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Discussion on: That hard times while learning to code in college and how I was advised by a senior

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Martin Malinowski • Edited

I 100% agree, I am also a student right now and most of the things that I have to learn are outdated. For example I just had test on Java Faces... now I am working on small college assignment where I have to build SOAP API. Everyone who finished the college said that I will learn everything once I find a job. College is just the paper and off course they teach you programming basics. I am learning the most from doing side projects, think about something that you have interested in, write down ideas for the project, choose one and start it. Don’t think about what you can program or not, just start the project and slowly slowly build it. It might take 1 day or 3 months to complete, the point is that by the end of the project you will have more knowledge. I am also doing project based on youtube tutorials, I follow the video, then I am trying to make my own version, and then I am trying to build something on top of that.