Coding is becoming an increasingly important skill in today's world. It's no longer just for tech professionals; anyone can benefit from learning how to code.
As Reshma Saujani says,
Learning to code is useful no matter what your career ambitions are.
Coding can help you work more efficiently, creatively, and independently. It can help you develop problem-solving skills, increase your earning potential, and open up new career opportunities.
In what other areas of work and life can we use coding practices? How have you applied coding practices in creative ways?
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Top comments (10)
To become good at programming, you must become good at learning.
For example you must have learnt one huge heavy task into small manageable chuncks,
you must have come to believe in your ability to learn new things.
Now being good at learning is the ultimate transferable skill.
For example I have also learnt 6 (non-programming) languages, 5 music instruments, different cultures, ...
And I know I'm not alone, I have friends who know a lot of stuff in a lot of domain.
We may not recognize it, but we programmers tend to be or become master learners.
This. I think every good programmer will at some point become really good at learning. It makes sense, since you constantly need to learn new technologies and concepts. It forces you to develop a very open-minded approach to things in life.
Bonjour Jean-Michel, I have a good question, do you think we can become good at programming by following YouTube tutorials even if we don't necessarily understand what's going on on our screen?
Yes but.
I think learning work best if you try multiple approaches, and select the ones that are most efficient and/or enjoyable.
What I would recommend is to try your ideas, find the coolest youtube livecoding session, and take as much inspiration from it as you can.
At some point though, you will plateau, realize you can't learn everything that way, you want to be more active, ...
That's the moment when you try something else.
Thanks so much for your feedback! I appreciate it.
As a fast learner, I noticed my ability to forget stuff quickly.
Write things down and it doesn't matter that you forget
--> obsidian.md/
ive learned everything i know from youtube. granted, i am still a beginner. but i'm confident i can be as good as any programmer in the field.
generally : you have critical thinking , logic , mathematical skills , modular thinking among others .
technically : tweaking your own tools , forking kernel and opensource , data science, playing with phones and customizing games .
that`s what I have so far .
ive been breaking things down when the task seems too much to handle. ex, recently had to fix a leak under the sink. intimidating so broke down the problem. where is the leak? which parts need to be replaced? which can be salvaged? what other parts do i need? then i gathered the parts and watched a couple youtube vids on replacing drains and tailpieces and applying plumber's putty. got it all done under an hr and only cost me 16bucks.
gives me the confidence that i can create full stack apps.
I'm fixing a shoulder impingement using this concept too.
I have always believed this idea that learning to code can actually help you in life.
There are plethora of benefits, one can gain from any skills they learn. Ultimately it depends on whether you are learning happily or with a pinch of reluctance.
Perspective is everything.