I owe so much gratitude to every content creator that provided the resources I needed to learn. Absolutely amazed by the power of the internet and the generosity of others to share so much content online.
What is your advice to not become a lazy developer? I mean, I learn to code online, I don't have a specific project to work on. I would just accomplish things as I saw or I am told.
@@AlbertC64 Hey I'd recommend googling free API's to work with. there are lots of cool applications you can build and you will probably get alot of cool ideas from looking at a list of free project API's. If you hate front end, there are some cool data API's as well. A good example of an API i used on a recent project is the Chuck Norris Joke API. I built a little Chuck Norris joke app for fun. Give it a shot you will learn alot from that sort of stuff.
hi..even i have also started learning front end development..its been 1 month..can you please tell me the resources from where you learned front end part..
@@RajeevSharma-rp1zw from Brad's channel, Net ninja, For react.js clever programmer has some free live clones, etc. But I did my own projects taking all the knowledge from RUclips and making it my own way and customizing it. Stay focused and spend more time. One day you will succeed I believe.
The point about not following through on tutorials is a good one. That's why I usually change things in a tutorial when I follow them. If I can do it better then great, I understood the concept and improved on it. If it fails (as often happens) I go back to try and understand why their code worked and my doesn't which means understanding the core concepts better. Like the old Edison quote, paraphrased, "I didn't fail at the tutorial 99 times, I just learned 99 ways not to solve the problem before the 100th way to solve it"
I had some programming basics but mostly learnt the past 1-2 years a tremendous amount of c# and web development. Just got hired as mid level developer.
Started learning coding at 35, almost 36 years old. Brad Traversy was a huge help for me, especially his Udemy courses. Thank you. P.S. I'm a mid-level developer now.
Great video. I would say there is one thing that is needed to be teaching yourself programming skills. You really need a project/reason to do it. Learning programming for the sake of programming will not do. Granted, you can get the skills but the whole process of figuring out how to do things will teach you so much more. That's what creates good problem solvers.
I can't even begin to tell you, how much I have learnt from Traversy Media. Not only youtube but courses on Udemy aswell. He has been the greatest teacher 👏
I haven't watched this yet, but one thing is for sure, without you Brad, I promise you that I wouldn't even know 30% of what I know in web dev. I would've gave up a looong time ago... Thanks brother.💛 ( Also Dennis, I absolutely love ur story and no matter how many times I hear it, you keep inspiring me, I might switch back to python and watch ur series one day ;) )
I learned best by starting a project that forced me to discover new ways of coding. You're right about researching to find a solution. I had to take examples of different codes to work out what I needed.
Amazing journey. That is awesome. A lot of great advice. Learning to code literally saved me. My past career was teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, with covid, I would have been out of a job. But luckily I have been learning to code and was able to land a junior dev last January that eventually became remote.
Love seeing Dennis on THIS channel! He’s a great addition to the community. It’s cool to hear him describe his journey, which has featured similar resources to mine. I’m on the right track!
Had exactly the same experience of learning how to code. Wanted to created an app to browse a big amount of visual assets i'm creating as a Creative service manager, started html/css/js from scratch, then vuejs, and backend skills node.js then express.js, little bit of mongodb/mongoose. After a year of learning I put everything together to create that app, and it worked ! If I can do it everybody can do it !
Awesome video Dennis, thank you for sharing that. I completely agree that if you are curious, driven and have the right roadmap, you can learn everything required online (RUclips and Udemy were my resources of choice). I have a similar story as yours, I started into web development 3 years ago and it's been a beautiful adventure since! Keep up the great work.
I did go to school for my degree but most of the learning to be honest was supported by online tutorials like these. Today I’m way to proud to mention that I’m a Software Engineer at a reputed bank in Canada. Crazy how things work for you if you’re dedicated and just keep grinding.
learning code online can take you as far as you want. I spent a year teaching myself and now im in a bootcamp, and i'll tell you first hand that you dont get anything special in a bootcamp. We recently had a 2 week break and i used it to do some independent learning, and it was even better than sitting in lecture tbh.
These kinds of videos make me feel like there is no money and jobs in this industry anymore and everyone should start teaching and doing Instagram/RUclips. Which is the exact opposite of why I'm learning web/app development. Everyone seems to have the same story as you. Got good at what you do -> paid well, many jobs offers -> left that and began content creation. My question is then, why stop working if everything was great? I really hope that's not the case for the industry because that means I wasted my time here. Not everyone can and wants to make online content, I want a normal paying job.
I can't speak for Dennis, but I started doing content and teaching while I was running a pretty successful business. I did courses part time and RUclips and found it to be much more rewarding. At the time I switched to content, it was a giant risk. I was not making near as much, but it ended up working out. I see what you mean though. This is actually a good topic for a video
Would you actually mind if I showed your comment in a video if I make one? Not in a bad way at all. I think it is something a lot of people may feel so I'd like to address it.. I can blur out your name.
@@TraversyMedia I would like to hear more about the topic. I didn't mean anything negative with the comment, just something I was thinking about. Nothing against content creation. Without content like this, we wouldn't have these quality tutorials for free from people like you and NetNinja. I just don’t want it to be an end goal, because I’m seeing more and more people doing it. Makes me question is it because the jobs are not good or people get disappointed when they get to that level? You can show the comment if you want (don't blur the name I want to brag about it to friends hah). I'm a huge fan of the channel and right now trying to cover as many of your javascript projects, thanks for doing them.
I’m currently studying at a web dev boot camp 5 days a week and can genuinely say that online resources are great. I supplement my learning with it all the time, and have even preferred it for certain languages. Going to the boot camp has its advantages as you get to network and get placed into internships, but if you just want to learn pure code and build from there, online learning is a great way to go if you can stay focused.
I started a few years ago wanting to build an Instagram clone, and found RUclips tutorials on Django from a guy in Scotland. Then spent years learning different things, building different projects. Traverse has been awesome for learning lots of UI/front end stuff that’s helped my final, released projects meet that next level. During the pandemic, my skill set was finally at a point where I built a Covid-19 tracker in React, using a dozen different online APIs I found, and this work wound up getting me a UI/UX job at a major medical university, building web applications for doctors, nurses, clinicians, and people who need medical help. So it’s gotten to me a point where I’m paid really well, doing great work, and I can do it remotely while everything is happening, so I’m looking forward to meeting my new team in person next year.
When I figured out how to do self teaching on the best optimized way for myself, then I tought dont need the way of bootcamps where grab your hands and hold during the course(sometimes after it), because what you learn with hard expamples its more valuable will be later.
So I took Brad's React course on Udemy in July 2019, I got my first front-end React job on October 2019, this last month I changed job and multiplied my my previous salary by 260%. Slowly but surely it's all going better. Thanks so much Brad.
The suggestion at the last few minutes in the video are true. I started with data science, since I had no mentor, I was practically shooting an arrow in the dark. It became so overwhelming at one point (not the math or programming) but the magnitude of different skills to have that I gave up. That guilt still kills me to this day. Practically lost all my motivation of coding and now doing a shitty job.
I even graduated from university (computer engineering) on August in 2020 and I already don't know where to start. I now only see that, I learned nothing from university that I could find a job in reality. Last 2 years I've been looking for my future job that I'll do it with passion and suddenly discovered you Dennis. This is a video I need to watch it over and over again and it sincerely encourages me to give myself a chance to do this job. I don't know how to thank you but I know where to start now.
I'm studying computer engineering in college. I have 2 more years. You never did an internship or coop program? Shouldn't that help with getting a job?
@@1polyron1 I did a piece of sh*t internship at university. Let me give you a piece of advise, even if you have some time, try to find your own internship by yourself. Don't let university make this decision for you if it doesn't work on you. I studied at university as a foreign student and I was limited by choosing where to work.
Thank you Traversy Media! I have lost job due to covid and you have helped me to gain confidence to find another job! :D I am junior dev so I still have plenty to learn
This is an interesting topic.. I’m 100% self taught/online research & have no formal qualifications. You nailed the for & against really- but another plus of self-taught, I find, is that it seems far more common that you will seek a current modern method, before using a method that has been around for 30 years. New methods generally arise out of some benefit replacing an original, but they seem to be more likely to be used when you are self-taught & used to continuous research & learning. Just my experience anyway. Thanks for the video, it was great 🙏🏻
This was so much more useful than all these coding gurus that say "forget the tutorials bro, just have your own project to work on." Which is garbage advice that ignores that they too once needed tutorials to get going.
I'm not sure why they'd be a single thumbs down! This is real world. It's how it's works if you're motivated to be a better developer. Thank guys. Great video.
It's hard to get started with online/yt learning because many of us will jump from task to task -part to part all over the place. In school/course (not online) or with a mentor, you will know where to start and what next you must learn and next, etc. That's because is better to learn live (not online) you will not jump all over everything, someone will tell you what is next you must know to advance in coding. (sorry for bad english, maybe)
Traverse media, the new boston... I remember those days fondly. Also, so I don't take up 2 comments, I want to quickly share my experience on the subject. I went to school for 4 years for software development. Today, I use almost none of what I learned during that time. I'm not sure if it's changed since 2012, but going to school for coding was worthless when I did it. Software development changes so rapidly that it is almost impossible for a school to keep its program relevant, let alone good. I distinctly remember learning years worth of material only to get out into the world and find out that this just isn't the way things are done anymore. I was utterly clueless and unprepared at graduation. I probably learned more useful info in 6 months of RUclips videos then I did in 4 years of college. This is just my personal experience, so use it as you will. School may be the better option for others, but for me it was a waste of time and money. One last point: even if you go to school, the nature of software development requires you to spend the rest of your career constantly learning. It doesn't matter how you do it, but there is no getting around it. For this reason, even if you do go to school, you're still going to have to use RUclips, Google, StackOverflow, etc. to 'self-teach' once you finish. In my opinion, learning how to learn with these tools is just as much a required part of a developer's life as is learning what a variable is or how to use git.
Even if I'm read documentations I don't understand them, it just looks too complicated for me and if I'm stuck, usually I don't find any solution to my problem. That's why I always end up watching tutorials and use stackowerflow rather than read docs.
I'm so very thankful for all of the content creators like Brad, Dennis, Caleb and many other developers on RUclips and Udemy for creating affordable courses. I would not be the developer and cybersecurity professional I am today without those resources.
OK...well I've been TRYING to learn to code (C++ / Python) but cant't seem to get past "Hello World"...in either of them!...Can you suggest something to help me "move forward"?...thanks...its much appreciated!!
Some people just stick with watching Tube vids and reading, but never code a single line or just code simple no-use stuff. You have to open VSC (or whatever) and do a lot of coding. Make mistakes and make more and more complicated stuff. Some people, like me, just need somebody to supply him with huge quantities of problems and exercises. Get kicked and pushed. YT tutorials will never kick you hard, never kick you at all. That is all. People just get soft.
What do you suggest for learning practical stuff/good practices apart from coding that's actually required a lot while development. For example, project structure, making packages/modules, collaborating with a team on a project, etc. Are there any courses or videos that focus on these stuff as well?
I'm about to do basically the same thing. I'm 3/4 of the way through my Software Engineering degree. I've got the green light from my boss, but it's part-time in addition to my regular job responsibilities. Curious how much you sold for and if your employer had a stake in the IP. I get not wanting to talk specifics, but if you could ball park if it was less than 100k or more than a mil, or in between?
Great video! I started learning about 2 months ago and I totally recognize that feeling where I'm not sure where to start, which direction to take and chase whatever looks shiny! I'm at a point where I feel reasonably comfortable with HTML and CSS, and want to start exploring JavaScript. But after watching your video I realised that i'm just trying to get things done without fully understanding the reason/logic behind it. I decided to ''start over'' and first properly understand HTML with all it's elements/attributes, then continue again with CSS before I dive intro JS. Do you have any recomendations about other essentials I should learn? I am mostly intersted in frontend, however I would also like to have at least some backend knowledge.
It would be great to hear from people that have used learning online to go into the industry as opposed to people that have used learning online to go into teaching online.
Is it possible for someone at age 48 to learn to code. I am lost after getting hurt on the job. It took 4 surgeries and 12 years of workers comp, so I am lost and broken. Any help would be grateful.
No reason why you couldn’t. Not gonna lie, I don’t know what the job market holds in your area but I’ve heard of countless stories of people learning in their late 40’s and 50’s and getting into the workforce.
You mentioned your application that you sold. When you first began, did you start from scratch or did you use an existing piece of code (from a tutorial for example) and then work from there onwards?
@@DennisIvy Thanks for the answer. I'm not sure about how much web dev knowledge knowing and working with WordPress can give you, but was it any helpful in learning and building a full stack project? Your timeframe for studying and coding was remarkable and I while its ill-advised, I tend to gauge where I stand by comparison.
How do you guys start building your own projects? I've been learning web development for almost 2 years and I'm still not confident enough to start building my own projects. What I usually do is, after following tutorials and making the exact same project as shown, I think of using similar methods and make small changes to make a project of my own but I never complete them due to lack of motivation and confidence. Also, I feel I quickly forget the concepts I learn. Any tips on how to improve? :(
Do something simple that involves the whole stack. I was stuck for a while in tutorial hell, but i made a really simple page for my friend who streams that uses the twitch.tv API. Try using APIs and libraries to build your project and when it's done try refactoring some of the code by writing for ex. your own utilities or database controllers. You have to challange yourself for it to stick and become second nature.
I always had difficulty remembering all the big terms and explaining what stuff do based on the book definitions...but I can watch the tutorials read the codes and understand, manipulate and even create my own code from what I learnt...I just won't be able to answer the questions like what is a useSelector...but I do know how to use it where to use it and when
Another weakness of self-taught learning is that not having a time restriction to solve a problem, I find myself able to solve problems faster when I'm restricted in time (at least to me) not sure if this is a common thing. Great video by the way.
I think I would agree. I hear about people working on the same small problem for weeks. Lots of time it only takes so long because they mentally don’t have a deadline to figure this out.
You got lucky in that your boss let you build it and gave you the software you needed, and the freedom to build it, and let you own the product so you could sell it. Most employers aren't going to let you do that in the real world.
I owe so much gratitude to every content creator that provided the resources I needed to learn. Absolutely amazed by the power of the internet and the generosity of others to share so much content online.
Thank you Dennis for these tips
What is your advice to not become a lazy developer? I mean, I learn to code online, I don't have a specific project to work on. I would just accomplish things as I saw or I am told.
@@AlbertC64 Hey I'd recommend googling free API's to work with. there are lots of cool applications you can build and you will probably get alot of cool ideas from looking at a list of free project API's. If you hate front end, there are some cool data API's as well. A good example of an API i used on a recent project is the Chuck Norris Joke API. I built a little Chuck Norris joke app for fun. Give it a shot you will learn alot from that sort of stuff.
10 months to coding. Learned from RUclips. Some paid one. Got my first job as a frontend developer. Thanks to the developer community.
hi..even i have also started learning front end development..its been 1 month..can you please tell me the resources from where you learned front end part..
@@RajeevSharma-rp1zw from Brad's channel, Net ninja, For react.js clever programmer has some free live clones, etc. But I did my own projects taking all the knowledge from RUclips and making it my own way and customizing it. Stay focused and spend more time. One day you will succeed I believe.
4 years to coding. Learned from RUclips and paid courses.
No one job.
What am I doing wrong?
@@adiathasan thanks you...hope very soon i may also start my career as front end developer.
@@jgcastro1985, I was consistent. Coding 10 - 15 hours each day (maximum). Also, luck plays a vital role. But what I learned is not to give up.
Dennis Ivy is the definition of motivation. Glad to see you guys collabing.
Calebbb, how are you man?
Just get verified already Caleb.
@@AbhishekBM fr tho why isn't he verified yet? You need 100k and he has 3 times that? Am I missing something
Caleb my man! Appreciate you bro
@@BeFourCM
1. support.google.com/youtube/answer/171664?hl=en
2. support.google.com/youtube/answer/3046484?hl=en
The point about not following through on tutorials is a good one. That's why I usually change things in a tutorial when I follow them. If I can do it better then great, I understood the concept and improved on it. If it fails (as often happens) I go back to try and understand why their code worked and my doesn't which means understanding the core concepts better. Like the old Edison quote, paraphrased, "I didn't fail at the tutorial 99 times, I just learned 99 ways not to solve the problem before the 100th way to solve it"
I had some programming basics but mostly learnt the past 1-2 years a tremendous amount of c# and web development. Just got hired as mid level developer.
Wow amazing!
Where are you based?
Started learning coding at 35, almost 36 years old. Brad Traversy was a huge help for me, especially his Udemy courses. Thank you.
P.S. I'm a mid-level developer now.
Thanks for sharing, because I'm 30 and a little bit afraid of transition from accounting.
@@alexredwood8955 I was a health worker(pharmacy) so I had nothing to do with programming or web dev, now I am a web dev. Go for it!
@Tanky Yukii Learned by myself for about 1,5 years, did some projects, employed for two years. LAMP stack.
@Molke, I am interested in LAMP Stack. Do you any resources and courses you can recommend to me ?
Thanks.
Dude I’m 36 and literally just starting to learn
Great video.
I would say there is one thing that is needed to be teaching yourself programming skills. You really need a project/reason to do it.
Learning programming for the sake of programming will not do.
Granted, you can get the skills but the whole process of figuring out how to do things will teach you so much more. That's what creates good problem solvers.
Very true
I can't even begin to tell you, how much I have learnt from Traversy Media. Not only youtube but courses on Udemy aswell.
He has been the greatest teacher 👏
Ryan I want to date a software developer
@@ibphysicsclassroom Teach your wife how to code then.... cheers.
Thank you Brad.!
You inspired me to become a web developer.❤️
I taught everything online, now I am a top-rated web developer at Upwork.
I know how to use Java, because of RUclips tutorials here, and I'm glad that I can see my progress.
I haven't watched this yet, but one thing is for sure, without you Brad, I promise you that I wouldn't even know 30% of what I know in web dev. I would've gave up a looong time ago... Thanks brother.💛 ( Also Dennis, I absolutely love ur story and no matter how many times I hear it, you keep inspiring me, I might switch back to python and watch ur series one day ;) )
These comments are what inspire me :)
Currently watching Dennis's Django crash course series. Love his works!!!
So happy to hear that Tarequl :)
I learned best by starting a project that forced me to discover new ways of coding. You're right about researching to find a solution. I had to take examples of different codes to work out what I needed.
That perfect 👌
Amazing journey. That is awesome. A lot of great advice. Learning to code literally saved me. My past career was teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, with covid, I would have been out of a job. But luckily I have been learning to code and was able to land a junior dev last January that eventually became remote.
Love seeing Dennis on THIS channel! He’s a great addition to the community. It’s cool to hear him describe his journey, which has featured similar resources to mine. I’m on the right track!
Appreciate this Jay. It’s awesome to see how many people can relate:)
People commenting “first” are just people who can’t refresh the page
lol there's like three 'first' comments in this video right now
@@this_rishi faxs
I always see at least 10 "firsts" haha
Had exactly the same experience of learning how to code. Wanted to created an app to browse a big amount of visual assets i'm creating as a Creative service manager, started html/css/js from scratch, then vuejs, and backend skills node.js then express.js, little bit of mongodb/mongoose. After a year of learning I put everything together to create that app, and it worked ! If I can do it everybody can do it !
Awesome video Dennis, thank you for sharing that. I completely agree that if you are curious, driven and have the right roadmap, you can learn everything required online (RUclips and Udemy were my resources of choice). I have a similar story as yours, I started into web development 3 years ago and it's been a beautiful adventure since! Keep up the great work.
Good to hear that! Glad you see it as the adventure that it is. Hope it continues that way for you :)
@@DennisIvy Likewise! Have a great weekend.
I did go to school for my degree but most of the learning to be honest was supported by online tutorials like these.
Today I’m way to proud to mention that I’m a Software Engineer at a reputed bank in Canada.
Crazy how things work for you if you’re dedicated and just keep grinding.
To learn by yourself is very chaotic at first. Brad Traversy's yearly web development videos are a big help to get a sense of structure.
learning code online can take you as far as you want. I spent a year teaching myself and now im in a bootcamp, and i'll tell you first hand that you dont get anything special in a bootcamp. We recently had a 2 week break and i used it to do some independent learning, and it was even better than sitting in lecture tbh.
The internet is like a magical book that can tell you almost anything.
I agree
These kinds of videos make me feel like there is no money and jobs in this industry anymore and everyone should start teaching and doing Instagram/RUclips. Which is the exact opposite of why I'm learning web/app development. Everyone seems to have the same story as you. Got good at what you do -> paid well, many jobs offers -> left that and began content creation. My question is then, why stop working if everything was great? I really hope that's not the case for the industry because that means I wasted my time here. Not everyone can and wants to make online content, I want a normal paying job.
exactly this. I see it more and more and I gotta ask, why dont you people just work in companies ?
you dont hear stories of millions of developers because they focus on their work not youtube. doing youtube videos is a lot of work in first place
I can't speak for Dennis, but I started doing content and teaching while I was running a pretty successful business. I did courses part time and RUclips and found it to be much more rewarding. At the time I switched to content, it was a giant risk. I was not making near as much, but it ended up working out. I see what you mean though. This is actually a good topic for a video
Would you actually mind if I showed your comment in a video if I make one? Not in a bad way at all. I think it is something a lot of people may feel so I'd like to address it.. I can blur out your name.
@@TraversyMedia I would like to hear more about the topic. I didn't mean anything negative with the comment, just something I was thinking about. Nothing against content creation. Without content like this, we wouldn't have these quality tutorials for free from people like you and NetNinja. I just don’t want it to be an end goal, because I’m seeing more and more people doing it. Makes me question is it because the jobs are not good or people get disappointed when they get to that level? You can show the comment if you want (don't blur the name I want to brag about it to friends hah). I'm a huge fan of the channel and right now trying to cover as many of your javascript projects, thanks for doing them.
Brad you are awesome! Thanks so much for motivation, you're doing a great job
I’m currently studying at a web dev boot camp 5 days a week and can genuinely say that online resources are great. I supplement my learning with it all the time, and have even preferred it for certain languages. Going to the boot camp has its advantages as you get to network and get placed into internships, but if you just want to learn pure code and build from there, online learning is a great way to go if you can stay focused.
I started a few years ago wanting to build an Instagram clone, and found RUclips tutorials on Django from a guy in Scotland. Then spent years learning different things, building different projects. Traverse has been awesome for learning lots of UI/front end stuff that’s helped my final, released projects meet that next level. During the pandemic, my skill set was finally at a point where I built a Covid-19 tracker in React, using a dozen different online APIs I found, and this work wound up getting me a UI/UX job at a major medical university, building web applications for doctors, nurses, clinicians, and people who need medical help. So it’s gotten to me a point where I’m paid really well, doing great work, and I can do it remotely while everything is happening, so I’m looking forward to meeting my new team in person next year.
When I figured out how to do self teaching on the best optimized way for myself, then I tought dont need the way of bootcamps where grab your hands and hold during the course(sometimes after it), because what you learn with hard expamples its more valuable will be later.
This has been very helpful. Thank you so much!
So I took Brad's React course on Udemy in July 2019, I got my first front-end React job on October 2019, this last month I changed job and multiplied my my previous salary by 260%. Slowly but surely it's all going better. Thanks so much Brad.
Thanks for the video Dennis,
You are a light of hope, much needed hope
The suggestion at the last few minutes in the video are true. I started with data science, since I had no mentor, I was practically shooting an arrow in the dark. It became so overwhelming at one point (not the math or programming) but the magnitude of different skills to have that I gave up. That guilt still kills me to this day. Practically lost all my motivation of coding and now doing a shitty job.
I even graduated from university (computer engineering) on August in 2020 and I already don't know where to start. I now only see that, I learned nothing from university that I could find a job in reality. Last 2 years I've been looking for my future job that I'll do it with passion and suddenly discovered you Dennis.
This is a video I need to watch it over and over again and it sincerely encourages me to give myself a chance to do this job. I don't know how to thank you but I know where to start now.
I'm studying computer engineering in college. I have 2 more years. You never did an internship or coop program? Shouldn't that help with getting a job?
@@1polyron1 I did a piece of sh*t internship at university. Let me give you a piece of advise, even if you have some time, try to find your own internship by yourself. Don't let university make this decision for you if it doesn't work on you.
I studied at university as a foreign student and I was limited by choosing where to work.
Two of my favorite mentors coming together. Thanks guys
Good video and i think you are absolutely wright.
Thank you Marius :)
Thank you Traversy Media! I have lost job due to covid and you have helped me to gain confidence to find another job! :D I am junior dev so I still have plenty to learn
Great 👌
I like his opinion, he have a really nice point of view.
His point of view pushs me up to pursue.
:)
Thank you Dennis and Brad you are doing a great Job!
Appreciate that Dawid :)
This is an interesting topic..
I’m 100% self taught/online research & have no formal qualifications.
You nailed the for & against really- but another plus of self-taught, I find, is that it seems far more common that you will seek a current modern method, before using a method that has been around for 30 years.
New methods generally arise out of some benefit replacing an original, but they seem to be more likely to be used when you are self-taught & used to continuous research & learning.
Just my experience anyway.
Thanks for the video, it was great 🙏🏻
This was so much more useful than all these coding gurus that say "forget the tutorials bro, just have your own project to work on." Which is garbage advice that ignores that they too once needed tutorials to get going.
I'm not sure why they'd be a single thumbs down! This is real world. It's how it's works if you're motivated to be a better developer. Thank guys. Great video.
Thank you.You read me I am learning online free.
Absolutely true Dennis.
:)
Thank you very much!! This was very important topic for me! It is really motivating me to continue my struggle in learning how to code. God bless!!
Amazing video. Keep up the good work, Dennis.
Thank you 🙏
It's hard to get started with online/yt learning because many of us will jump from task to task -part to part all over the place.
In school/course (not online) or with a mentor, you will know where to start and what next you must learn and next, etc. That's because is better to learn live (not online) you will not jump all over everything, someone will tell you what is next you must know to advance in coding. (sorry for bad english, maybe)
Awesome Denis is a motivator. Keepon inspiring
:)
Yes, self motivation is the toughest skill in 'this world'... Not sure if I said much 🙃
Good one. Respect. Motivation and discipline.
Thank you 🙏
Traverse media, the new boston... I remember those days fondly.
Also, so I don't take up 2 comments, I want to quickly share my experience on the subject. I went to school for 4 years for software development. Today, I use almost none of what I learned during that time. I'm not sure if it's changed since 2012, but going to school for coding was worthless when I did it. Software development changes so rapidly that it is almost impossible for a school to keep its program relevant, let alone good. I distinctly remember learning years worth of material only to get out into the world and find out that this just isn't the way things are done anymore. I was utterly clueless and unprepared at graduation.
I probably learned more useful info in 6 months of RUclips videos then I did in 4 years of college. This is just my personal experience, so use it as you will. School may be the better option for others, but for me it was a waste of time and money.
One last point: even if you go to school, the nature of software development requires you to spend the rest of your career constantly learning. It doesn't matter how you do it, but there is no getting around it. For this reason, even if you do go to school, you're still going to have to use RUclips, Google, StackOverflow, etc. to 'self-teach' once you finish. In my opinion, learning how to learn with these tools is just as much a required part of a developer's life as is learning what a variable is or how to use git.
Wow! Cool story, man! Thanks for sharing. Very inspirational.
Who else loves the intro??
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Even if I'm read documentations I don't understand them, it just looks too complicated for me and if I'm stuck, usually I don't find any solution to my problem. That's why I always end up watching tutorials and use stackowerflow rather than read docs.
I'm so very thankful for all of the content creators like Brad, Dennis, Caleb and many other developers on RUclips and Udemy for creating affordable courses. I would not be the developer and cybersecurity professional I am today without those resources.
you are absolutely right
I have my bachelor's degree in ComputerScience but i can say that i learn a lot on my own.Proud to be a self-taught here!
Nobody can comment first on Traversy Media channel. It defies the theory of relativity :))
OK...well I've been TRYING to learn to code (C++ / Python) but cant't seem to get past "Hello World"...in either of them!...Can you suggest something to help me "move forward"?...thanks...its much appreciated!!
Some people just stick with watching Tube vids and reading, but never code a single line or just code simple no-use stuff. You have to open VSC (or whatever) and do a lot of coding. Make mistakes and make more and more complicated stuff. Some people, like me, just need somebody to supply him with huge quantities of problems and exercises. Get kicked and pushed. YT tutorials will never kick you hard, never kick you at all. That is all. People just get soft.
Thank you for this video
What do you suggest for learning practical stuff/good practices apart from coding that's actually required a lot while development. For example, project structure, making packages/modules, collaborating with a team on a project, etc.
Are there any courses or videos that focus on these stuff as well?
Great video!
Love from Pakistan...Gratitude to Brad
I'm about to do basically the same thing. I'm 3/4 of the way through my Software Engineering degree. I've got the green light from my boss, but it's part-time in addition to my regular job responsibilities.
Curious how much you sold for and if your employer had a stake in the IP.
I get not wanting to talk specifics, but if you could ball park if it was less than 100k or more than a mil, or in between?
Thanks for sharing it!
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Great dude 👌
:)
Awesome 💙
Great video! I started learning about 2 months ago and I totally recognize that feeling where I'm not sure where to start, which direction to take and chase whatever looks shiny! I'm at a point where I feel reasonably comfortable with HTML and CSS, and want to start exploring JavaScript. But after watching your video I realised that i'm just trying to get things done without fully understanding the reason/logic behind it. I decided to ''start over'' and first properly understand HTML with all it's elements/attributes, then continue again with CSS before I dive intro JS.
Do you have any recomendations about other essentials I should learn?
I am mostly intersted in frontend, however I would also like to have at least some backend knowledge.
Name a better Duo than Brad and Dennis ... I challenge you
It would be great to hear from people that have used learning online to go into the industry as opposed to people that have used learning online to go into teaching online.
I still use it plenty in industry :)
Awesome:>
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As far as much awesome videos will make Traversy (:
you are awesome man
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@@DennisIvy :)
Hi, would you be able to build a "career path" that some of us can follow in order to become successful programmers/developers?
The New Boston is a legend
Is it possible for someone at age 48 to learn to code. I am lost after getting hurt on the job. It took 4 surgeries and 12 years of workers comp, so I am lost and broken. Any help would be grateful.
No reason why you couldn’t. Not gonna lie, I don’t know what the job market holds in your area but I’ve heard of countless stories of people learning in their late 40’s and 50’s and getting into the workforce.
Thank you for your help and time. You know what I am going to go for it.
really awesome 🤩
:)
Dennis really taught me django
Right in Ritankar :)
I am glad to see you
:)
You mentioned your application that you sold. When you first began, did you start from scratch or did you use an existing piece of code (from a tutorial for example) and then work from there onwards?
Completely from scratch. There was no template for what I needed to build.
@@DennisIvy Thanks for the answer. I'm not sure about how much web dev knowledge knowing and working with WordPress can give you, but was it any helpful in learning and building a full stack project? Your timeframe for studying and coding was remarkable and I while its ill-advised, I tend to gauge where I stand by comparison.
Brad!
Show some love.
Hey brad, just want to know if you take any private classes in web development??
How do you guys start building your own projects? I've been learning web development for almost 2 years and I'm still not confident enough to start building my own projects. What I usually do is, after following tutorials and making the exact same project as shown, I think of using similar methods and make small changes to make a project of my own but I never complete them due to lack of motivation and confidence. Also, I feel I quickly forget the concepts I learn. Any tips on how to improve? :(
Do something simple that involves the whole stack. I was stuck for a while in tutorial hell, but i made a really simple page for my friend who streams that uses the twitch.tv API. Try using APIs and libraries to build your project and when it's done try refactoring some of the code by writing for ex. your own utilities or database controllers. You have to challange yourself for it to stick and become second nature.
@@matej2714 Thank you so much!
@@Jane-nk5mi no bro
I always had difficulty remembering all the big terms and explaining what stuff do based on the book definitions...but I can watch the tutorials read the codes and understand, manipulate and even create my own code from what I learnt...I just won't be able to answer the questions like what is a useSelector...but I do know how to use it where to use it and when
Thanks Bro
Could you please add English subtitle automatically?
for people who do not speak english
press 'c'
ProShop project is just awesome. Thanks for that. Can you please make a crash course on fastapi
So true 💙
awesome...
Great video! Can you also make a video on firebase analytics and storage?
6:40 - Yes, absolutely me 😑😆
Another weakness of self-taught learning is that not having a time restriction to solve a problem,
I find myself able to solve problems faster when I'm restricted in time (at least to me) not sure if this is a common thing.
Great video by the way.
I think I would agree. I hear about people working on the same small problem for weeks. Lots of time it only takes so long because they mentally don’t have a deadline to figure this out.
You got lucky in that your boss let you build it and gave you the software you needed, and the freedom to build it, and let you own the product so you could sell it. Most employers aren't going to let you do that in the real world.
By learning it from a school, I have neither the pro and the neither the cons because the teaching is quite bad
thanks
Can you make a video on about the future of web development..... please
Please sir what does it take to post to your channel
@@wykeless tnx
Any tips for fundamentals series?
Hey you should get wrong akram on the show. Great tutorials
Kindly post some good channels. I am learning from traversy media, ninja, acadmics minds. Please give us more good channels.
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