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10 Tips For New Self-Taught Developers In Learning To Code - Advice From A Fellow Self-Taught Developer

Ayu Adiati on March 14, 2021

Hello Fellow Codenewbies and Self-Taught Developers 👋, As a self-taught developer, what are your challenges in learning? My biggest challenges as ...
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Christopher

Thank you for advice and your experience is very relatable.

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you for reading! 😄

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anthony-grear

If I get really stuck on a project, I'll go over and try to solve a Project Euler problem, hook up some components to an Arduino and build a simple display, or just do a couple hacker rank questions. The strategy here is to score a couple easy wins, give the difficult problem some time to rest in the brain. Then go tackle it a day or two later.

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Tyler Carroll

This strategy has gotten me out of many ruts!

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Ayu Adiati

Such a nice strategy!
Little wins could motivate us to tackle some more and move forward 😀

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Keith Price

I followed the same path as you in the beginning. Started with Python and I struggled through a course and there was just no spark for me. I tried a basic HTML and CSS course and I was instantly hooked.

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Ayu Adiati

high-five

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Sergey Golovin

Hi,
This is so much about me! Thank you for your post! I am on my self thought path right now and I'm learning .net and web dev. Despite all the frustrations at times, I am continuing in my learning because I like to code!

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you for reading! ☺
.NET is something that I would love to learn one day 😀
How do you find it so far?

Good to hear that you continue despite the frustrations.
Take some tiny breaks and keep moving forward 💪😃

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Jennifer Tieu

Hi, thank you so much for this! I’m currently trying to learn web development and I’m between the self taught route or a bootcamp, but the tips you’ve mentioned address what I’ve been struggling with in the self taught route. Might stick with the self taught route instead. Thanks again!

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you so much for reading!
I'm super happy that you find it useful! 😄
And good luck with your journey 💪

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Debra-Kaye Elliott

"Whenever I got confused and burnout, I tend to procrastinate for days even weeks to cool down" - This is me!

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Ayu Adiati

high five 😁😁😁

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Mafee7

Same strat

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seanbei

I'm learning Python now, 100daysofCode seems great!

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Ayu Adiati

Go try 100DaysofCode and build small habits of learning! 😄

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Maru

Thank you for writing this, these tips are very useful. I really needed the "Be kind to yourself" one 😌

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you for reading and I'm glad that you find them useful, Maru 😀
That part, I often remind myself too 😄

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you for reading, Jeff!
I'm happy if it helps! 😊
Wishing you a nice journey learning Rust!