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How do you self-teach yourself more complex software dev skills> (beehaw.org)

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What advice would you give to someone who is trying to teach themselves software development skills? I'm doing that right now, and I'm finding it easy to understand, yet difficult to implement in computer code. I want to move onto more advanced stuff, but I feel that I don't have enough experience quite yet. What skills/courses would you recommend I take? How did you get better on your coding journey? Any tips to make the process go faster? Thanks in advance!

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[–] Mesa@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I think this is the best answer. You can follow tutorials and read others' code all you want, but until you have a real-world application of what you're learning, the information you're consuming might as well be lost to the cosmos.

If you want structure, there are plenty of courses on YouTube that can start you out with fundamental knowledge; but as you continue to learn, taking on your own projects increasingly becomes the most efficient way to develop as a developer.

And, of course, there is a place for reading other people's code. I just think that this "method" is popularly miscredited as the way to learn coding, rather than as a tool to fortify your skills.