How I Would Learn To Code (If I Could Start Over)

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I started coding when I was 31 and started earning money after 1 year of the dedication to it. It's not that hard considering the amount of learning resources you have access to these days

As someone who did struggle for 1 year to learn, I had to come here to say: the best way to learn are newbie friendly books. They are detailed, well written. Avoid complicated tutorials for now. Focus on learning your first language and everything else will be much easier once you learn. Edit: For those asking, the books that made me learn were Javascript In Less Than 50 Pages and Head First Javascript Programming.

I watched this video 6 months ago. I am now applying to jobs and internships with a lot of knowledge in Python, SQL, and I’m working on my second full stack project in Flask! Don’t give up. It’s a wild, hard, and super fun time!!

I like how his example of uses for a beginner learning python is all this stuff that a beginner would have no clue about. It's like most programmers I've seen can't understand what MOST people do and do not know. It's why it's so hard to START learning anything. You start watching a video and it's like "okay today we're going to be going over the basics, like inverse multiplied overflow stacked functions. But don't worry, you won't need to know how to make authenticated red line hash string radicals yet, but it's nice if you know turbo scrolled function table manipulations." Like dude, I literally don't even know what program to start writing things in, or what words and symbols do what, or how ANY of this works.

I'm a senior software engineer, and I've been mentoring people on how to start or hone their programming skills as beginners. I have to say, this video is an excellent summary of the main concepts. I like the time you dedicated to the engineering "mindset", and your presentation style was energetic and informative. I think I'll start linking people to this video :). Well done!

This is an excellent video. Full of sound advice. I have just hung up my professional keyboard after 42 years. I coded in IBM assembler for >25 years, then C, C++, Perl, Python, shells etc. I hope anyone considering programming gets to see this as it neatly summarises what is often learned through trial and error. Nice job.

This went from beginners friendly to Google-level professional in like .5seconds

Im 35 and just started learning html today in a free online coding curriculum. I wanted to give you props on the video, it deserves all the love it's getting. I would like to point out my favorite things about this video. 1. Your voice is very clear and efficient 2. you don't waste time with non-sense 3. NOT ONCE did you mention "liking" or "subscribing" which is why I did it. 4. Your sincere, heartfelt words of encouragement are phenomenal. You truly mean it, and you did well in showing it. A+ video man, you're my new role model.

one of these days i am going to seriously try to learn how to code. today is not that today. however, until that day arrives, this video will be inside my watch later.

Thanks for posting this! I just turned 50 a few months ago and am one step closer to changing my life for the better and learning how to write code thanks to your video. I know I can do this!!

You're speaking to new people in a language for experienced coders bro

Just started my journey last year, thank you for sharing this info, it really helps a lot!

I'd been contemplating giving up on being a software engineer. This video made me realize I've learned more than half of the basics in just five months. I've come too far to give up. Thank you for sharing!🙂

Dude I am just starting out/planning my start and this is an EXCELLENT video, really a standout bit of content from a whole day of reading and viewing

I love the tools you provided here that I haven’t seen in many other walkthroughs! Thank you so much for your personal experience and knowledge that allowed you to include this info! You’re awesome!!

Hey man just wanna say thank you. I'm in a place where it's learn or die. I can't do factory work anymore (body's breaking down), I'm too young for help, and don't know what to do. For me it's learn this, or put an end to the pain. This video is beyond helpful in figuring out how to get started, and I just wanted to thank you.

I am 70 and retired now. I taught myself "C" when K&R first released the book. I was lucky and stumbled upon a PDP1144 with a great Admin who was learning C as well and got a login to his BSD Unix system and later Ultrix. I sought a job asa system engineer on one of the first cell phone systems and C was a big asset gettinng the job as I could use C to interface the cell switched to anything. Over the years I learned C++ and later C#. Also Python, and Java. Also Modula 2, Lisp, and ADA for fun. I made a living doing what they said couldnt be done like interfacing a syncronous IBM billing system with an AIX machine annd converting fioes from one format to another. I wrote the first prepaid cellular app and how to pull usage data off cell systems and input to Excrl and even Lotus years ago to predict trends. Your video was right on the msrk.,also wrote one of the first touch screen drivers in C. Thanks for te advice for new wannabe programmers.

This is really really good! Thanks a lot Namanh. You literally addressed every single doubt and barrier I as having in my mind and were even more kind to share all of those resources in the description. Earned a sub for sure! Can't wait to see more of your videos now :)

Dude, this is the best coding advice I've come across in a long time. I've been coding for 30 years but hit burnout over the last two years suffering brain fog at best, collapse of important projects at worst. This video just set me a refresh path and given me some enthusiasm for getting back on track. Thanks