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How To Choose a Good Course ?

Ayman — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 01:37:00 +0000

While it is known that we are living in the age of "online learning" and information age, there is still a lack and shortage of good resources for real learning. Without too much talking, here are my tips:

1- Avoid courses with big titles:

Yes, any course that will teach you in 24 minutes or will teach you to be a "guru" will end you up with depression and false info about how the learning process goes!

2- Avoid creators who create courses about everything:

Yes, I saw many creators make courses about anything and everything. Imagine someone who is teaching German and Italian and French and all Babel languages!
This type of people mainly take these courses thing as a source of "passive and easy to earn income."

3- Watch intro and try to make an investigation like an FBI agent:

And don't forget to read the negative reviews about it.

4- Read reviews and search, but don't trust:

Since many are there just as affiliate links or a cheap advertisement.

5- Try to get a new fresh one but not always:

Many of the best courses I have taken were really old "but gold," and because they were great, I gained good info and understanding to keep up with newer parts. "For example, Angela Yu Flutter course is old, but it was so great that I could overcome obstacles that I found." But in bad courses, once you get stuck, you will find out how shallow info you got!

Thanks for reading :)

The truth behind online courses

Ayman — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:15:14 +0000

This is not going to be an article, I will just put down some facts in case you are getting it wrong:

1- First: A documentation is written about something.

2- Second: Some people read documentations and write books.

3- Some other people read those books and make the screencasts [the video courses] for you!

Those courses people mostly make their living from course making, not from real programming.
And there is no such a "guru" who does all those projects and masters all those things, it is a copy/paste mastery.

Unlike writing books (which means and leads to some good traits in a person like being precise and patient), recording a device's screen requires nothing and anyone who understands nothing can create a course to be a YouTube guru!

In any course, keep in your mind always the (context of a job or interview) or simply your goal. If you learn, for example, "git" I think you don't need more than some little commands.

Once you finish a course in any field (programming or digital marketing or whatever), try to make something real and you will hit the real-world problems. The earlier you do that, the earlier you will get rid of online courses addiction.

Problem Solving , Reality vs CS

Ayman — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:25:45 +0000

One of the most important benefits of writing is making you think of every word and being precise. What is the relationship with problem solving? Nothing, keep reading!

Since the users of this site are developers, I would like to
talk about the thing called (problem solving) because it is what seniors always advise juniors about, like saying "learn and focus on problem solving." I remember when I was really that total beginner, I was always wondering:
“Is there another hidden type of problem solving that I don't know?” And what kind of (problem solving) do they make geeky contests for?
I really don’t like this ‘geeky’ vibe but let's keep on.

Over time with learning and reading, I reached to a conclusion which is what this article is all about, but let's start with some points:

1- There is a “computational” thinking and “computational” problem solving, those are related to real life but not always. No one adds this ‘computational’ word because:

2- Unfortunately, most people repeat to others what they heard or were taught without thinking about it.

3- Nowadays this computational problem solving is like IQ tests. If you think of it as a measurement, then you should know that people study IQ questions, question styles, and memorize them.

So if you are a ‘computational’ problem solver, you are not necessarily a real-life problem solver. There is a big difference.

Just let me tell you a final word (conclusion, I guess): mixing technology with something real, whether it is commerce or the medical field or whatever, is the best thing you can do if you really want to be helpful or a real problem solver. Otherwise, I don't think you are a problem solver!
Finding max value in a list might help you in your interview, but it is not solving any real problem.