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📘 Study tips from a Computer Science student

yusufcodes on August 17, 2019

Introduction After completing the first two years of studying my bachelor's in Computer Science, achieving a first class so far, I thoug...
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Bernardo Bessa

When you talk about the importance of having a plan, I would complement with the consideration of the right place to study. Of course, it depends from person to person, but a clean and focused workspace has lots of interest to avoid surronding "noise".
As a student too, I think your suggestions are very accurate and flexible to anyone.

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yusufcodes

This is a really good tip! Finding that perfect spot can make a difference. Thanks for adding on here :)

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vicversa • Edited

Hi, I’m Victor, I’m a beginner. I hope to learn from the experts and also my fellow learners here!
I’m interested in Backend Dev and Cloud.
Thanks Yusuf for the insight. I wish to meet you one on one someday.

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yusufcodes

Hey Victor👋🏽, thank you for reading my post😊

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Mike Ekkel

Wonderful read :). I recently got my bachelor's degree in UX / UI design and while there was a fair bit of studying to do, it mostly revolved around actually doing to learn the things you need. See with your own eyes what happens when you do X with Y etc.

After that I decided to capitalise on the technical side of my degree. I went the programming route, got my first front-end job a couple months back and decided to start learning something I've really wanted to learn for a good while on the side of my job: Swift.

I started using Notion for my note taking and, last week, started making a study schedule much like you've described. It's already helped me tons and I highly recommend planning in advance! Knowing how much time you've blocked out of your schedule to do X helps actually achieving it. I've definitely procrastinated because X was a lot more fun to read than Y.

On a personal note: My favorite spot to learn / study is a nice little coffee shop down the street from me. Most people there are either working or relaxing while drinking coffee which makes for a great ambiance. This is all personal of course, but I've found it helps me focus when there's just 'background' noise :). Also the coffee really helps!

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yusufcodes

What a journey man. Congratulations on landing a front end role! Great to read that you're also learning Swift too.

I also love working in coffee shops amongst other people who are working👌🏽

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Bradley Thompson

I think these tips are suitable for students of almost any specialty. At least I study social media and adhere to the same way of learning. Lately, I really like to use gradesfixer.com/free-essay-example... as a source of information. Indeed, to some extent, free essay examples are already the result of processing several resources.

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yusufcodes

Thanks Bradley! For sure, my tips are pretty general. It's cool to see that you follow a similar way of learning.
Reading pre-written essays sounds like a good way to learn a lot of information👌🏽

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Rajab512

Just wondering, Which university are you studying in ??

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Ganjar Gingin Tahyudin

and don't forget to exercise with solve a programming problem..
I think 1 hour is not enough for exercise ..
well, everybody has a different learning style.

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yusufcodes

1 hour is just a block of study. For example, studying 1 hour, taking a quick break, then carrying on if you need. Hope this makes sense.