While learning to code, What limits have you had in the past and how did you overcome them?
- I keep bouncing from one language to another. Solution: Pick something and get good at it.
- I'm too old. Solution: Just get started. You are going to get older whether you try or not.
- I tried this tech stuff once before and failed myself into depression. Solution: Find the courage to take the risk and just get started.
- There's not enough time. Solution: Stay up late, get up early, remove distractions, use a family member as a taskmaster.
- It's just too much to remember. Solution: Use digital flash cards, have someone quiz you, and build small projects until certain concepts sink into muscle memory
- My limits are creating beautiful products. Solution: Practice makes perfect.
- Doing talks at meetup. Solution: Attend meetups
- Writing correct English grammar has been a major limitation. Solution: Write blog posts and get feedback.
- Not having someone around who knew how to code in K-12 school. Solution: Consistency = Success
- I try not to spend 'too much' time researching things that aren't helping me to complete actual work.
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Top comments (7)
Years ago, when I was enrolled in my first OOP course in community college, I distinctly remember that as my programs grew I found myself being less productive over longer periods of time. It wasn't obvious at the time, but I now know it was largely due to the fact that my code had no tests. I was making changes to various classes so that I could implement the next spec in the assignment, but was not taking into account the various places those code changes would affect. This lead me to throwing a lot of time away by chasing down bugs in parts of my code that were previously working just fine.
The solution? Unit testing! Sadly none of these beginner courses I was taking covered unit testing, and, now that I think about it, it's a bit mind-boggling how little testing was covered in any programming courses I have taken over the years...
Within my local tech community, that is one of the most repeated limits. It doesn't matter if someone has a university, boot camp, or is self-taught background; testing is barely covered. I hope in the future this gets better as the industry demands this skill.
I don't want to pay, not knowing the rational price for DevOps, nor knowing whether it will pay-off in return.
Now I am OK with a little paying for education and Pay-As-You-Go, but I am really concerned about fixed price, like $5 or $10 / month.
BTW, both Google and Microsoft (Azure) gives $200 for new accounts for 1 year. DigitalOcean gives $100 for 2 months.
I understand your frustration. There is so much to learn and not all resources are create equal. A better format is if a resource is good, then the user decides to pay for it. The better a resource, the more money the author will make.
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