If you've been following tech twitter over the years you would be already familiar with tweets like this (A thread 🧵):
We can see a pattern here and a long time ago, I used to do the same thing on twitter for the same exact reason they do(for engagement purposes).
These resources are not something you cannot find on the internet, Anyone who knows how to google can find the same exact resources if they want to learn some new programming language or a framework. If you've been in this field for some time, you might be tired of hearing these same resources again and again.
The reason I hate these tweets is because it gives beginners the false idea that programming is something you can learn by digesting some resources you found online. And Trust me, these content creator themselves haven't tried half of the resources they have mentioned. They give such a false idea of all the tech you need to know and be on top of, they are constantly jumping to the latest thing talking about how it would change everything. Makes you feels so behind when you work a regular job with the same old out of date code. They live in fantasy projects not real world projects. No matter how much I block these "engagement bait tweets", the twitter algorithm pushes these into my feed again 😪.
The Truth is Programming is hard and it will take time and it's ok. I am not here to discourage you in any way. If you want to learn to code, the best thing you can do is, get off twitter and write some code. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
How to be a twitter NPC? (A Thread 🧵)
There is a pretty simple formula to grow your tech twitter account:
1 - Tweet at least 20 times a day (at least 10 of them should be threads 🧵🧵🧵🧵)
2 - Respond to other people's threads 🧵 with positivity and encouragement like this:
3 - Most importantly, don't forget to create lists with resources for developers
So, in conclusion, this is what your feed should look like:
Top comments (19)
"And Trust me, these content creator themselves haven't tried half of the resources they have mentioned." So true! Well said! 💖
In my opinion it makes ppl feel constantly behind and burn out, because we assume "they already know it I should keep up". 😵
It's like using photoshop at instagram, giving ppl unrealistic goal they compare to (leading to depression).
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Yeah exactly. This was one of the main reasons I left Tech Twitter 2 years ago.
Saying that someone can "learn to code" with a bunch of disjointed online resources is naive at best and dangerous at worst.
Great decision 🙌
Exactly. 👌
Yes, this same pattern I've noticed a lot 😂😂 even LinkedIn is also there with posts like this.
Sadly, next gen LLMs will give rise to more stuff like this. Anyone has suggestions for better sources for tech stuff?
Well, we got Dev.to 😄😄
Bro you forgot about people who switched careers into tech and suddenly became thought leaders who conveniently are available for paid mentoring sessions despite having hardly any practical experience themselves.
Don't forget that the most tweets are JS concentrated. Twitter devs have unrealistic landscape, People forget that other languages exists.
I've included commonly used words in the muted word list to filter out these course sellers. I just wish muted words could be applied beyond the home timeline.
The amount of times I have to block these tweets is unhealthy ☠️
i left twitter and it was the best thing that i ever did. Linkedin is upcoming next
Linkedin ☠️☠️
Twitter is the new Linkedin
The fact that now they are going to get paid for this 🥲
How to learn to code?
A Thread (🧵🧵🧵)
Just write some code
End of thread 🧵.
Psychologically, lists are really easy way to take in a lot of info. They're super useful framework. That being said, those threads on Twitter are super annoying haha
Soo true about twitter techies