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You become good by spending long amounts of time on your computer, sometimes for 12 hours a day. It is a lonely and solitary activity.
by 0x8BADF00D 7y ago
You become good by spending long amounts of time on your computer, sometimes for 12 hours a day. It is a lonely and solitary activity.
- pizza 7y ago"Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody want to lift no heavy-ass weights." - Ronnie Coleman
- isodude 7y agoHaving a good tutor helps alot. It's like having a multiple added to the grinding effect.
- voltagex_ 7y agoSome of the best coders I know are 9-5ers, with busy lives outside of anything to do with computers. I understand where you're coming from but this is also a harmful mindset for anyone coming into the profession - I have been careful to emphasise to the people I'm tutoring to not make my mistakes and sacrifice life outside of work in the pursuit of "better" coding skills.
- p1esk 7y agoBest coders I know became good at coding long before they started working.
- amatecha 7y agoSolitary, sure, but definitely not lonely! I got my 120wpm+ typing speed by chatting for hours and hours with friends online :)
- gwd 7y agoTo be fair, long amounts of time practicing is how you get to be a really good musician, or basketball player, or skateboarder, or anything. But that doesn't preclude practicing in the same general area as other people with similar interests. And even if you end up practicing for 4 hours a day entirely by yourself, there are still 12 other waking hours you can spend doing things with other people.