I woke up in the morning feeling demotivated about my learning process, about myself and pretty much everything and then I saw your video...it's like a spark of hope. What you said about feeling isolated hit home hard. Since most people who are learning on their own don't have people to talk to and share experiences with (tech related) it's really easy to lose sight of what is realistically possible and where you're just being too hard on yourself. Videos like these put things in perspective. Thank you for sharing your experience, your schedule and valuable tips.
Makes me really glad I made this video :) I used to get really frustrated when I had issues with code and had no one to talk to. Its nice to be communities for this :)
Thanks for the guidance! And here's my summary. Key aspects *Be physically active as much as possible. *Trick your brain by breaking up your day. Like it is some sort of a social event when you start a new phase. *Be careful not to become isolated. Have coffee/beers with others or walks to stay in touch. 5am Morning walk/Meditation. -Personal time to get centred. Personal tip; If you have eating issues during nights, take a protein rich meal. 6am Light work & Preparation towards the focused work that's about to come. -Avoid answering emails or other activities that can take your mind into worry mode. 8am Power Hour. Phone off. -Take short breaks if needed. Brisk walks. Mind needs to return back to work. 1pm Social & Physical activity. -Try to reset. Take naps or shut eye if needed. Note: Not mentioning when you should eat. Which I think is great that Dennis didn't do. Food can be an issue to many people. As mentioned above, if you eat protein rich meals early on, body will demand less later on. Activities can override eating behaviour. So be in touch with how you feel at most times. Sitting for no good reason helps getting in tune with your needs. AKA meditation. 3pm Light work & Preparation towards the focused work, again. -Responding to email, etc. In the last part of this session give yourself half an hour to change your environment. 5pm Power Hour Part 2. -Laid back environment. Surrounded by people. Your work style is slightly on the "creative" side. 9pm Unwind. -Do things that's unrelated to coding before sleeping.
I don't even know when hours passes by and am still stuck on the first problem I encouraged when I started working. Taking break coming back and that problem gets solved in couple of minutes.
Dennis, you really need to work on your SEO. I watched this video a long time ago and I took a screenshot of your agenda. Now that my semester started, I wanted to refresh my memory of it to plan my schedule. I typed so many different combinations of keywords for this video, but none even remotely worked. I then used an online face recognition tool on the screenshot; it found you, but it costs 19 USD a month so I gave up. Hours later I realized I probably subscribed to your channel (I only had watched 2 videos, so I wasn't sure if I was a subscriber), and that's how I got here. Really, really work on your SEO. Thanks for the video!
This is the first ever practical schedule anybody shared. Otherwise anybody tells schedule as 6 to 6:15, 7 to 7:30 i.e. stupidity and impractical. You are 👍. Practical Schedule and two days in one day concept is amazing.
Calculation of Power Hours, (3,4,5 hr)/half of a day, and also saving power hours with Lighter hours, along-with care of physical/mental health, that assures not to isolate yourself, great work Dennis.
Looking back at this, the only thing that was stopping me to doing all these stuff was University. Getting into a bus at 6:20 AM, sitting for an hour to reach University in a shaky bus where I can't even work properly, heading to class with a weird schedule and time table ( some days, no breaks with 7 continuous hours, some days, an early morning class and a late afternoon class ). A library filled with noise. No place to sit on campus quietly with a connection. It's weird, honestly.
Trying to keep a good mix :) I'm really glad you guys like these. It helps me get better at talking and I have content to put out when I am doing my own research or filming a sereies.
this is my favoritte youtube coding channel,and your my favorite youtuber because you're simply always say the truth , n always start speaking about ur experience tht is something tht i really appreciate n helped to start in programming ,this is something tht i cant find it in other youtuber , thank you from my heart
From the bottom of my heart, may God richly bless you. I first watched you from the 41000 video and then I followed some tuts and I must say, you’re an absolute GEM 💎..
I am studying about 8 hours sitting on a chair front of my desk. It's very hard to do. I don't feel peace. All I feel is prisoner in my mind. I got many tips from this vid & i ma going to follow them. Thank you man.
Congratulations on 10K subs Dennis... That was quick... Last time when I commented on your video, you were having over 2K subs... Now look at you.. over 10K subs and still growing... that's called success! Once again I congratulate you on reaching 10K subs milestone and wish you more! 😊😊🙏🙏
Thank you Aashay! I'ts crazy to see that number, I didn't think this many people would care to watch my videos lol. Thanks for your continuous support :)
I am a self taught developer and ended up with a similar routine that I am comfortable with and being productive. Exercise in the morning, take pauses during the day and chill out before going to bed. And also eating healthy and being present as much as possible with family and friends.
@@electricimpulsetoprogramming Yeah, I'm a Brazilian. Are you from Brazil too? I'm 34 and I wish I started coding in my teenage years like you, at your age I was always building pcs and tinkering and had many situations were I had the opportunity to learn how to code, but never caught my interest. If I were to give advice, I would tell you that programming is like learning how to play a guitar, learning a new language or a new game. In the beginning you always struggle and see people that seems to have a natural talent for it. You start wondering if there is some shortcuts to learn faster. There aren't any shortcuts. You have to incorporate the act of coding into your everyday routine, like brushing your teeth or eating lunch. You won't get good if you practice your programming skills for 8 hours straight, but only once a week. But if you stay consistent, by coding everyday, you will definitely make progress no matter what. Check cs50x on edx or RUclips. It's a free introductory course, designed for Harvard graduates, so it's very hard, but it is doable and if you manage to complete it, it will be a very solid foundation for you as it was for me.
@@poneis88 MUITO OBRIGADO EDUARDO, irei levar os seus ensinamentos para a minha vida toda. O meu problema era que eu queria virar um expert de um jeito rapido porem para ficar bom não é do dia para noite, é nescessario muita dedicação e esforço todo dia e uma hora ou outra irei ficar bom, muito obrigado mesmo pelo o seu conselho, lhe desejo sucessos. Greetings from Rio Grande do Sul!
Hey Dennis, great video! It is very interesting to see how you schedule your day. In my case, I am now trying with working in chunks of 2 or 3 hours during the day. I am happy if at the end of the day I have worked between 7 and 9 hours. There are people who say they work 16 hs a day, but I don't think that is real... there is no way of staying productive during 16 hs a day. Great channel, by the way! I watched some of your videos, you have really good content, congrats!
I respect the hustle, man. This is the kind of grind I'm aspiring to hit.. I am pretty comfortable with being mostly isolated but I'm in agreement that you still need to at least allow yourself some moments of the day to unwind, and the middle of the day and very end are the optimal times to let yourself rest so you can be maximally productive in the times you've allotted.
Thank you sir you made my coding schedule easy to set! Two 4 hours of power coding idea sounds good and i like it. Will surely implement it from today itself.✌️
You have just solved my problem. I can code for 14 hours straight and go to sleep but when I wake up the following day I feel very tired and not in the mood to work. I think your working strategy will be very helpful. Thank you very much.
I totally agree with you about deviating from code just before sleep. If I hop onto bed just after a coding session, I can never sleep because my mind keeps on playing those lines of code in my head and that drives me crazy. So, I always watch an episode or two of some TV series (mostly The Office) just before going to sleep! This helps a lot......
I’m not a very experienced coder but when I go to bed just after coding my mind definitely can’t stop coding , it brings up all sorts of things related to work and some days I can’t sleep ..
I use to code when I started teaching myself HTML from around 4PM til around 11PM after I got home from working 8 1/2 hours at 3:30PM. I never made it my career or anything but I it was fun learning it and making my own websites for fun. I still have them going. I just don't have the time to work on them like I use to.
hello brother, though I am an Indian girl from TamilNadu. I can understand ur every work. it's like you are teaching like a friend. I get motivated by ur videos nowadays. Keep working and keep teaching us, Dennis Anna!.
Now I wonder what if someone doing coding as their 'second hustle' or 'side hustle'..... any opinion or idea (especially about their schedule)? Thank you everyone, and also thank you in advance Dennis for the lessons.
That was so cool schedule but if it is possible if you know any kind of appropriate schedule for student which they go to University show us, it would be so great
I think the hard part for most people is that the "Power Hour" that you mention isn't very productive for most people. You worked from 8AM - 1PM straight. Then 5PM-9PM straight. I think everyone has that time slot of "light work & preparation", but it usually takes up 8AM-1PM and 5PM-9PM. The Power Hour just isn't there. It's all "Light work and preparation" haha.
Appreciate the videos you are making . I also have a feeling of being stucked in same place so I try to change places as much as I can but due to the corona this diversity transitioned to only kitchen and the ussual desk. I was wondering how did you or did you adapt to the situation. Such as libaries and coffe shops being closed
For me meditation is just walking and breathing in the cold morning air. Sometimes I focus on the task before me and other times I just say thanks for all the things in my life and appreciate the simple morning :) It helps me stay centered and calm throughout the day.
Hi Dennis, Do you have advice for putting a regular amount of work as developper for students ? Keep going to deliver good content you're reputation will increase :)
At what points of time would you eat during this schedule and what’s are good snacking options to make sure you are active and sharp during the power hours ?
Dennis do you have a particular stack you usually try to stick to using, obviously django, DRF and react but what others, ie sql/nosql, testing, deploying, a mobile toolbelt and maybe if you have another backend you try to to learn. As developers we cant know everything but I try to have a couple of things like django but also node/expess and learn something like flutter perhaps. Might be a cool small video like this one, thanks!
I'll just list out a few other things I use and what I use casually. Database: PostgreSQL but I'mm enjoying working with mongo db casually I haven't actually gone to far into mobile but working with React Native and have played with Swift for a few weeks. I use django + react for pretty much everything but have also been working with Node JS/Express. I'm very curious so I like to try everything.
What does your wife think about this schedule and how does her schedule look like(if you can elaborate on that)? I have wife and 3 sons, twins are 6 years old, oldest is 8. Wife looks after kids and has not worked for 9 years. I work as a software test engineer in large corporation, mainly manual testing, but write some code occasionally. Everybody is encouraged to automate tests or write some production code if they can(very agile). Since middle of march due to covid-19 everybody works from home, kids are at home. Luckily I have my office in a shed that is some distance form our house. But my wife is not happy if I work long hours and do not help her with kids. I'm not super exited about coding, what attracts me is job security, above average pay, flexible work hours and (recently) possibility to work from home. I hope this remote work possibility will remain for most office workers for years to come. Before covid-19 I used to commute 80 kilometres (1,5 hours) one way that is 60 to 70 hours per month and fuel + car maintenance costs for over 3000km/month. Employer attitude to IT specialists is also special, they can measure some performance, but they try to make work environment as stress free as possible to boost productivity. Total opposite to sales, where i worked before. I have bachelor's degree in Information technology, have worked in IT for past 15 years (most of my work life), of course I learn new things to do my job, but have not found the motivation to learn much more, I always had the possibility to do so. I'm very motivated if something is interesting to me (I had all kinds of hobbies, and they change over time, including electronics that includes some programming). It is much harder to motivate myself to do things that have to be done, but are not as exiting.
Hi Dear, approx two years back, I stop coding (after having 5 years of coding ) and start managing projects but now I realized I should continue coding and learn new frameworks. But the problem is, I am not able to start. Please suggest something about how can I start again to learn new frameworks.
Programing can be very unhealthy if you let it be. The stress of siting down for so long and figuring out the project can be very bad for you. Taking breaks, exercising, and meditation should be done by everyone
Hey Dennis ! Thanks for the honest tips ! I am a career changer well at least I am trying to get from architecture engineering to a software dev role. A quick story of my experience so I graduated in architecture 5 years ago and got some experience but the overall work/life/salary is just not worth it and it took a toll on my health. So after searching and talking to some friends I got a suggestion to try out programming, during college I was amazed with Node based programming such as Dynamo visual programming software so I told to myself why not lets give it a try. The year 2019 was where I really struggled with work and eventually decided to quit , then after some time and preping material for programming I decided to start in September 2019 with "Automate the boring stuff with python" by All Sweigart, getting over the basics till the automation problems and example I skip this and took the Full Stack Development with Pyhton + Django on Udemy and opted for #100DaysOfCode via Twitter and GitHub. In january 2020 I finished the first round of 100Days of code and made 2 social media clone projects after finishng the tutorial. I am very proud of my journey although now I am experiencing some fatigue and dry eyes problems because I wasnt paying attention on a routine. I am getting slowly back on the path and will make my own project now with Python+Django also to mention I am trying to spend more time on getting a junior role but am struggling with solving problems via hackerank and leetcode since I have heard many times that they test people this way in order to get a job and not by the things you made, so i solve them eventually but its just that its consumes more of my time than I thought it would. So my question is, is this the normal learning process or maybe I should brush more on the basics since I tend to lookup the things I already went through? Thanks again
Hey! I am currently on the same path as you. I can feel you for real. I agree with what u said about Hackerrank and just finished a little Django project and looking to build more. Trying to land in a Python Junior dev role. I see your comment is about 2 years old, Hope u kept trying and landed into a Job with your skills. Just curious how your journey went on and any practical tips you would recommend. Big heart from this side. Cheers mate:)
Hey, can you make a video about how to schedule to learn development, I’m a test automation engineer and im interested to learn web development and I work 9-5, sometimes I get burnt out because i Dont know how to schedule learning new things and live a healthy life , i don’t see other time to learn other than stay all day in front of the PC because you’ll need to code all fay to make progress correct me if im wrong, I would appreciate on few tips. Thank you
A little bit of both. I noticed a habit and when I was most productive. I just started building my schedule to make the most out of my productive hours and to maximize my rest :)
Working until 1am and waking up at 5am is really terrible for you, even if you take an hour nap in the afternoon. Just mentioning it because I didn't know it was so bad until recently. Basically, it's a good schedule to start losing your day-to-day memory around 45. If you want to be sharp as a tack well into old age, you need more sleep, more socialization, and less work. Weirdly, having sex once a week with a single, loving partner does more for brain health than studying, reading or playing video games and Sudoku all combined. Also, juggling or playing a musical instrument.
I'm a 15 year old teenager and i have been learning python for 2 years. Now i'm learning django and i was wondering if 2 hours a day of coding is enough for me. Thank you!
Hey, hope you are well. I was searching for tutorials and guidelines to staet Python for web development. Basice Python is available every where in the internet, however what should we do after learning the basic Python and what to do before start learning django is rarely found in internet. So would you make a series of tip video based on that? That how to start python, basic python, then after learning that what to before touching django, how to start django, what is the most suitable database to learn with django. I believe it will make value to the people, people would learn and you will grow as well. Let me know what do you think please.
this channel is starting to become one of my favourites
I'm so glad you like my videos! It's been fun challenging myself. Growing a lot and getting more comfortable on camera :)
I woke up in the morning feeling demotivated about my learning process, about myself and pretty much everything and then I saw your video...it's like a spark of hope.
What you said about feeling isolated hit home hard.
Since most people who are learning on their own don't have people to talk to and share experiences with (tech related) it's really easy to lose sight of what is realistically possible and where you're just being too hard on yourself. Videos like these put things in perspective.
Thank you for sharing your experience, your schedule and valuable tips.
Makes me really glad I made this video :) I used to get really frustrated when I had issues with code and had no one to talk to. Its nice to be communities for this :)
Thanks for the guidance! And here's my summary.
Key aspects
*Be physically active as much as possible.
*Trick your brain by breaking up your day. Like it is some sort of a social event when you start a new phase.
*Be careful not to become isolated. Have coffee/beers with others or walks to stay in touch.
5am Morning walk/Meditation.
-Personal time to get centred. Personal tip; If you have eating issues during nights, take a protein rich meal.
6am Light work & Preparation towards the focused work that's about to come.
-Avoid answering emails or other activities that can take your mind into worry mode.
8am Power Hour. Phone off.
-Take short breaks if needed. Brisk walks. Mind needs to return back to work.
1pm Social & Physical activity.
-Try to reset. Take naps or shut eye if needed.
Note: Not mentioning when you should eat. Which I think is great that Dennis didn't do. Food can be an issue to many people.
As mentioned above, if you eat protein rich meals early on, body will demand less later on. Activities can override eating behaviour. So be in touch with how you feel at most times. Sitting for no good reason helps getting in tune with your needs. AKA meditation.
3pm Light work & Preparation towards the focused work, again.
-Responding to email, etc. In the last part of this session give yourself half an hour to change your environment.
5pm Power Hour Part 2.
-Laid back environment. Surrounded by people. Your work style is slightly on the "creative" side.
9pm Unwind.
-Do things that's unrelated to coding before sleeping.
I don't even know when hours passes by and am still stuck on the first problem I encouraged when I started working. Taking break coming back and that problem gets solved in couple of minutes.
Dennis, you really need to work on your SEO. I watched this video a long time ago and I took a screenshot of your agenda. Now that my semester started, I wanted to refresh my memory of it to plan my schedule. I typed so many different combinations of keywords for this video, but none even remotely worked. I then used an online face recognition tool on the screenshot; it found you, but it costs 19 USD a month so I gave up. Hours later I realized I probably subscribed to your channel (I only had watched 2 videos, so I wasn't sure if I was a subscriber), and that's how I got here. Really, really work on your SEO. Thanks for the video!
This is the first ever practical schedule anybody shared. Otherwise anybody tells schedule as 6 to 6:15, 7 to 7:30 i.e. stupidity and impractical. You are 👍. Practical Schedule and two days in one day concept is amazing.
Calculation of Power Hours, (3,4,5 hr)/half of a day, and also saving power hours with Lighter hours, along-with care of physical/mental health, that assures not to isolate yourself, great work Dennis.
Thank you Kaleem :)
Looking back at this, the only thing that was stopping me to doing all these stuff was University. Getting into a bus at 6:20 AM, sitting for an hour to reach University in a shaky bus where I can't even work properly, heading to class with a weird schedule and time table ( some days, no breaks with 7 continuous hours, some days, an early morning class and a late afternoon class ). A library filled with noise. No place to sit on campus quietly with a connection. It's weird, honestly.
Thank you for sharing Dennis, helpful as usual. It's very good that you share real life experiences along with tutorials.
Trying to keep a good mix :) I'm really glad you guys like these. It helps me get better at talking and I have content to put out when I am doing my own research or filming a sereies.
@Dennis ivy , the thing is i literally never searched you or your channel, but i'm glad i found it :)
All the Best ,stay motivated !
same
this is my favoritte youtube coding channel,and your my favorite youtuber because you're simply always say the truth , n always start speaking about ur experience tht is something tht i really appreciate n helped to start in programming ,this is something tht i cant find it in other youtuber , thank you from my heart
Thanks for the video Dennis, really enjoy your thoughtful approach - just been thinking about how to set up a schedule for my coding
From the bottom of my heart, may God richly bless you. I first watched you from the 41000 video and then I followed some tuts and I must say, you’re an absolute GEM 💎..
This really helps Dennis. Also every video regarding tutorials are also awesome and full of REQUIRED CONTENT.
Keep it up bro !! ThumbsUP
Thank you for all your videos, I'm building my own habits! you've been a big inspiration for me.
Greetings from Argentina.
I am studying about 8 hours sitting on a chair front of my desk. It's very hard to do. I don't feel peace. All I feel is prisoner in my mind. I got many tips from this vid & i ma going to follow them. Thank you man.
Congratulations on 10K subs Dennis... That was quick... Last time when I commented on your video, you were having over 2K subs... Now look at you.. over 10K subs and still growing... that's called success! Once again I congratulate you on reaching 10K subs milestone and wish you more! 😊😊🙏🙏
Thank you Aashay! I'ts crazy to see that number, I didn't think this many people would care to watch my videos lol. Thanks for your continuous support :)
Now it's 100k !! Soon it'll hit 1M
@@lavanya_m01 yes!
Hey! This video was really helpful for me. This is the only channel, gave detailed routine which we can actually follow. Thank you!
The simple way you describe or share everything is something so rare nowadays. Congratulations on your 14k subscribers. You are a gem
I am a self taught developer and ended up with a similar routine that I am comfortable with and being productive. Exercise in the morning, take pauses during the day and chill out before going to bed. And also eating healthy and being present as much as possible with family and friends.
That's what i will start to do, i'm a beginner for now, btw are you brazilian? Do you have some tips for a 16y guy that wants to be a programmer?
@@electricimpulsetoprogramming Yeah, I'm a Brazilian. Are you from Brazil too? I'm 34 and I wish I started coding in my teenage years like you, at your age I was always building pcs and tinkering and had many situations were I had the opportunity to learn how to code, but never caught my interest. If I were to give advice, I would tell you that programming is like learning how to play a guitar, learning a new language or a new game. In the beginning you always struggle and see people that seems to have a natural talent for it. You start wondering if there is some shortcuts to learn faster. There aren't any shortcuts. You have to incorporate the act of coding into your everyday routine, like brushing your teeth or eating lunch. You won't get good if you practice your programming skills for 8 hours straight, but only once a week. But if you stay consistent, by coding everyday, you will definitely make progress no matter what. Check cs50x on edx or RUclips. It's a free introductory course, designed for Harvard graduates, so it's very hard, but it is doable and if you manage to complete it, it will be a very solid foundation for you as it was for me.
@@poneis88 MUITO OBRIGADO EDUARDO, irei levar os seus ensinamentos para a minha vida toda. O meu problema era que eu queria virar um expert de um jeito rapido porem para ficar bom não é do dia para noite, é nescessario muita dedicação e esforço todo dia e uma hora ou outra irei ficar bom, muito obrigado mesmo pelo o seu conselho, lhe desejo sucessos.
Greetings from Rio Grande do Sul!
Calendar Blocking and sleeping in early and waking up early, helps a lot to get a lot of shit done, and also get productive.
"sleeping early" is the key
Excellent video! Great method and you gave us the "WHY". Thank you, Dennis.
Thank you Sipo! Thanks for taking the time to comment :)
Slowly becoming such a fan of this channel!
:)
I discovered your channel because of Traversy Media. I am beginner and I am very excited to start the journey with you.
Hey Dennis, great video! It is very interesting to see how you schedule your day. In my case, I am now trying with working in chunks of 2 or 3 hours during the day. I am happy if at the end of the day I have worked between 7 and 9 hours. There are people who say they work 16 hs a day, but I don't think that is real... there is no way of staying productive during 16 hs a day. Great channel, by the way! I watched some of your videos, you have really good content, congrats!
Loving these videos
I respect the hustle, man. This is the kind of grind I'm aspiring to hit.. I am pretty comfortable with being mostly isolated but I'm in agreement that you still need to at least allow yourself some moments of the day to unwind, and the middle of the day and very end are the optimal times to let yourself rest so you can be maximally productive in the times you've allotted.
These kinda videos are rarely found on RUclips
What you are doing is great and keep on doing
Thank you
I appreciate that :)
Gracias por los consejos! Desde que sigo tu canal he aprendido mucho, thanks!
I will follow your Tricks! Thanks a lot
Thank you sir you made my coding schedule easy to set! Two 4 hours of power coding idea sounds good and i like it. Will surely implement it from today itself.✌️
Today I saw your video and it was awesome and got me to follow your channel❤.
Thanks for sharing. This video is super helpful
You have just solved my problem. I can code for 14 hours straight and go to sleep but when I wake up the following day I feel very tired and not in the mood to work. I think your working strategy will be very helpful. Thank you very much.
My fav channel nowadays..His content really makes dreams come true for lot of them
That's a great schedule man. Thanks I learned a lot from it
I am a newbie to your channel and love it. Please continue like you're doing! You'll go very far for sure
I totally agree with you about deviating from code just before sleep. If I hop onto bed just after a coding session, I can never sleep because my mind keeps on playing those lines of code in my head and that drives me crazy. So, I always watch an episode or two of some TV series (mostly The Office) just before going to sleep! This helps a lot......
Great video, thanks for the uploads!
I have always loved you sir, respect from hearts
Thank you! Really appreciate you 😌
Keep going we love you your courses are the best
I find it very helpful. Good luck with your channel, coding and personal life!
Спасибо Тимофей :)
Quite helpful remind me of my best productive days now again I am gonna start once again
These tips are genius thank you so much
I have found this phrase about a book I was reading: "The brains does not get tired, but it gets bored"
You should have millions of subscriber...just amazing content
Work nice I'm just starting coding so can I apply this in my learning process.
You have inspired me, Ivy.
bro you are lucky to have such understanding wife.. she is really the key to your this schedule..
Thanks bro! Insights are helping me 🔥
Great insight. Thank you
I’m not a very experienced coder but when I go to bed just after coding my mind definitely can’t stop coding , it brings up all sorts of things related to work and some days I can’t sleep ..
Thank man ❤
a humble person.
Very intuitive.Keep up the good work!
Thank you :)
Enjoying the content... keep it up
Thank you sir giving ideas.
My pleasure. I was surprised how many people asked about this topic.
You are inspiration 🎉😇
Thank you 🙏
Iam really so inspire!
Thank you so much 😘😘
Bro we need more django project...
Btw love you videos
I use to code when I started teaching myself HTML from around 4PM til around 11PM after I got home from working 8 1/2 hours at 3:30PM. I never made it my career or anything but I it was fun learning it and making my own websites for fun. I still have them going. I just don't have the time to work on them like I use to.
O amazing sir im so inspired
Amazing videos. Hoping to see you're channel grow large soon.
I appreciate that Allen :)
hello brother, though I am an Indian girl from TamilNadu. I can understand ur every work. it's like you are teaching like a friend. I get motivated by ur videos nowadays. Keep working and keep teaching us, Dennis Anna!.
Thank u!
Thank you.
I don't know how people do this type of schedule and get back to work after breaks.
If I start on working something I don't just get up
Don’t punish yourself take breaks live life
Now I wonder what if someone doing coding as their 'second hustle' or 'side hustle'..... any opinion or idea (especially about their schedule)?
Thank you everyone, and also thank you in advance Dennis for the lessons.
You fulfilled my request. Thank you!
Trying to answer as many questions as possible :)
That was so cool schedule but if it is possible if you know any kind of appropriate schedule for student which they go to University show us, it would be so great
can you plase make videos on django database and more on rendering ..... full long undersatandable...
I think the hard part for most people is that the "Power Hour" that you mention isn't very productive for most people. You worked from 8AM - 1PM straight. Then 5PM-9PM straight. I think everyone has that time slot of "light work & preparation", but it usually takes up 8AM-1PM and 5PM-9PM. The Power Hour just isn't there. It's all "Light work and preparation" haha.
Appreciate the videos you are making . I also have a feeling of being stucked in same place so I try to change places as much as I can but due to the corona this diversity transitioned to only kitchen and the ussual desk. I was wondering how did you or did you adapt to the situation. Such as libaries and coffe shops being closed
lots of love.....
I am glad to hear that you meditate! I like to know what kind of meditation you use?
For me meditation is just walking and breathing in the cold morning air. Sometimes I focus on the task before me and other times I just say thanks for all the things in my life and appreciate the simple morning :)
It helps me stay centered and calm throughout the day.
i want to become app developer but i like ur videos too
Make a basic backend stuff video please such as what is API , database etc.
Hi Dennis,
Do you have advice for putting a regular amount of work as developper for students ?
Keep going to deliver good content you're reputation will increase :)
Sorry Ryan I dont fully understand the question. Are you asking how many hours you should put in as a student?
At what points of time would you eat during this schedule and what’s are good snacking options to make sure you are active and sharp during the power hours ?
Do you listen to music when you do work during power hours because you told your headphone on?
Dennis do you have a particular stack you usually try to stick to using, obviously django, DRF and react but what others, ie sql/nosql, testing, deploying, a mobile toolbelt and maybe if you have another backend you try to to learn. As developers we cant know everything but I try to have a couple of things like django but also node/expess and learn something like flutter perhaps. Might be a cool small video like this one, thanks!
I'll just list out a few other things I use and what I use casually.
Database: PostgreSQL but I'mm enjoying working with mongo db casually
I haven't actually gone to far into mobile but working with React Native and have played with Swift for a few weeks.
I use django + react for pretty much everything but have also been working with Node JS/Express. I'm very curious so I like to try everything.
Let me know if you were looking for more details. Would be interesting if I can make a video out of it like you said :)
@@DennisIvy Thanks Dennis, this is what I was looking for. 👍
@ilumix led Lets just say for a small to medium web app using a free tier movies api..
@ilumix led ok thanks
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What does your wife think about this schedule and how does her schedule look like(if you can elaborate on that)? I have wife and 3 sons, twins are 6 years old, oldest is 8. Wife looks after kids and has not worked for 9 years. I work as a software test engineer in large corporation, mainly manual testing, but write some code occasionally. Everybody is encouraged to automate tests or write some production code if they can(very agile). Since middle of march due to covid-19 everybody works from home, kids are at home. Luckily I have my office in a shed that is some distance form our house. But my wife is not happy if I work long hours and do not help her with kids.
I'm not super exited about coding, what attracts me is job security, above average pay, flexible work hours and (recently) possibility to work from home. I hope this remote work possibility will remain for most office workers for years to come. Before covid-19 I used to commute 80 kilometres (1,5 hours) one way that is 60 to 70 hours per month and fuel + car maintenance costs for over 3000km/month. Employer attitude to IT specialists is also special, they can measure some performance, but they try to make work environment as stress free as possible to boost productivity. Total opposite to sales, where i worked before.
I have bachelor's degree in Information technology, have worked in IT for past 15 years (most of my work life), of course I learn new things to do my job, but have not found the motivation to learn much more, I always had the possibility to do so. I'm very motivated if something is interesting to me (I had all kinds of hobbies, and they change over time, including electronics that includes some programming). It is much harder to motivate myself to do things that have to be done, but are not as exiting.
Hi Dear,
approx two years back, I stop coding (after having 5 years of coding ) and start managing projects but now I realized I should continue coding and learn new frameworks. But the problem is, I am not able to start.
Please suggest something about how can I start again to learn new frameworks.
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Hey Haziq! Thank you, I appreciate your support :)
Programing can be very unhealthy if you let it be. The stress of siting down for so long and figuring out the project can be very bad for you. Taking breaks, exercising, and meditation should be done by everyone
it means you do not use any social media at all
4 hours of sleep is enough for you to rejuvenate ?
Hey Dennis !
Thanks for the honest tips ! I am a career changer well at least I am trying to get from architecture engineering to a software dev role. A quick story of my experience so I graduated in architecture 5 years ago and got some experience but the overall work/life/salary is just not worth it and it took a toll on my health. So after searching and talking to some friends I got a suggestion to try out programming, during college I was amazed with Node based programming such as Dynamo visual programming software so I told to myself why not lets give it a try. The year 2019 was where I really struggled with work and eventually decided to quit , then after some time and preping material for programming I decided to start in September 2019 with "Automate the boring stuff with python" by All Sweigart, getting over the basics till the automation problems and example I skip this and took the Full Stack Development with Pyhton + Django on Udemy and opted for #100DaysOfCode via Twitter and GitHub. In january 2020 I finished the first round of 100Days of code and made 2 social media clone projects after finishng the tutorial. I am very proud of my journey although now I am experiencing some fatigue and dry eyes problems because I wasnt paying attention on a routine. I am getting slowly back on the path and will make my own project now with Python+Django also to mention I am trying to spend more time on getting a junior role but am struggling with solving problems via hackerank and leetcode since I have heard many times that they test people this way in order to get a job and not by the things you made, so i solve them eventually but its just that its consumes more of my time than I thought it would. So my question is, is this the normal learning process or maybe I should brush more on the basics since I tend to lookup the things I already went through?
Thanks again
Hey! I am currently on the same path as you. I can feel you for real. I agree with what u said about Hackerrank and just finished a little Django project and looking to build more. Trying to land in a Python Junior dev role. I see your comment is about 2 years old, Hope u kept trying and landed into a Job with your skills. Just curious how your journey went on and any practical tips you would recommend. Big heart from this side. Cheers mate:)
Hey, can you make a video about how to schedule to learn development, I’m a test automation engineer and im interested to learn web development and I work 9-5, sometimes I get burnt out because i Dont know how to schedule learning new things and live a healthy life , i don’t see other time to learn other than stay all day in front of the PC because you’ll need to code all fay to make progress correct me if im wrong, I would appreciate on few tips. Thank you
Hey Dennis, I have a question. Do you impose this schedulle on yourself and started to work or it was a natural experience?
A little bit of both. I noticed a habit and when I was most productive. I just started building my schedule to make the most out of my productive hours and to maximize my rest :)
Dennis Ivy thanks for taking the time man, it’s really helpful 😁
Working until 1am and waking up at 5am is really terrible for you, even if you take an hour nap in the afternoon. Just mentioning it because I didn't know it was so bad until recently. Basically, it's a good schedule to start losing your day-to-day memory around 45. If you want to be sharp as a tack well into old age, you need more sleep, more socialization, and less work. Weirdly, having sex once a week with a single, loving partner does more for brain health than studying, reading or playing video games and Sudoku all combined. Also, juggling or playing a musical instrument.
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I'm a 15 year old teenager and i have been learning python for 2 years. Now i'm learning django and i was wondering if 2 hours a day of coding is enough for me. Thank you!
it's quite enough if you do it about 250 days / year. but 3-4hrs a day would be just fantastic)
Sir static files not loading in django pls tell me a solution i started watching your ecommerce website videos a solution pls
Hey, hope you are well. I was searching for tutorials and guidelines to staet Python for web development. Basice Python is available every where in the internet, however what should we do after learning the basic Python and what to do before start learning django is rarely found in internet.
So would you make a series of tip video based on that? That how to start python, basic python, then after learning that what to before touching django, how to start django, what is the most suitable database to learn with django.
I believe it will make value to the people, people would learn and you will grow as well.
Let me know what do you think please.
Thank you for inspiring us.
:)
and how do you meditate..?
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