Even if you are not working full time, you may be going to school or taking care of kids, anything that takes up a ton of time, this still applies to you. Also anyone that has any tips from their own experiences, Id love to hear
Traversy Media i tried to alternate my sleeping time but it didn't worked for me so finally again i started sleeping at 1 - 2am and waking up at 7am in normal days , now it's actually a month of Ramadan for Muslims but still for me its same
I always say Your channel is my home channel. You not only talk perfectly about technical subjects but you understand real life problem and dilemma of a programmer or want to be a programmer. You are true Guru. Thanks Brad.💖
Traversy Media : I can shout it loud Brad that your are the best in my view, the contents like this video is only be done by you. There is no match for you there. Lots of love and much much respect.
I was hardcore gamer my whole life until i started to learn web development 2 months ago,i was hooked immediately i dont even think about games anymore im furious i wasted so much time and now im 33 and learning from zero(hoping to hero)
35 here, same boat. Worked as a dev but never got into web development, wasted a decade churning out WinFoms apps. Had really slipped into that clock-punching mode. React really energised me, and the evolved JavaScript is really fun to work with, especially with Node/NPM ecosystem. If you have that enthusiasm, you'll get there in no time. Learning something you really love learning never tends to take long :) Good luck!
__Prod1gy__ NS I stopped playing games about a year ago (I started playing as soon as I could pick up the controller). I am 20, got a job as a full srack developer. Also, I'm self taught.
@@Hasnain1F we literally have sammme story. It's been a year since i un installed steam. I am in my final year of college n already got 3 job offers. Will be joinning in january as a software engineer. Games if not controlled, can waste a lot of your time.
Bless you man, i am 22 thinking like i have wasted time playing useless games that didn't contribute to any skills for me . Now after hearing your motivation story to learning web development , i think i am not late
Thanks for the incite. I'm only one month into my job and I can already feel myself getting burnt out... I used to be someone who would spend most of my free-time watching tutorials and taking online courses. Now I can't even stand to look at code outside of work.
This is the only UA-cam channel that makes my fire inside bright and bigger, thank you for keeping me passionate and not giving up, you have always seemed like a genuine guy on your videos. Thanks Brad for all you’ve done even videos 6 years old are helpful today.
Hey Brad, I have gone through many tutorials of yours in last 2 months. I have learnt a lot. Thanks for teaching us in the most simplest way. You are the best teacher. Hats off to you Sir. Lastly, Thank You so much for teaching us like your own child ☺
I am doing a full-time job, and i am trying to learn and watch a video everyday after work. but like Brad said, hard to do it after work, I think i will change to a morning person and learn in the early morning like u. I really admire Brad for learning all these stuff on his own and teach us on youtube, thank u for your great contribution
Spot on... thank you Brad. 7 months in my job (java dev). But my tasks are so complicated I feel when I was doing web dev I was enjoying more... time to kick back and start learning the stuff I actually love
That's so true Brad. I'm 50 years old. 3 children and a wife. I started coding 6 months ago. I'm using my time to watch stuffs from UA-cam, Udemy to learn on the coach to get work-home and even some extra time in the restrooms, freedom zone! I appreciate that you are also sharing your experience humbly and mostly good craic!
That's awesome. Just remember if you feel yourself getting burnt or less motivated to take it down a notch. That may not be you at all though, everyone is different
Sa ha I plan out my projects so I know what to work on and I use a to do app to help me keep track of things to do. This way I don't have a lot of downtime after I finish a feature. I also work on public transportation.
Started waking up at 5.50 instead of 7AM a while ago and go to work early to study react and node there. Something that is not part of our stack. The results have been amazing. In addition to the benefits you mentioned I also experienced the following: - avoid rush hour when commuting (big big plus) - can concentrate on baby and wife at night without feeling the need to learn new things (might even play video games when baby is asleep to relax) - wake up around 6 - 7 AM on the weekend naturally - not tired, etc. -wake up excited everday to know that I will learn and be able to concentrate on whatever I want to do. One thing I do in the morning is meditate for 10 minutes. This helps me waking up completely.
are you a web developer or a motivational speaker.. perfect in everything.. u r just changing me day by day... i mean seriously u r the best person on UA-cam.. BIG FAN SIR... really appreciate your work and these motivational videos keep it up. Thanks Alot..
I must say I do not watch all of your videos (seems reasonably to watch only those of your interests/areas in which you want to make progress) but I do always watch these "face to face" videos in which you talk about coding & real life, progressing, how to keep positive, etc. In that sense I think that I and many of us can say that we found a mentor. So thank you Brad for everything, greetings from Argentina!
Generally speaking, the more healthy (at every level) you are, the less sleep you actually need. I've experienced this personally. Over the years I've needed more sleep and still felt groggy, but when I was healthier I slept a lot less and felt fantastic. I'm trying to get back to that. The less sleep you need to function well, the more hours you have to do what you love. :)
Brad, Discovered your channel a couple of months ago and it has quickly become THE place for all my topics around web development. Love the friendly, intimate and not too technical way you make complicated topics easy to understand. Thanks for your great channel. Simply the best!
Thanks alot, i can apply (or already did) to my situation. im a full time dev and still have to study (because i was to slow before i got my job^^). Sometimes its hard to keep learning dev-stuff alongside my job and studying but aslong as you don’t lose your passion it will work. channels like yours are those which keep our passion alive!
Thanks a lot for your thought. I am a Muslim and prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) advised us as a Muslim to do many things you mentioned. I wish you all the best in this life or the life after.
Brat thank you for this video. Apart from coding this is important to manage oneself especially for people like us who are coding outside of our normal jobs while also trying to manage our families and trying to learn new web technologies. Thanks for the insight.
The gaming dilemma is spot on. I'm trying to solve that problem by coding my own games. The plan is that my hobbies will reinforce my coding and vise versa.
Excellent as always Brad. I used to learn and focus on my freelancing business an hour in the morning and a few hours at night so I can definitely relate to this.
I'm currently learning JavaScript working full time with a wife and 2 young kids. My fulltime job as a manager in the hospitality industry requires long hours that go late into the evening. The time required just for my job, and how it was keeping me from seeing my children at normal hours, was a large motivating factor for pursuing a developer career. After a few fits and starts I've finally gotten into a groove of working in my learning of code whenever I could. I decided to go the self taught route as money and time are two things that are tight at the moment. I started with Khan Academy and through the past 4 months I have gone through Codecademy, freecodecamp.com, and now Udacity. And in all of these I've been focused on getting down the basics of JavaScript. I'd say I'm still a solid beginner but making some headway on having a deep understanding of the basic concepts of the language. It's been a journey. But my "why" (being there for my family) has helped me to make some changes in my life style that has allowed me to be more focused on my learning. I'll list a few here: limiting my time on news aggregate sites (they're not wholesome nor do they make me more intelligent as I thought when I was younger), limiting social media, with what time I spend on social media I've focused on groups like #javascript etc, downloaded Google's grasshopper app, Codecademy Go etc, also reading Eloquent JavaScript has been helpful. All of these things have been great. But the one thing I attribute to being the most important for me staying focused on learning code, and my "why", has to be journaling. Journaling daily just does something that keeps me going. Okay sorry long winded. Thanks again for the video man! I too love to teach and see people grow. So your videos have vibed with me ever since you gave me the solution to writing a for loop to finding a factorial of 12. Lol. Peace!
these type of talks that you make helps me a lot, it also reveals all my stress and makes me really happy that someone already knows about us beginner's concerns and wants to help us. you're amazing man love you bro.
I've "wanted" and "planned" learn coding for years, and luckily enough, I've saved some money from work, and have super supportive family and friends who let me take a few months off from work to focus 100% on learning CS, in my point of view, yes, I can be making money instead of focusing 100%, but my drive and motivation tends to die down if it drags on for years, and I'm just the kind of person that need to focus on one main thing, so I want to just focus for at least 2 years on learning CS, hopefully I'll be good enough to land a job and keep on learning :)
Learning outside of having a full time job when you’re trying to become a developer is another full time job. Learning languages, frameworks, building your website, getting your resume and/or cover letter together, going to meetups, etc. At the end of the day, you feel like you have no energy. Especially if your actual job takes a toll on you mentally or physically. I was trying to learn so many things in such a short time that I got burnt out. I wanted to get a dev job quick so I was learning as much as I could in a short time frame. Going from tutorial to tutorial and not building anything. My advice is to write everything out and make a plan. Take things step by step. Build the projects that Brad has made videos on and then re-build them in your own way. Document your progress to keep yourself motivated. Start a dev blog, #100DaysOfCode challenge, or join a slack/discord channel to be around people with the same goals and interests as you. It’s also okay to take breaks and most of all, don’t give up!
Dude brand looks like you got some decent hardware these days! And what is that a live subscriber count?!? THAT'S motivation. BTW I work full time as a developer just got a job a few months ago and this video is spot on. Coworkers aren't as enthused as I am. Every morning I get up and work on learning and progressing in my cool side projects and I hope to never lose my passion!
Time management is a huge problem that I have with coding. I work 10 plus hour days, have a family and I’m trying to get my health together as well. So this video helped and I will try some of the suggestions. Thanks a lot.
You're all ways hitting the right topics. I don't really put in comments on any UA-cam videos, just wanted you to know you're doing a great job. I work in IT right now and hope one day I will get to be on the development team. Watching your videos gave me the courage to start coding again. Now I have a client that I'm doing a website for with my freelance that I'm doing part time and my IT Director at my job accepted one of my projects to implement into development. Still have so much learning to do, just managing my time the best that I can.
Hats off to you Brad! You are amongst those: 'Just do it' folks. For me, I require 9-10 hours of sleep and some things just don't get into my head - though I enjoy experts like you practice and show us. But simply amazing tips for people who want that little push to sail them through. Thanks again!
you inspired us Brad. 3 months ago and before that, I was very addicted to FPS gaming, had a very low income job as a graphic designer here in the philippines, got 4 kids (im 36) until one day i sat outside our porch and thinking.. what am i doing with my life??? so i went back to my laptop and i was scrolling for high paying jobs or skills.. as soon as I searched for web development, i stumbled upon your youtube vid and then got hooked to the idea of developing websites. i always had the impression that coding are for nerds or for geniuses. but as soon as i tried coding html and css and followed your tutorials, i got addicted to it and watching your videos is like almost a must for me daily! I then set myself a routine task in asana to repeat daily, and that, i have to code at least 2-4 hours a day (i averaged 3-4 hours daily and never missed a day coding since April). fast forward 3 months later and now, I am coding stuff i never knew i was able to do. I am now learning PHP and javascript, and yes, I am making huge progress. I am now making a CMS platform as a project in PHP.
Nice. !! this was a nice, productive 15 minutes for me and I do believe for the new developers like me, that have so many difficulties to manage between a "regular job" and studying what we most love " programing'. Yes, you had mention some issues that we face every day and some of them like the social media, you are 100% right, but like you say every body is different. I hope you continue your job with the same humble attitude that characterize your self..Thank You.
Thanks Brad, You are one of role models I follow from afar. We’ve never met, but wish to send many happy karma to you for all the uplifting you have provided me. I especially benefit from the blog type videos, including the burnout and coming back to coding after a break ones. I am studying Python Data Science. But I apply all of your tips on studying coding. One suggestion I would add is try to sleep more. Matt Whitaker (Why We Sleep book) says there is much less than 1% of a population that can thrive on less than 6h average sleep. He recommends 7-9 h average for most adults. 1 extra hour for 1 day results in 25% less car accidents and 30% less heart attacks. So you’re left with being more productive during the normal hours. Use all the learning tools available to you.
@ 10:12 ⇒ One great alternative to using your phone data plan to learn while you commute (or cook, clean or have some sort of down time) is to download the content through WiFi directly to your phone, assuming you have enough storage available. One option that would end up being cheaper in that scenario if you don't currently have enough space would be to add an SD card if possible or otherwise delete the apps you don't really use and delete the cache and media files you don't need. You can actually learn quite a lot from audio podcasts so that could be a nice option if you are driving or somehow not able to pay attention visually (plus they don't occupy as much space as videos)! Also, you can easily find a way to download UA-cam videos at home (just Google "download youtube videos") and then you just have to store them on your phone. You could use a USB cable to connect to your computer or if you have fast Internet, it will be pretty quick if you use something like Airdroid to transfer your files (for Android) or Air Transfer for iPhone from your computer to your phone (and vice versa). Other than that, I just wanted to thank you Brad for all the great content that you put out there! I'm very happy to know you have built a meaningful career on your own. This is so inspiring! Thanks again :)
I did a web dev program in a college while working full time. I did a lot of the things you mentioned in this video. I got up a bit early and did some work, then when I got home from work I did some more. Weekends is when I finished up assignments and projects.
I find people get beat down when their companies constantly shoot them down when they have new ideas. This kills people's ambition and they give up. Nice insights Brad.
Here's some ideas... I think while you are working full-time, any small amount of learning is a great bonus. I find I have the most time between jobs, since I always seem to be every few years. If your contract ends, and you can afford it, that's when I like to buckle down and learn something totally new. Otherwise I just do small projects here and there. Big points for avoiding games & TV & social media. I used to waste so much time doing that and I didn't even like it 70% of the time!
Good God, this video hits me right in the head. That back-and-forth between gaming and my 12-hour job is how I'm spending my days, especially during lockdown. The fact that I really want to game after busting my ass off keeps me distracted from the kind of study I ought to be doing. Good pep talk Brad, hopefully I can re-evaluate my routine.
Thats definitely the way to go, time management, time management, time management, and yeah no time or limit time os social media, thanks for sharing this.
I really like this information. A lot of people suggest coding 6-8 hours a day but they dont acknowledge the fact people have full time jobs, other activities they need or love to do (exercising or being on a sports team just to name a couple). You show that yes better time is great but you still take a more realistic approach. Burnout coding is extremely real. Jumping that many hours to tire you out quickly. Or atleast me.
Brad keeping it real. I sometimes get stressed when I struggle too much in coding, so I'll confide in video games or sleep. Often this is late at night, so I want to switch it up to the mornings. Thanks Brad!
You are 100% correct. Self-learning is instrumental to remaining marketable in a competitive and ever-changing tech job market. I'm guilty of falling into the social media pit whenever I purpose myself to sit down and study. Consistency is also key because 30 minutes every day is more beneficial than 3 hours once a week.
Hello..I started to learn your HTML course, i work in a plant, and well some times can get heavy learn, because of night shifts, but i hope in one year i can become proficient in front end development..thank you for your courses
I find it a bit difficult learning front-end development while freelancing as an SEO content writer for around 40 hours a week and having a shitty internet connection (currently living in Venezuela). It's kind of frustrating, especially due to my absent background knowledge on the field since I studied something completely unrelated to computer programming or web design. Nonetheless, I find your channel extremely helpful and I've taken the few first steps on a project I have in mind thanks to your HTML5 and CSS3 tutorials. Please keep it up, and bear in mind that this kind of videos are helpful as well, you inspire people to invest time properly.
This video is perfect. I was complaining about being burnt out from working a developer job 9-5 then trying to do side projects right as I got home. Found it better to start maybe 2-3 hours after I got home and spend a few hours coding. I'm not much of a morning person, but I do want to try and get up a bit earlier to start some coding work. Same with the weekends. I would spend maybe 5 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday to work on my Udemy courses. A 20 hour course would be done in 2 weekends. I also do interchange hobbies such as hanging out with friends and playing games. Everybody needs their down time. I wouldnt fret too much of trying to jam pack everything because it's a slow process and we will all get there by putting in the time and work and keeping ourselves up to date.
I'm watching this video for the second time because I recently got employed and it's much more relevant to me right now. It's been a little bit over a year since you published this video. Looking at the number of your subscribers from last year, it was at around 360K. Now it's at 837K. That's an immense growth. And you deserve it and a lot more! Keep up the awesome work.
@@odiverso4407 My advice would be to program as much as you can, and try to study the fundamentals of programming. Learn things like programming concepts like recursion, but also topics like data structures and algorithms. Make sure you get comfortable with object-oriented programming. Read books like "Clean Code" and "The Pragmatic Programmer". Study design patterns. Good luck!
@traversy Thanks bro I really appreciate the love!!! I look up to your channel as the gold standard as you continue to grow makes me really happy because it shows me whats possible. again thanks it always feels good to know people you look up to .notice you!
Hey Brad, I started listening to a lot of your videos lately and I really don't comment a lot. I work two jobs while learning web development on Udemy. I'm going to my first hackathon on the 1st of December and I am excited yet nervous. I can't wait to network with other people and continue to learn. I hope to have a developer job in the near future. You've been a big impact on my journey as a learning developer. Thanks dude
Thanks for this video! I recently lost my job at a company, and although the work was easy (very basic coding), I started losing interest and kept putting things off, which caught up to me. My fault! I realized that sometimes you have to eat shit to get a paycheck, but I don't believe you have to stay stuck. I'm taking this time to learn more and work on my portfolio and try to find a job that I enjoy, while also focusing on my own freelancing work. And thank you for the encouragement you give through these videos. Whether it's the tutorials, advice or sharing the difficulties of life. No excuses to achieve your goal! So here's to you and me, and let's make it happen. All the best! -Alan
It’s amazing that every video you make it feels like you’re talking directly to me and my situation. My wife and I have very demanding full time jobs and we have a 2 year old. So my only time to study is after 9pm and that’s if I don’t spend any time with my wife after the nugget goes to bed. It’s really tough and if im being honest it’s hard to keep motivated. Your videos really do help though. Thanks for all you do!!!
Fredrik Christenson is another awesome channel to listen to on the drive to work New videos every day about being a developer, soft skills, hard skills and his perspective of the industry. Really interesting channel!
Thanks for great tutorials as always :) I code 16 hrs per day and then always spend at least 1-2 hrs to learn something new. Sleep 5h + 1h power nap during day. Playing with kid while coding :D eat in front of pc lol :)
Great information man! Switching from gaming to something more productive took me a bit but I started noticing that I wasn't enjoying my time gaming if I didn't do something productive first.
Thanks for taking the time to make this vid. I'm sure most of us already knew in our gut what you covered, but just hearing it from another source from time to time I think helps to confirm our instincts.
This was the perfect time to release this video. I always had the concern or worry of how do developers learn on top of having a full time job and not sacrificing family or personal time. It is definitely difficult to strike the balance between learning new stuff and time off for things that you enjoy doing. Thank you Brad.
I can very much relate to your issue with being productive vs gaming. I was producing music and gaming, both as hobbies, and I realized how much of my time was being wasted being unproductive. Now I spend a lot of my time watching videos or reading blogs about productivity, coding, business etc and I feel better for it. It's hard to resist the urge to just game sometimes but i push myself and remind myself that gaming isn't going to develop me as a person or increase my salary potential :) Great video :)
Hey Brad, a suggestion: How about doing like a BIG project tutorial, front to back end, using JavaScript of course as well as maybe Python and frameworks. There's a lot of us noobies who haven't got a clue how a real project looks like, and it all seems kind of scary and overwhelming. It can be a single 2-3 hour video or in a couple of parts! By the way love the videos bro, really appreciate what you are doing, keep up the good work!
Hey Brad, we would be really grateful if you could make a video on how you learn new web technologies so easily and fast. As always, thanks for these awesome videos.
Great video Brad. I love that you are speaking on the importance of family and balance my brotha. I encouraged and inspired to start coding in the mornings. I usually hit the gym about 4 days a week, but I am going to switch it up and start coding a few mornings a week.
I'm watching Udemy vids in the train to work (coding theory, UX design, cognitive behaviour, neuroscience). You can save them locally so they don't eat your data plan. I find weekends or holidays great for projects to learn new stuff.Also medium is a great platform to read some articles while on the move. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing! I would like to point out something that I think is important. It's OK to also spend time doing thing that are not "productive" but that you genuinely enjoy. It's like hitting the reset button on your brain. Your brain needs rest too, and coding could at time be very challenging mentally. If you don't do that, you will pay in some way or another, believe me.
I'm currently working 50 hrs a week and probably spending between 15-20 hrs a week outside if work. Also I have a wife and 3 children I'm 26, the key is; const = "time management!";
There’s a great book called “How to Live on 8 Hours a Day”. You can also reduce the need for sleep with endurance exercise. The longer you exercise, the less sleep you need. Eating clean is also important.
I'm 31 and just got my first developer job after studying for 1 year. I was working asa a barber before, so no, it's not to late. Learn to code so you can code to learn.
@@Alexandru-OM That's awesome! I'm actually gonna build a site for a friend of mine who cuts hair on the side so people can book him :). I'm only 24 and really want to get a job as a dev this year.
I’m 25, practiced php for about six month and then got book easy laravel, I’m in love with laravel now, learning nginx, git and vuejs now. feel confident about my skills to build a portfolio and find a job
Great advice, Brad! As someone who worked and went to school at the same time, I know that it can sometimes be difficult to find time to study or work on learning new topics, but your suggestions are definitely helpful to those who are interested in learning how to program (or any other skills for that matter).
Spent amount of time on gaming these last few weeks.. basically more than a 40 hour work week... it's easy to slip into that routine and there is a competitive drive.. and some how a reward system that our brain thinks is candy... then the wth moment happens.... spending this amount of time can't be worth it.. did I really play that much - thanks for letting me know overwatch?! I'm encouraged to hear you were able to put gaming to bed.
Brad, hi! What about sport and healthy food? It's important for the energy and a good mood! Unfortunately it's a pretty difficult to find a time for that. What about you? Do you sport and do you worry about the food?
I'm so happy I found your channel a while ago. Your tutorials are great and this talk is great!. With kids its so much harder indeed yarn yar. Keep it up Brad
Even if you are not working full time, you may be going to school or taking care of kids, anything that takes up a ton of time, this still applies to you.
Also anyone that has any tips from their own experiences, Id love to hear
please i need to know if you will make react course like angular i know you have one with node but i am asking for react essential with projects ?
Traversy Media , fps means you try to be a person who is always up to date with techs at job and the fp to solve the problems ? that's amazing bro!
Traversy Media you're really my kinda person who struggle to avoid playing video games 😎
Traversy Media i tried to alternate my sleeping time but it didn't worked for me so finally again i started sleeping at 1 - 2am and waking up at 7am in normal days , now it's actually a month of Ramadan for Muslims but still for me its same
for me how it works is, 3-5 days 4-5hrs sleeps work great and after this i should have to sleep 7hrs aleast one day
I always say Your channel is my home channel. You not only talk perfectly about technical subjects but you understand real life problem and dilemma of a programmer or want to be a programmer. You are true Guru. Thanks Brad.💖
Hemant Dubey thanks for that. It means a lot
Traversy Media : I can shout it loud Brad that your are the best in my view, the contents like this video is only be done by you. There is no match for you there.
Lots of love and much much respect.
#devshome
I was hardcore gamer my whole life until i started to learn web development 2 months ago,i was hooked immediately i dont even think about games anymore im furious i wasted so much time and now im 33 and learning from zero(hoping to hero)
35 here, same boat. Worked as a dev but never got into web development, wasted a decade churning out WinFoms apps. Had really slipped into that clock-punching mode. React really energised me, and the evolved JavaScript is really fun to work with, especially with Node/NPM ecosystem. If you have that enthusiasm, you'll get there in no time. Learning something you really love learning never tends to take long :) Good luck!
Hardcore gamer here.... I still play a lot of games, but yeah once i find something interesting to code it gets me hooked on more than games....
__Prod1gy__ NS I stopped playing games about a year ago (I started playing as soon as I could pick up the controller). I am 20, got a job as a full srack developer. Also, I'm self taught.
@@Hasnain1F we literally have sammme story. It's been a year since i un installed steam. I am in my final year of college n already got 3 job offers. Will be joinning in january as a software engineer. Games if not controlled, can waste a lot of your time.
Bless you man, i am 22 thinking like i have wasted time playing useless games that didn't contribute to any skills for me . Now after hearing your motivation story to learning web development , i think i am not late
Thanks for the incite. I'm only one month into my job and I can already feel myself getting burnt out... I used to be someone who would spend most of my free-time watching tutorials and taking online courses. Now I can't even stand to look at code outside of work.
This is the only UA-cam channel that makes my fire inside bright and bigger, thank you for keeping me passionate and not giving up, you have always seemed like a genuine guy on your videos. Thanks Brad for all you’ve done even videos 6 years old are helpful today.
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Hey Brad, I have gone through many tutorials of yours in last 2 months. I have learnt a lot. Thanks for teaching us in the most simplest way. You are the best teacher. Hats off to you Sir.
Lastly, Thank You so much for teaching us like your own child ☺
Manish Kumar thanks! And you’re very welcome 😉
I am doing a full-time job, and i am trying to learn and watch a video everyday after work. but like Brad said, hard to do it after work, I think i will change to a morning person and learn in the early morning like u. I really admire Brad for learning all these stuff on his own and teach us on youtube, thank u for your great contribution
Been struggeling to find my passion since i got promoted to manager position
Spot on... thank you Brad. 7 months in my job (java dev). But my tasks are so complicated I feel when I was doing web dev I was enjoying more... time to kick back and start learning the stuff I actually love
That's so true Brad. I'm 50 years old. 3 children and a wife. I started coding 6 months ago. I'm using my time to watch stuffs from UA-cam, Udemy to learn on the coach to get work-home and even some extra time in the restrooms, freedom zone! I appreciate that you are also sharing your experience humbly and mostly good craic!
Your comment is 3 years old now. I'm curious how you're getting on as I'm 41 and in a similar situation right now.
I coded 16 hours last week outside of work.
That's awesome. Just remember if you feel yourself getting burnt or less motivated to take it down a notch. That may not be you at all though, everyone is different
How do you do that? I can't focus longer than 30 minutes? Any suggestions ?
Use pomodoro technique: work 25 mn pause 5 mn and repeat. (look for Francesco Cirillo and pomodoro in google)
Traversy Media Oh I definitely don't do that every week. I try to get around 10 hours done outside of work every week.
Sa ha I plan out my projects so I know what to work on and I use a to do app to help me keep track of things to do. This way I don't have a lot of downtime after I finish a feature. I also work on public transportation.
Daily activities :
4 hours code
2 hours learning design
1 hour learning english
1 hours learning something else(science, tech, etc)
2 hours for project
Holiday for 3 months before going to university
Started waking up at 5.50 instead of 7AM a while ago and go to work early to study react and node there. Something that is not part of our stack.
The results have been amazing. In addition to the benefits you mentioned I also experienced the following:
- avoid rush hour when commuting (big big plus)
- can concentrate on baby and wife at night without feeling the need to learn new things (might even play video games when baby is asleep to relax)
- wake up around 6 - 7 AM on the weekend naturally - not tired, etc.
-wake up excited everday to know that I will learn and be able to concentrate on whatever I want to do.
One thing I do in the morning is meditate for 10 minutes. This helps me waking up completely.
are you a web developer or a motivational speaker.. perfect in everything.. u r just changing me day by day... i mean seriously u r the best person on UA-cam.. BIG FAN SIR... really appreciate your work and these motivational videos keep it up. Thanks Alot..
I must say I do not watch all of your videos (seems reasonably to watch only those of your interests/areas in which you want to make progress) but I do always watch these "face to face" videos in which you talk about coding & real life, progressing, how to keep positive, etc. In that sense I think that I and many of us can say that we found a mentor. So thank you Brad for everything, greetings from Argentina!
Generally speaking, the more healthy (at every level) you are, the less sleep you actually need. I've experienced this personally. Over the years I've needed more sleep and still felt groggy, but when I was healthier I slept a lot less and felt fantastic. I'm trying to get back to that. The less sleep you need to function well, the more hours you have to do what you love. :)
Brad,
Discovered your channel a couple of months ago and it has quickly become THE place for all my topics around web development. Love the friendly, intimate and not too technical way you make complicated topics easy to understand. Thanks for your great channel. Simply the best!
Thanks alot, i can apply (or already did) to my situation. im a full time dev and still have to study (because i was to slow before i got my job^^). Sometimes its hard to keep learning dev-stuff alongside my job and studying but aslong as you don’t lose your passion it will work. channels like yours are those which keep our passion alive!
Thanks a lot for your thought.
I am a Muslim and prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) advised us as a Muslim to do many things you mentioned.
I wish you all the best in this life or the life after.
That's great
Brat thank you for this video. Apart from coding this is important to manage oneself especially for people like us who are coding outside of our normal jobs while also trying to manage our families and trying to learn new web technologies. Thanks for the insight.
The gaming dilemma is spot on. I'm trying to solve that problem by coding my own games. The plan is that my hobbies will reinforce my coding and vise versa.
Definitely. Business vs Pleasure. We need both in our lives but it can be hard to decide when to do which
Excellent as always Brad. I used to learn and focus on my freelancing business an hour in the morning and a few hours at night so I can definitely relate to this.
Of course! :) Good to see you here Waren!
I'm currently learning JavaScript working full time with a wife and 2 young kids. My fulltime job as a manager in the hospitality industry requires long hours that go late into the evening. The time required just for my job, and how it was keeping me from seeing my children at normal hours, was a large motivating factor for pursuing a developer career.
After a few fits and starts I've finally gotten into a groove of working in my learning of code whenever I could. I decided to go the self taught route as money and time are two things that are tight at the moment.
I started with Khan Academy and through the past 4 months I have gone through Codecademy, freecodecamp.com, and now Udacity. And in all of these I've been focused on getting down the basics of JavaScript. I'd say I'm still a solid beginner but making some headway on having a deep understanding of the basic concepts of the language.
It's been a journey. But my "why" (being there for my family) has helped me to make some changes in my life style that has allowed me to be more focused on my learning. I'll list a few here: limiting my time on news aggregate sites (they're not wholesome nor do they make me more intelligent as I thought when I was younger), limiting social media, with what time I spend on social media I've focused on groups like #javascript etc, downloaded Google's grasshopper app, Codecademy Go etc, also reading Eloquent JavaScript has been helpful.
All of these things have been great. But the one thing I attribute to being the most important for me staying focused on learning code, and my "why", has to be journaling.
Journaling daily just does something that keeps me going.
Okay sorry long winded. Thanks again for the video man! I too love to teach and see people grow. So your videos have vibed with me ever since you gave me the solution to writing a for loop to finding a factorial of 12. Lol. Peace!
these type of talks that you make helps me a lot, it also reveals all my stress and makes me really happy that someone already knows about us beginner's concerns and wants to help us.
you're amazing man love you bro.
Humble.Honest. I really like your videos.
Such a good human being. I respect this brother a lot. Thanks Brad.
I've "wanted" and "planned" learn coding for years, and luckily enough, I've saved some money from work, and have super supportive family and friends who let me take a few months off from work to focus 100% on learning CS, in my point of view, yes, I can be making money instead of focusing 100%, but my drive and motivation tends to die down if it drags on for years, and I'm just the kind of person that need to focus on one main thing, so I want to just focus for at least 2 years on learning CS, hopefully I'll be good enough to land a job and keep on learning :)
I love your positive outlook on life and love what you are doing for the coding community! Thank you Brad!
Watching this while at work. God bless you brad.
Learning outside of having a full time job when you’re trying to become a developer is another full time job. Learning languages, frameworks, building your website, getting your resume and/or cover letter together, going to meetups, etc. At the end of the day, you feel like you have no energy.
Especially if your actual job takes a toll on you mentally or physically. I was trying to learn so many things in such a short time that I got burnt out. I wanted to get a dev job quick so I was learning as much as I could in a short time frame. Going from tutorial to tutorial and not building anything. My advice is to write everything out and make a plan. Take things step by step.
Build the projects that Brad has made videos on and then re-build them in your own way. Document your progress to keep yourself motivated. Start a dev blog, #100DaysOfCode challenge, or join a slack/discord channel to be around people with the same goals and interests as you. It’s also okay to take breaks and most of all, don’t give up!
Dude brand looks like you got some decent hardware these days! And what is that a live subscriber count?!? THAT'S motivation. BTW I work full time as a developer just got a job a few months ago and this video is spot on. Coworkers aren't as enthused as I am. Every morning I get up and work on learning and progressing in my cool side projects and I hope to never lose my passion!
Time management is a huge problem that I have with coding. I work 10 plus hour days, have a family and I’m trying to get my health together as well.
So this video helped and I will try some of the suggestions. Thanks a lot.
You're all ways hitting the right topics. I don't really put in comments on any UA-cam videos, just wanted you to know you're doing a great job. I work in IT right now and hope one day I will get to be on the development team. Watching your videos gave me the courage to start coding again. Now I have a client that I'm doing a website for with my freelance that I'm doing part time and my IT Director at my job accepted one of my projects to implement into development. Still have so much learning to do, just managing my time the best that I can.
Hats off to you Brad! You are amongst those: 'Just do it' folks.
For me, I require 9-10 hours of sleep and some things just don't get into my head - though I enjoy experts like you practice and show us.
But simply amazing tips for people who want that little push to sail them through. Thanks again!
you inspired us Brad. 3 months ago and before that, I was very addicted to FPS gaming, had a very low income job as a graphic designer here in the philippines, got 4 kids (im 36) until one day i sat outside our porch and thinking.. what am i doing with my life??? so i went back to my laptop and i was scrolling for high paying jobs or skills.. as soon as I searched for web development, i stumbled upon your youtube vid and then got hooked to the idea of developing websites. i always had the impression that coding are for nerds or for geniuses. but as soon as i tried coding html and css and followed your tutorials, i got addicted to it and watching your videos is like almost a must for me daily! I then set myself a routine task in asana to repeat daily, and that, i have to code at least 2-4 hours a day (i averaged 3-4 hours daily and never missed a day coding since April). fast forward 3 months later and now, I am coding stuff i never knew i was able to do. I am now learning PHP and javascript, and yes, I am making huge progress. I am now making a CMS platform as a project in PHP.
Nice. !! this was a nice, productive 15 minutes for me and I do believe for the new developers like me, that have so many difficulties to manage between a "regular job" and studying what we most love " programing'. Yes, you had mention some issues that we face every day and some of them like the social media, you are 100% right, but like you say every body is different. I hope you continue your job with the same humble attitude that characterize your self..Thank You.
Your comment is 4 years old, I am curious how are things with you now.
Thanks Brad, You are one of role models I follow from afar. We’ve never met, but wish to send many happy karma to you for all the uplifting you have provided me. I especially benefit from the blog type videos, including the burnout and coming back to coding after a break ones. I am studying Python Data Science. But I apply all of your tips on studying coding. One suggestion I would add is try to sleep more. Matt Whitaker (Why We Sleep book) says there is much less than 1% of a population that can thrive on less than 6h average sleep. He recommends 7-9 h average for most adults. 1 extra hour for 1 day results in 25% less car accidents and 30% less heart attacks. So you’re left with being more productive during the normal hours. Use all the learning tools available to you.
@ 10:12 ⇒ One great alternative to using your phone data plan to learn while you commute (or cook, clean or have some sort of down time) is to download the content through WiFi directly to your phone, assuming you have enough storage available. One option that would end up being cheaper in that scenario if you don't currently have enough space would be to add an SD card if possible or otherwise delete the apps you don't really use and delete the cache and media files you don't need.
You can actually learn quite a lot from audio podcasts so that could be a nice option if you are driving or somehow not able to pay attention visually (plus they don't occupy as much space as videos)! Also, you can easily find a way to download UA-cam videos at home (just Google "download youtube videos") and then you just have to store them on your phone. You could use a USB cable to connect to your computer or if you have fast Internet, it will be pretty quick if you use something like Airdroid to transfer your files (for Android) or Air Transfer for iPhone from your computer to your phone (and vice versa).
Other than that, I just wanted to thank you Brad for all the great content that you put out there! I'm very happy to know you have built a meaningful career on your own. This is so inspiring! Thanks again :)
I did a web dev program in a college while working full time. I did a lot of the things you mentioned in this video. I got up a bit early and did some work, then when I got home from work I did some more. Weekends is when I finished up assignments and projects.
I find people get beat down when their companies constantly shoot them down when they have new ideas. This kills people's ambition and they give up. Nice insights Brad.
Here's some ideas... I think while you are working full-time, any small amount of learning is a great bonus. I find I have the most time between jobs, since I always seem to be every few years. If your contract ends, and you can afford it, that's when I like to buckle down and learn something totally new.
Otherwise I just do small projects here and there. Big points for avoiding games & TV & social media. I used to waste so much time doing that and I didn't even like it 70% of the time!
Good God, this video hits me right in the head. That back-and-forth between gaming and my 12-hour job is how I'm spending my days, especially during lockdown. The fact that I really want to game after busting my ass off keeps me distracted from the kind of study I ought to be doing. Good pep talk Brad, hopefully I can re-evaluate my routine.
You are a good person straight forward. I like the way you teach
Thats definitely the way to go, time management, time management, time management, and yeah no time or limit time os social media, thanks for sharing this.
I really like this information. A lot of people suggest coding 6-8 hours a day but they dont acknowledge the fact people have full time jobs, other activities they need or love to do (exercising or being on a sports team just to name a couple). You show that yes better time is great but you still take a more realistic approach.
Burnout coding is extremely real. Jumping that many hours to tire you out quickly. Or atleast me.
I love that you keep it so real and uncut. Definitely my go to.
I would also add lunch time in there. The " in 30 days of lunches" series are great. Thanks for all your hard work!
Brad keeping it real. I sometimes get stressed when I struggle too much in coding, so I'll confide in video games or sleep. Often this is late at night, so I want to switch it up to the mornings. Thanks Brad!
I am a freelance writer currently learning Javascript. You are a motivation
You are 100% correct. Self-learning is instrumental to remaining marketable in a competitive and ever-changing tech job market. I'm guilty of falling into the social media pit whenever I purpose myself to sit down and study. Consistency is also key because 30 minutes every day is more beneficial than 3 hours once a week.
Thank you for being my mentor without you knowing it. Really appreciate what you do as a job.
That's how I do it too, and hour or so in the morning. The morning is also the best time time to learn.
Hello..I started to learn your HTML course, i work in a plant, and well some times can get heavy learn, because of night shifts, but i hope in one year i can become proficient in front end development..thank you for your courses
I find it a bit difficult learning front-end development while freelancing as an SEO content writer for around 40 hours a week and having a shitty internet connection (currently living in Venezuela). It's kind of frustrating, especially due to my absent background knowledge on the field since I studied something completely unrelated to computer programming or web design.
Nonetheless, I find your channel extremely helpful and I've taken the few first steps on a project I have in mind thanks to your HTML5 and CSS3 tutorials. Please keep it up, and bear in mind that this kind of videos are helpful as well, you inspire people to invest time properly.
U r real mentor for me and all learning developers who want to Polish our knowledge
This video is perfect. I was complaining about being burnt out from working a developer job 9-5 then trying to do side projects right as I got home. Found it better to start maybe 2-3 hours after I got home and spend a few hours coding. I'm not much of a morning person, but I do want to try and get up a bit earlier to start some coding work.
Same with the weekends. I would spend maybe 5 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday to work on my Udemy courses. A 20 hour course would be done in 2 weekends.
I also do interchange hobbies such as hanging out with friends and playing games. Everybody needs their down time.
I wouldnt fret too much of trying to jam pack everything because it's a slow process and we will all get there by putting in the time and work and keeping ourselves up to date.
Right place again Brad! Two lives, main job and fullstack role for own business + sports! Passion is on fire!
I thought it's a youtube channel to make people highly skilled professionals. Now I think it's a home
Brad,
thanks for taking the time to do this, I always have a pen and paper with me to write things down.
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Absolutely agree. I find it easy because I love learning technology and teaching it (learning it twice). Thank you Brad!
I'm watching this video for the second time because I recently got employed and it's much more relevant to me right now. It's been a little bit over a year since you published this video. Looking at the number of your subscribers from last year, it was at around 360K. Now it's at 837K. That's an immense growth. And you deserve it and a lot more!
Keep up the awesome work.
How's your life nowadays? Do you have any advice for a beginner?
@@odiverso4407 It’s good, thank you. I am working as a software engineer today. And you?
@@odiverso4407 My advice would be to program as much as you can, and try to study the fundamentals of programming. Learn things like programming concepts like recursion, but also topics like data structures and algorithms. Make sure you get comfortable with object-oriented programming. Read books like "Clean Code" and "The Pragmatic Programmer". Study design patterns. Good luck!
@traversy Thanks bro I really appreciate the love!!! I look up to your channel as the gold standard as you continue to grow makes me really happy because it shows me whats possible. again thanks it always feels good to know people you look up to .notice you!
Hey Brad, I started listening to a lot of your videos lately and I really don't comment a lot. I work two jobs while learning web development on Udemy. I'm going to my first hackathon on the 1st of December and I am excited yet nervous. I can't wait to network with other people and continue to learn. I hope to have a developer job in the near future. You've been a big impact on my journey as a learning developer. Thanks dude
That back and forth with learning on the side is a real struggle
I love these types of videos with you just talking to your viewers. Kind of like Chris Hawkes does.
Thanks for this video!
I recently lost my job at a company, and although the work was easy (very basic coding), I started losing interest and kept putting things off, which caught up to me. My fault!
I realized that sometimes you have to eat shit to get a paycheck, but I don't believe you have to stay stuck. I'm taking this time to learn more and work on my portfolio and try to find a job that I enjoy, while also focusing on my own freelancing work.
And thank you for the encouragement you give through these videos. Whether it's the tutorials, advice or sharing the difficulties of life. No excuses to achieve your goal! So here's to you and me, and let's make it happen. All the best!
-Alan
It’s amazing that every video you make it feels like you’re talking directly to me and my situation. My wife and I have very demanding full time jobs and we have a 2 year old. So my only time to study is after 9pm and that’s if I don’t spend any time with my wife after the nugget goes to bed. It’s really tough and if im being honest it’s hard to keep motivated. Your videos really do help though. Thanks for all you do!!!
Don't know if it sounds weird, but I like how you are very human.
Fredrik Christenson is another awesome channel to listen to on the drive to work
New videos every day about being a developer, soft skills, hard skills and his perspective of the industry.
Really interesting channel!
That's what I need these days. I should manage my time. Thanks Brad. I really respect you. God bless you and your family.
Thanks for great tutorials as always :) I code 16 hrs per day and then always spend at least 1-2 hrs to learn something new. Sleep 5h + 1h power nap during day. Playing with kid while coding :D eat in front of pc lol :)
So much wisdom in your words, Brad. You always know how to inspire other people! I agree with everything you said. Thank you loads for the job you do!
Great information man! Switching from gaming to something more productive took me a bit but I started noticing that I wasn't enjoying my time gaming if I didn't do something productive first.
Thanks for taking the time to make this vid. I'm sure most of us already knew in our gut what you covered, but just hearing it from another source from time to time I think helps to confirm our instincts.
This was the perfect time to release this video. I always had the concern or worry of how do developers learn on top of having a full time job and not sacrificing family or personal time. It is definitely difficult to strike the balance between learning new stuff and time off for things that you enjoy doing. Thank you Brad.
I can very much relate to your issue with being productive vs gaming. I was producing music and gaming, both as hobbies, and I realized how much of my time was being wasted being unproductive. Now I spend a lot of my time watching videos or reading blogs about productivity, coding, business etc and I feel better for it. It's hard to resist the urge to just game sometimes but i push myself and remind myself that gaming isn't going to develop me as a person or increase my salary potential :)
Great video :)
Hey Brad, a suggestion: How about doing like a BIG project tutorial, front to back end, using JavaScript of course as well as maybe Python and frameworks. There's a lot of us noobies who haven't got a clue how a real project looks like, and it all seems kind of scary and overwhelming. It can be a single 2-3 hour video or in a couple of parts!
By the way love the videos bro, really appreciate what you are doing, keep up the good work!
Hey Brad, we would be really grateful if you could make a video on how you learn new web technologies so easily and fast. As always, thanks for these awesome videos.
Great video Brad. I love that you are speaking on the importance of family and balance my brotha. I encouraged and inspired to start coding in the mornings. I usually hit the gym about 4 days a week, but I am going to switch it up and start coding a few mornings a week.
I'm watching Udemy vids in the train to work (coding theory, UX design, cognitive behaviour, neuroscience). You can save them locally so they don't eat your data plan. I find weekends or holidays great for projects to learn new stuff.Also medium is a great platform to read some articles while on the move. Thanks for sharing!
Your php course is allowing to do my job at work. Really appreciated it Brad!
Thanks always on the lookout for good podcast for mundane stuff like walking the dogs /driving etc.
thank you brad for all hours you try to make a easy understanding videos.
Thanks for sharing! I would like to point out something that I think is important. It's OK to also spend time doing thing that are not "productive" but that you genuinely enjoy. It's like hitting the reset button on your brain. Your brain needs rest too, and coding could at time be very challenging mentally. If you don't do that, you will pay in some way or another, believe me.
I got a job a self taught developer, thank for encouragement
These real life of a programmer related videos are amazing....
Just keep making good content like this. Its always great to watch your videos.
Man I really needed this vid. I'm trying to find a balance between my job and learning to become a developer. Thanks Brad!
I'm currently working 50 hrs a week and probably spending between 15-20 hrs a week outside if work. Also I have a wife and 3 children I'm 26, the key is; const = "time management!";
There’s a great book called “How to Live on 8 Hours a Day”. You can also reduce the need for sleep with endurance exercise. The longer you exercise, the less sleep you need. Eating clean is also important.
Thanks Brad. Talking about your amazing body of work on my Radio slot today... I love what you do and how you do it!
I'm 45 but I'm trying to learn how to code PHP to understand structures and logic. Bit late in life but good use of my time.
never to late to learn
I'm 31 and just got my first developer job after studying for 1 year. I was working asa a barber before, so no, it's not to late. Learn to code so you can code to learn.
@@Alexandru-OM That's awesome! I'm actually gonna build a site for a friend of mine who cuts hair on the side so people can book him :). I'm only 24 and really want to get a job as a dev this year.
@@geralddarkobekoe 19 is a great time to start! stay consistent and by the time you'll be my age you'll be a great developer for sure 👌
I’m 25, practiced php for about six month and then got book easy laravel, I’m in love with laravel now, learning nginx, git and vuejs now. feel confident about my skills to build a portfolio and find a job
Is it my first time seeing the person behind all these great tutorials? Thank you sir for the great content and advises
Great advice, Brad! As someone who worked and went to school at the same time, I know that it can sometimes be difficult to find time to study or work on learning new topics, but your suggestions are definitely helpful to those who are interested in learning how to program (or any other skills for that matter).
Just be certain that it's gonna take a lot of time to learn most things if that's not impossible to begin with. Don't rush it.
Thank you very much of this video! The things you said in the video are very useful for me!
You really give good and relevant advices!
Spent amount of time on gaming these last few weeks.. basically more than a 40 hour work week... it's easy to slip into that routine and there is a competitive drive.. and some how a reward system that our brain thinks is candy... then the wth moment happens.... spending this amount of time can't be worth it.. did I really play that much - thanks for letting me know overwatch?! I'm encouraged to hear you were able to put gaming to bed.
Exactly right....morning routine is the key....thanks brad
Brad, hi! What about sport and healthy food? It's important for the energy and a good mood!
Unfortunately it's a pretty difficult to find a time for that.
What about you? Do you sport and do you worry about the food?
This is a good question.
I'm so happy I found your channel a while ago. Your tutorials are great and this talk is great!. With kids its so much harder indeed yarn yar. Keep it up Brad