That is so, sooo true. Learning on your own is kind of risky as you don't have someone there who can correct your path. When you have a mentor it is exponentially easier to learn.
Being self-taught with a mentor is my #1 ideal situation. Not many can get it unfortunately. You can move at your pace and get specific feedback based on your situation. We need to bring back apprentice programs.
This is why I enrolled in a bootcamp this year. I have isolated myself from "others" since I graduated from CS in 2016. I'm still struggling to "come out" but I am encouraging myself that I can do it. I hope to connect more on a physical level. The bootcamp is helping me. Learning with and among people who are about 10 years my junior.
You can find anything on UA-cam if you can keep up with the flow of information as every influencer is dying to demonstrate the next shiny thing in the tech world. But there's value in bouncing ideas off each other in real-time.
Currently on this part though, what's even more scary is how you can get really toxic when someone tells you otherwise than what you've been solo grinding on.
yeah, I think one of the biggest strengths of good devs is the ability to take constructive criticism and keep moving forward. Then the willingness to pivot to a new direction if necessary.
This was me. I started the self-taught path but working as an in-house developer for an accounting firm. I got skilled enough to build apps for that firm but at some point I realized I had to get out into the tech industry to learn how to work in a team and understand more about large-scale apps. That's how I transitioned to freelancing and it's definitely helped my career.
When I am in producing some value in isolation (project, art, DIY) I forget the most important thing that at the end of the day I want to show my results for other people...but paradoxically I isolate myself from other people while doing that project.
I developed the first multiuser relational database with images on the Mac in the 4th dimension programing language in 1987. Spent $Millions on it only to have the upgrade of the operating system every year causing expensive rewrites and no revenue stream. Lots of potential clients but I wouldn’t ship. Finally brought it in house and made my money back but never ship to the industry.
WOW. That's crazy. Software can certainly be a money pit. I had a friend who had built and sold several businesses tell me, "whatever it costs to build it, it will cost to maintain it." I've kept that in mind over the years as well.
yeah, it's a weird time right now for sure. This certainly doesn't apply to everyone in every situation, but checkout this video where I give some ideas of how you might be able to create a career for yourself through some abnormal channels. ua-cam.com/video/Njc1H1VVAb0/v-deo.html
@@haroldcruz8550 It is awful if you just copy and paste only, and worst mistake of all: Using it the same way you use google 🤣. Completely defeats its purpose, you need to ask questions as if you were talking to a real programmer, you can ask an essay long question about programming, asking for suggestions about refactoring, debugging, potential security issues. People who use chatgpt for questions like there are doomed: Write a regex expression to validate a phone number. The ones that wait for John Doe in a forum for 8 days to answer their question question, those days are gone, in fact i feel stupid asking for most type of questions now, unless it is a criminal case and i am looking for a potential strategy. Why ask anyone if that can be answered right there. You can do pair programming, interview prep and more.
LOL When you have literally no-one guiding your learning, there are many things you probably don't even think of to ask. Sure, it feels stupid now, but you don't know what you don't know.
That is so, sooo true. Learning on your own is kind of risky as you don't have someone there who can correct your path. When you have a mentor it is exponentially easier to learn.
Being self-taught with a mentor is my #1 ideal situation. Not many can get it unfortunately. You can move at your pace and get specific feedback based on your situation. We need to bring back apprentice programs.
Tips on finding a mentor?
Not all people has access to mentors. In those cases contributing to open source is probably the next best thing.
The pioneers take all the arrows, the next generation move in and take all the profits.
This is why I enrolled in a bootcamp this year. I have isolated myself from "others" since I graduated from CS in 2016. I'm still struggling to "come out" but I am encouraging myself that I can do it. I hope to connect more on a physical level. The bootcamp is helping me. Learning with and among people who are about 10 years my junior.
Awesome! Great use for bootcamps.
Basically described me 2 years ago in this video. A bootcamp changed all that though. Thanks Dave❤
I'm glad you found a solution!
You can find anything on UA-cam if you can keep up with the flow of information as every influencer is dying to demonstrate the next shiny thing in the tech world. But there's value in bouncing ideas off each other in real-time.
The problem is that we were trying to build original business/ revenue models that no else has Visualized. Amazingly still valid today!
Thanks, Dave 👍
You're Welcome
Currently on this part though, what's even more scary is how you can get really toxic when someone tells you otherwise than what you've been solo grinding on.
yeah, I think one of the biggest strengths of good devs is the ability to take constructive criticism and keep moving forward. Then the willingness to pivot to a new direction if necessary.
This was me. I started the self-taught path but working as an in-house developer for an accounting firm. I got skilled enough to build apps for that firm but at some point I realized I had to get out into the tech industry to learn how to work in a team and understand more about large-scale apps. That's how I transitioned to freelancing and it's definitely helped my career.
Love it! Glad you found your way out!
When I am in producing some value in isolation (project, art, DIY) I forget the most important thing that at the end of the day I want to show my results for other people...but paradoxically I isolate myself from other people while doing that project.
It's a balancing act for sure!
Great video
Thanks
Great Stuff!!!
Thanks
If I were you learning in isolation maybe coding live or joining dev discord can help you with that
Amen! :)
dev discord is still isolation. Just *silghtly* less so, but not enough.
Contributing to opensource is the next best thing if you can't have mentorship
I developed the first multiuser relational database with images on the Mac in the 4th dimension programing language in 1987. Spent $Millions on it only to have the upgrade of the operating system every year causing expensive rewrites and no revenue stream. Lots of potential clients but I wouldn’t ship. Finally brought it in house and made my money back but never ship to the industry.
WOW. That's crazy. Software can certainly be a money pit. I had a friend who had built and sold several businesses tell me, "whatever it costs to build it, it will cost to maintain it." I've kept that in mind over the years as well.
I wish I could start a career lol there are NO entry level opportunities right now, it is crazy.
yeah, it's a weird time right now for sure. This certainly doesn't apply to everyone in every situation, but checkout this video where I give some ideas of how you might be able to create a career for yourself through some abnormal channels. ua-cam.com/video/Njc1H1VVAb0/v-deo.html
This is super true.
Thanks!
Masters can be in isolation for decades... not normal folks.
I'm not even sure masters should. We all need human interaction even if we don't want to admit it. lol
Now you have chatgpt, you will be fine in isolation.
LOL!
ChatGPT is awful past boilerplate code
@@haroldcruz8550
It is awful if you just copy and paste only, and worst mistake of all:
Using it the same way you use google 🤣. Completely defeats its purpose, you need to ask questions as if you were talking to a real programmer, you can ask an essay long question about programming, asking for suggestions about refactoring, debugging, potential security issues.
People who use chatgpt for questions like there are doomed:
Write a regex expression to validate a phone number.
The ones that wait for John Doe in a forum for 8 days to answer their question question, those days are gone, in fact i feel stupid asking for most type of questions now, unless it is a criminal case and i am looking for a potential strategy.
Why ask anyone if that can be answered right there.
You can do pair programming, interview prep and more.
6 years and didn't know about version control or git? That's so stupid.
LOL When you have literally no-one guiding your learning, there are many things you probably don't even think of to ask. Sure, it feels stupid now, but you don't know what you don't know.
:O 1.95k
Please make cake... or have someone else make cake... even if cake is AI generated XD
We will do something for 2k for sure.