Hey everyone, I’m Chris, and I’m excited to launch Carline Dad Codes! This is the place for anyone who wants to become a pro web developer in their spare time – no pricey degrees or bootcamps required. Whether you’re waiting in the school carline (like me), sneaking in code after the kids are asleep, or just looking to level up your skills, you’re in the right spot.A bit about me: I’m 37, a husband, dad to four awesome kids, and a professional web developer since 2017. I landed my first dev job before finishing my Bachelor’s in Multimedia Design & Development, but here’s the kicker – I used to work as a Financial Aid Advisor at DeVry University. I saw firsthand how crazy expensive college is and how it’s often overkill for breaking into web development. Companies today care about skills, not degrees. That’s why I started this community: to teach you the real-world skills to land a dev job, without the massive price tag. Think of it as focused, hands-on training to get you job-ready, not some fluffy generalized theory. Here's what Carline Dad Codes is all about: - Hands-on learning: Expect practical, project-based courses in the Skool Classroom to build real websites and apps. - Live coding sessions: I love jumping on Zoom to work through problems together, screen sharing and all, so you can see how it’s done. - Mentorship & community: Whether you’re a grade-schooler with big coding dreams, a high school grad, or switching careers, you’ll find support from beginners and seasoned coders sharing their nuggets of wisdom. This isn’t a stuffy classroom – it’s a crew of coders sharpening our skills and having some fun along the way. My style? Laid-back but blunt. We’ll keep it real, focused, and get stuff done.Let’s Get Started! Jump into the Skool Classroom to start your self-paced learning journey with courses designed to take you from zero to job-ready. Then, drop a comment below and introduce yourself – tell us who you are, what you’re coding (or want to code), and what brought you here. Can’t wait to meet you and start building this community together!Happy coding,

Over the past year or two, there has been an increase in what AI can do for you. At first, it was just for generating goofy memes that half the time made no sense. Now, it can generate pretty realistic video clips, do research in seconds and kind of code for you. Here's the reason why I say, "kind of" code. In order to understand, why AI won't be taking over coding jobs anytime soon, you have to understand how AI gets its knowledge. AI parses through the ENTIRE world wide web for its information. That means, it gets the good, the bad and the ugly examples of code. In my experience, unless you have someone ONLY feeding an AI good coding standards for every single coding language, it's going to be really hard to use AI for coding and be consistent with quality code. This is why you need to understand the coding language you are using the AI for, because you are going to need to fix the code along the way. In the few times that I have used AI to code something, it was great for initially setting up a project, but after that, the process of coding with AI versus me coding the same thing is almost exactly the same. So moving forward, learn how to code and you will still have a job because machines can only do so much for you before you need human intervention.