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Discussion on: Learning to code so I can ditch my dead-end job, but I'm overwhelmed, under-rested, and my brain is full of bees. Plz halp?

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Jacob Staggs

My advice will not be as good as some of the veterans considering I am only been a full time dev for over 3 months. But I figured I would help you out with what I can.

First thing first, is your resume is important but if you do not know the material that you included then it will do you no good. So in my opinion hold off on working on your resume until you have a good grasp of the concepts that are included. Second would be to find time to learn stuff (Ex. Listen to podcasts/videos explaining concepts and how algorithms work while you are driving (Do not watch.. Just listen), getting ready, etc.)

As for the few multi hour chunks you do receive. Plan your schedule on what you want to learn and stick to it. Say you have 3 hours you could do like
-1 hour bootcamp
-1 hour of algorithms
-1 hour of a personal project

I always enjoyed making personal projects that I could use. I always seemed more eager to learn and more focused on the project if it was something I had value in. For example is that you could make an app that would help you schedule your time you have and would notify you when to switch up tasks and such.

Final bit of advice is, it is okay to not understand everything in one day. Take your time and as you slowly learn more you will start to understand stuff faster.

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JustinK

Thank you, Jacob. Some good advice here, I appreciate it!