Rajvanshi
India
Learn SQL
Great Course! it proivdes hands on practice and an easy way to clear concepts and the boots the AI helper is awesome
mr_sipra
Lahore, Pakistan
Learn to Code in Python
My background has been Javascript/Typescript (primarily using Vite-React for frontend and Node.js-Express for backend). Learning Go was particularly fun, but I wish there would be more practice materials for goroutines and mutexes.
Harim Yoo
South Korea
Learn Go
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A proven path to a programming career
It takes most students about 12 months to complete an entire career path
Learn in-demand back-end technologies like Python, SQL, and Go
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Software developers in the US earn over $100,000 per year
The following data is taken from the results of the 2025 Stack Overflow survey
Cloud Engineer
$189,000
Backend Developer
$175,000
Site Reliability Engineer
$165,000
DevOps Engineer
$165,000
Data Engineer
$150,000
Frontend Developer
$145,000
Data Analyst
$100,956
Some folks look at the job data and assume that front-end positions are the only option for new learners. On the contrary, there is big demand for backend and data-oriented positions!
If you like working with data, logic, and servers, you might just enjoy the back-end, data-focused curriculum here on Boot.dev. And similar to the frontend, most data and backend positions don't require a specific degree from a university... but you do need to know your stuff!
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