A Junior Developer getting my hands dirty in Software Development. I would like to document my learning journey here and open source everything that I am learning.
I am starting a coding bootcamp so I do have some prep material to finish. I am just trying to focus on those now instead of meta-learning. I think meta-learning (learning how to learn) is still beneficial but it should be a smaller part of my day.
If you lack direction, I think you can try just sticking to a curriculum, maybe freecodecamp or like you said create some simple projects that you'll ship.
I made an account just to reply to this post :) I feel people don't give as importance to meta-learning as it deserves, and it will be beneficial to anything you learn in the future and optimize your efficiency at doing so. Everyday I reap the benefits of the many hours I put into learning how to learn, I can simply look at a new language, architecture or framework, dive straight into the documentation and begin building exactly what I want. It is true that learning how to learn is neglected alot because it is quite uninteresting at first (in my case, I wasn't aware of what I was learning to learn until I reached the second year of my Bachelor Degree). But my way of developing involves spanning over multiple different stacks and concepts such as IoT, DevOps, Cloud, Blockchain, & Web Dev for example, so my meta-learning skills are a crucial aspect for me now. In short, The stronger you cover your foundations of Computer Science and understanding of how syntax is structured, what different types of programming there are, how thread management and operating systems work etc. All of this will ultimately make you confident enough to jump right into whatever it is you want todo.
A Junior Developer getting my hands dirty in Software Development. I would like to document my learning journey here and open source everything that I am learning.
I do find meta-learning useful in a lot of ways. As the adage goes weeks of working can save you hours of planning, same goes with meta-learning.
However I do feel like in a lot of cases meta-learning feels more effortless compared to actual learning, and especially the kind of meta-learning by scrolling through articles online rather than diving into codes, watching Thomas Frank/Ali Abdaal videos on 'how to be more productive' on YouTube. This naturally drives up our ratio of meta-learning vs learning.
At the end of the day, I feel like meta-learning (learning about career strategies, productivity hacks etc.) is crucial for your development, but maybe it should cover 10% of your total learning time rather than 90%. (In my experience, I can be sucked into learning how to learn and productivity hacks for hours without actually doing the learning, which is kind of counterproductive)
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I am starting a coding bootcamp so I do have some prep material to finish. I am just trying to focus on those now instead of meta-learning. I think meta-learning (learning how to learn) is still beneficial but it should be a smaller part of my day.
If you lack direction, I think you can try just sticking to a curriculum, maybe freecodecamp or like you said create some simple projects that you'll ship.
Happy coding!
I made an account just to reply to this post :) I feel people don't give as importance to meta-learning as it deserves, and it will be beneficial to anything you learn in the future and optimize your efficiency at doing so. Everyday I reap the benefits of the many hours I put into learning how to learn, I can simply look at a new language, architecture or framework, dive straight into the documentation and begin building exactly what I want. It is true that learning how to learn is neglected alot because it is quite uninteresting at first (in my case, I wasn't aware of what I was learning to learn until I reached the second year of my Bachelor Degree). But my way of developing involves spanning over multiple different stacks and concepts such as IoT, DevOps, Cloud, Blockchain, & Web Dev for example, so my meta-learning skills are a crucial aspect for me now. In short, The stronger you cover your foundations of Computer Science and understanding of how syntax is structured, what different types of programming there are, how thread management and operating systems work etc. All of this will ultimately make you confident enough to jump right into whatever it is you want todo.
Thanks for your reply!
I do find meta-learning useful in a lot of ways. As the adage goes weeks of working can save you hours of planning, same goes with meta-learning.
However I do feel like in a lot of cases meta-learning feels more effortless compared to actual learning, and especially the kind of meta-learning by scrolling through articles online rather than diving into codes, watching Thomas Frank/Ali Abdaal videos on 'how to be more productive' on YouTube. This naturally drives up our ratio of meta-learning vs learning.
At the end of the day, I feel like meta-learning (learning about career strategies, productivity hacks etc.) is crucial for your development, but maybe it should cover 10% of your total learning time rather than 90%. (In my experience, I can be sucked into learning how to learn and productivity hacks for hours without actually doing the learning, which is kind of counterproductive)