Stop wasting time when you're learning to code!

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1. don't learn things randomly  2. don't try to learn everything all at once but focus on learning one thing at a time. 3. be an active learner  4. don't just memorize stuff 5. build stuff

Just two words: “do projects” You’ll spend ages on the project as a beginner. This will naturally lead you to re-read the concepts again and again fixing your errors, troubleshooting, and not only trying to understand but also how to use what you understood and BEHOLD by the time you finish the project: 1- you feel great sense of accomplishment 2- you’ll have practical experience 3- you’ll have a project for your portfolio. 4- subconsciously you’ll know how to apply what you have learnt - you’ll be more intuitive. 5- you won’t have to memorise anything, doing is the best process of memorising. 6- if you need a revision, you’ll just review your project instead of re watching hours and hours of videos and get stuck in Tutorial hell. 7- Reduces imposter syndrome later on

project courses have been the most effective way to learn so far. The start is always confusing (and sometimes overwhelming) as you have to utilize and expand all the stuff you've learned in individual courses but it's worth it !

Thanks for sharing and being so genuine in your care. It's not everyone on YouTube that has the sensibility to see how afflicting the myriad of info can be. I was feeling like I had gone off the rails with my training. I see now that I truly haven't gone so far astray. Eager to keep going.

Tip 5. Building my own personal projects allowed me to retain knowledge and expand it. This channel does a great job assisting beginners to develop a structured approach to coding.

It's all about persistance. The first website I ever built was simply awful to look at, and I was paranoid about every single line of code, thinking "am i doing this right? is this good practice?" But over time you learn on your mistakes and gradually get better and better with each project, just start simple

What I needed to hear: “learn one thing at a time.” I’m paraphrasing a bit, but I do think this is where I end up burning out every time. Trying to split my time between too many learning projects.

I actually enjoyed this. I feel like I can do this if I try to motivate myself. Taking one step at a time and trying to make sure I can do it. I really need to push myself a little more though. Thank you so much!

Great advice all around. I especially liked the bit about going through a section of a course/book and then trying to rebuild the examples by yourself without any outside help. That not only helps reinforce the material in a big way, it also keeps you from plowing through stuff without really absorbing anything.

it makes so sense, when her says: 'code is not a collection of abstract facts'', this remind me when i'm studying mathematics(Real analysis, abstract algebra, linear algebra and etc).

All I can say is thank you for this video and others you put out. I'm refreshing my software dev knowledge and learning lots of new things and it's been overwhelming. I've watched three videos of yours so far including the How to Stay Motivated one and I feel like I can do this. I just need to set smaller goals and be more realistic about timelines. Thank you again! 🙂

This is a great video! I got stuck in analysis paralysis when I first began coding, trying to figure the best path to start and which language to start with. Once, I decided to just pick Java and stick with it, I progressed faster than I thought I could and everything I learned has helped me to now begin learning another language.

Knowledge bombs! This stuff is so key to sustaining progress in the long run and not getting overwhelmed. A quote I love that this reminded of is "Complexity is the enemy of execution".

Ever since I started watching Your videos I stopped wasting my time going through different lessons. Now I'm able to build my own projects by myself because of your channel. Keep posting new videos 😊

As always, thanks for the applicable tips! You've put so much passion into making your channel helpful and inspiring.

You actually pointed out the real problems that I am facing. Thank you for this content.

Great video! I earned my B.S. in Computer Science back in 1990, and it's AMAZING how coding practices & techniques has changed over the years! I have been in the IT industry over 30 years, and recently been learning more web-based programming! Feels like I'm relearning programming from a different angle than of the old school languages of years ago! I have to remember during the old era we coded everything (functions and all) from scratch, now with libraries it's more like "drop & drag" into coding! 😂

After finishing a long course, taking notes when revising it again - helped me a lot. Such notes proved very handy for me.

Whenever i feel like quitting..i just come here to your channel and watch or rewatch your video and it helps me to regain my confidence and keep pushing forward...thank you❤