This is slightly painful reading. As someone on the periphery of coding I've been stuck in that loop for years that are rapidly approaching a decade. I think m

This is slightly painful reading. As someone on the periphery of coding I've been stuck in that loop for years that are rapidly approaching a decade. I think more than just doing these things it's vitally important to have people around you that you can ask questions to. While I'm sure there are some autodidacts who can make do with an IRC channel and google I've only ever had things stick when there's a real life person in the room I can keep on asking dumb questions to.