Hi, Justin. I understand your feeling. Web dev is completely nuts currently and it would be very easy to be overwhelmed without direction. My recommendation is to really focus on one personal project. Reference videos as needed, but practice will get you up to speed faster than anything. Don't worry about your resume if your personal project is good it will serve you better than a well designed resume. Reach out for help when needed, and keep forging ahead with your personal project. This should unify your goals and reduce distractions and wasted time. You can practice the tech interview questions, but I think the practical experience you'll gain from your personal project will help you more. Try not to block things out in units of time if you can. I find that it interrupts your thoughts. When learning something complex I think it is better to learn in blocks of concepts rather than blocks of hours. Hope this speeds up your learning! Best of luck.
Thank you, Jarod. I definitely need to unify my goals. Interesting idea about learning in blocks of concepts rather than chunks of time. I think that might work well for me so I'm not so focused on the time. I appreciate it!
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Hi, Justin. I understand your feeling. Web dev is completely nuts currently and it would be very easy to be overwhelmed without direction. My recommendation is to really focus on one personal project. Reference videos as needed, but practice will get you up to speed faster than anything. Don't worry about your resume if your personal project is good it will serve you better than a well designed resume. Reach out for help when needed, and keep forging ahead with your personal project. This should unify your goals and reduce distractions and wasted time. You can practice the tech interview questions, but I think the practical experience you'll gain from your personal project will help you more. Try not to block things out in units of time if you can. I find that it interrupts your thoughts. When learning something complex I think it is better to learn in blocks of concepts rather than blocks of hours. Hope this speeds up your learning! Best of luck.
Thank you, Jarod. I definitely need to unify my goals. Interesting idea about learning in blocks of concepts rather than chunks of time. I think that might work well for me so I'm not so focused on the time. I appreciate it!
Awesome point about the "blocks of concepts" not "hours" 🔥🔥🔥