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| Ask HN: I am busy with too many things at once | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2015 | 282 points by mannimow | productivity | original thread | | ||
Hi NH. A couple of years ago I realised I was a mediocre programmer. After 5 years of work experience with unfinished degree I knew only one language (php of all...) and some good practices on a surface level. I set that for change. For 2 years I studied in my spare time, learned a bit of Java, go, clojure, learned some fundamentals and good practices classics (gang of four, DRY) started reading blogs and following the industry. Except, it's too much. I realised I am into too many things. I know a bit of everything, but not too many things well. I want to study data science, maths, devops and find that my desire is driven by fear of becoming outdated and irrelevant. I would appreciate a piece of advise on managing the learning process, get the joy of tinkering back and conquering the anxiety of ever changing rules to the game. Thank you. | ||
| 2 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| jeremonda Jul 5, 2015 | on: Ask HN: Do companies accept self-taught programmers? | context |
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olalonde Jul 19, 2015 | on: Ask HN: How do I stay motivated to learn? | context
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TL;DR --> You can find programming jobs flooding on the internet 24/7/365. If you have confidence in your skill, theoretically speaking, you'll get a job in an hour or less. Just search for "freelance programming jobs online".
Learning C++ course on college may not do much to enhancing your problem solving capabilities in programming because when the classes are not fun itself (as you mentioned), I can assure you that you will not learn much but detest the programming classes itself and I regret to tell you this but you may end up renouncing programming itself, which you just said you want a job in. Albert Einstein said that after a year or more of mind-numbing classes in highschool that did nothing to excite his creative potential, he found that the same scientific concepts that fascinated him in the past felt utterly distasteful for almost a year when he entered college.
Finally, after reading half of the Internet's how-to on "how to code" and "how to be a skilled programmer", one answer was always common in all of them:
- THINK OF AN IDEA AND WORK ON IT.
They mention that if you don't have a purpose to learn to code, you shouldn't learn to code at all. So, let me link to eye-opening articles that debunk the myths of programming I found in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9823985.
- http://fourhourworkweek.com/2013/11/03/productivity-hacks/ - http://blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code/ - http://norvig.com/21-days.html - http://www.invokemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/venndi...
When you build apps or websites that do something you wanted, only then you gain the confidence and skill to work for others on their projects, isn't it? And that time will come when you will be overwhelmed by the number of jobs you can apply to. So, "no skill, no job". :-)