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If you’re tired of tutorials and textbooks, it’s time to build something real. To learn anything well, you have to go beyond theory into practice; the toy examp
by ioblomov 4y ago
If you’re tired of tutorials and textbooks, it’s time to build something real. To learn anything well, you have to go beyond theory into practice; the toy examples of tutorials don’t count.
Pick a juicy problem to solve and program the solution. Write test coverage along the way. Once you get a satisfactory solution, polish the result, whether it’s the UI or refactoring, until it’s something you can be proud of. When that happens, it can be the subject of your next interview. Good luck!
- ryan-allen 4y agoI agree, build something. But I don't think it has to be anything too 'juicy', especially not at this stage. At this point I think it's about building something that will be a bit of a stretch but nothing too big that it's too difficult, too long, as that will only demoralise the poor person. In the past I've known people who found a little project for themselves, a couple of times I've had to provide make up project briefs because they were unable to come up with one of their own. I can think back on my own trajectory and the real stepping stones were the ones I was able to finish. The other advice is to try to join an IRL programming community like a local meet up, if they still exist in 2022.
- ioblomov 4y agoGood call on setting stretch goals: steady progress, maybe tempered by a little pain, would be ideal. Applies to all learning in general really.