Wow. At my new job(1st dev job), for the past 7 weeks, I would spend an extra 2 hours after work, and an extra 6 hours during the weekend learning or doing side projects. I was sleeping
Just started the mentoring program last week and it is FANTASTIC. The content is easy to digest. People always say it's about the teacher and you present the material very well. I'm doing the HTML5 Pro course. I especially love the length of the videos. One week of the program feels an equivalent to a few months in a college classroom. I am not saying college is bad at all. I'm in college. I'm just giving credit to the amount of learning you get in such a short period of time. I think I could ramble on forever, but people might think I'm some advertiser. Nice work on the program!
I made it through my first dev job interview after around 4 months learning code. I have another interview with the same company. Cant say if i have the job yet... but they said they were interested... and I have another interview... I have to say, whilst I know a lot of buzz words.. and can code some bits.. certainly I have an appreciation and can tell what things are doing... I know I am not at dev level. However, its a junior role and naturally I was very honest and open about my strengths and limitations... Hopefully if I get it I can learn on the job. Its a webdev job... I've been learning html, css and js... produced a few sites which I could show them on the day, which helped.. my ultimate aim is freelance though... :) but that's some years down the line. if I dont get it, then I'll just keep plugging away until I naturally push my way into the webdev market armed with undeniably useful dev skills :)
@@IrredeemablyEvil well... just a bit of encouragment for people.. .... people obviously are here wanting to see if they can learn code and break into the industry.. I'm just saying.. its possible. a lot of industries are hard to break into.. you need professional expensive paper qualifications.. long winded courses that need a person to go into full time ed.. or do long p/t courses for years and years.. and some are even ageist (in that they expect you to have your career wrapped up by 25).... my story is one of encouragment for others.. that you can invest time learning code and you can gain that interview / interest for what can eventually be this highly lucrative industry. Obviously, I would be very junior dev.. so not earning much.. but its where the career goes.. most careers (jobs really) are dead end.. data slave types... I think thats why most of us are here... to escape that type of job... and a lot of people will be asking the question "am i wasting my time?".
@@AnDrU085 thanks. I'm not sure I even have it yet, but it does show that one can break into the industry with some coding work.. unlike many other industries where you need very expensive paper qualifications... I just made it through 1st interview.. guys keen to take me on.. he's the main software dev.. but it has to pass the big cheese... i.e. director.
As far as giving your brain a rest, I've noticed I learn new concepts much faster limiting studying to around 30 minute (to maybe an hour) long segments. If I come across a new concept I find complex, I study it for a bit and will finish up early as well to let my brain organize those thoughts.
What this guy is saying in this video is very good stuff. One thing i would add to newbies is, don't think as a 'developer' you will be writing code all the time. Much of the time is spent reading code , analysing requirements, debugging someone elses code, writing tests, doing performance work, etc. Writing code happens in certain phases of a project. Sometimes you will write code 10 hours a day for a few months and then not much for a few weeks, and you will be pleased with that - because programmers who have a passion for coding, find it hard to treat the day job as work. They end up getting attached to their code, and working lots of free overtime to get it perfect. After a few months of that you will be exhausted. Try and detach. The company owns your code, it is not yours. Anyone can come along and change it later.
I have severe burnout now. Working part time now. My health is shit and I can't do much. Can't even visit my girlfriend because of my health. I worked way too much and on my free time I coded all the time too. Weekends, vacations, new years eve. Even as a student my teacher told me to slow down and relax. My body warned me a long time but I ignored it. I hope I can recover to 100% health wise. Don't work too hard. Relax and do enjoyable stuff too.
I was depressed for 10 days until really deep focused months and months and was trying to figure out what happened.. just after found the why, this video came to support me. Thanks.
This is probably the most important piece of advice one can have. Having an unbalanced life will ultimately back fire. You need patience, consistency and to be able to see the forest from the trees if you want to achieve anything in life. Easier said than done, of course.
the key is to lift your motivation for work, then burnout is almost impossible. if your motivation for work is very low then burnout happens quickly, because when you do something you don't like donig it causes a lot of stress and stress in turn causes burnout.
Yeah I had to “hustle & grind” to get my school work done for math major. I learned it’s inefficient because I ended up having to go back and relearn a lot of the material. It’s not a good long term strategy.
I understand your advice, but at the same time I want spend my time as productive as possible as normally a person only gets about 20-30 years of productiveness in their life. So if i have to limit my development grinding, how can I use the remaining time in a productive manner? grind something else? maybe learn cooking, another language or some other skill? Please advise
just got the python course after being so comfortable in JS after watching the lessons! :) I cant wait to dig in. I cant recommend these courses enough.
I can’t say how much I respect and appreciate your contents. I find my self crash a number of time because am grinding. Once I crash it take me a longer time to come out of that state and I have to re-learn what I already have covered. Base on your video do you recommend 2hrs to 20hrs a week to learn codling?
What were the chances you would say boxing. I am a coder and a boxer and it is exactly the other field I thought of before you listed it haha it’s also so true btw in both fields I am better and better after breaks or time away. It’s cellular memory that gets written during time off. thanks
Great video stef! Quick question, I’ve completed your complete course and have don’t my first free gig. I’m at a point where I’m practicing 4 hours a day 5 days a week and my goal is to be a freelancer. Is it ideal to work my way up to working 8 hours a day 5 days a week like a full time job? For some reason I can’t break 4 hours. My brain is toast after 4 and I’ve been stuck at 4 for a while.
Great advice, I needed it. I've just started a new contract - I always have to remind myself to take the weekend for myself
You got a job in IT Field??
Wow. At my new job(1st dev job), for the past 7 weeks, I would spend an extra 2 hours after work, and an extra 6 hours during the weekend learning or doing side projects. I was sleeping
Damn dude chill, you have another 30 years to learn
What kind of job is this? Are your coworkers doing the same thing?
@@madmanX1314 software engineering? It's definitely not required.
@@infinteuniverse okay, sounded a bit toxic to me actually
Just started the mentoring program last week and it is FANTASTIC. The content is easy to digest. People always say it's about the teacher and you present the material very well. I'm doing the HTML5 Pro course. I especially love the length of the videos. One week of the program feels an equivalent to a few months in a college classroom. I am not saying college is bad at all. I'm in college. I'm just giving credit to the amount of learning you get in such a short period of time. I think I could ramble on forever, but people might think I'm some advertiser. Nice work on the program!
What does he teach in the course? Im curious?
Thanks for letting me know! Glad to hear you are learning.
@@robertjay9415 Web stack + python and much more. I am transferring my 25 yrs experience in the program. Save you a couple of decades ...
@@robertjay9415 html CSS JavaScript PHP.
I made it through my first dev job interview after around 4 months learning code. I have another interview with the same company. Cant say if i have the job yet... but they said they were interested... and I have another interview... I have to say, whilst I know a lot of buzz words.. and can code some bits.. certainly I have an appreciation and can tell what things are doing... I know I am not at dev level. However, its a junior role and naturally I was very honest and open about my strengths and limitations... Hopefully if I get it I can learn on the job. Its a webdev job... I've been learning html, css and js... produced a few sites which I could show them on the day, which helped.. my ultimate aim is freelance though... :) but that's some years down the line. if I dont get it, then I'll just keep plugging away until I naturally push my way into the webdev market armed with undeniably useful dev skills :)
Good Luck!!!
I missed the part where the TH-cam comments section was an entry for your personal blog.
@@IrredeemablyEvil well... just a bit of encouragment for people.. .... people obviously are here wanting to see if they can learn code and break into the industry.. I'm just saying.. its possible. a lot of industries are hard to break into.. you need professional expensive paper qualifications.. long winded courses that need a person to go into full time ed.. or do long p/t courses for years and years.. and some are even ageist (in that they expect you to have your career wrapped up by 25).... my story is one of encouragment for others.. that you can invest time learning code and you can gain that interview / interest for what can eventually be this highly lucrative industry. Obviously, I would be very junior dev.. so not earning much.. but its where the career goes.. most careers (jobs really) are dead end.. data slave types... I think thats why most of us are here... to escape that type of job... and a lot of people will be asking the question "am i wasting my time?".
@@AnDrU085 thanks. I'm not sure I even have it yet, but it does show that one can break into the industry with some coding work.. unlike many other industries where you need very expensive paper qualifications... I just made it through 1st interview.. guys keen to take me on.. he's the main software dev.. but it has to pass the big cheese... i.e. director.
@@IrredeemablyEvil generally the longer you comment is the more likes it gets...soo
As far as giving your brain a rest, I've noticed I learn new concepts much faster limiting studying to around 30 minute (to maybe an hour) long segments. If I come across a new concept I find complex, I study it for a bit and will finish up early as well to let my brain organize those thoughts.
What this guy is saying in this video is very good stuff. One thing i would add to newbies is, don't think as a 'developer' you will be writing code all the time. Much of the time is spent reading code , analysing requirements, debugging someone elses code, writing tests, doing performance work, etc. Writing code happens in certain phases of a project. Sometimes you will write code 10 hours a day for a few months and then not much for a few weeks, and you will be pleased with that - because programmers who have a passion for coding, find it hard to treat the day job as work. They end up getting attached to their code, and working lots of free overtime to get it perfect. After a few months of that you will be exhausted. Try and detach. The company owns your code, it is not yours. Anyone can come along and change it later.
Stef, you have no idea how much I needed that.
I have severe burnout now. Working part time now. My health is shit and I can't do much. Can't even visit my girlfriend because of my health.
I worked way too much and on my free time I coded all the time too. Weekends, vacations, new years eve. Even as a student my teacher told me to slow down and relax. My body warned me a long time but I ignored it. I hope I can recover to 100% health wise.
Don't work too hard. Relax and do enjoyable stuff too.
You will come back. Do some exercise and eat well, and drink plenty of water.
I was depressed for 10 days until really deep focused months and months and was trying to figure out what happened.. just after found the why, this video came to support me. Thanks.
I needed this, thanks man!
This is probably the most important piece of advice one can have. Having an unbalanced life will ultimately back fire. You need patience, consistency and to be able to see the forest from the trees if you want to achieve anything in life.
Easier said than done, of course.
Always a pleasure to hear your opinion. Thank you.
the key is to lift your motivation for work, then burnout is almost impossible. if your motivation for work is very low then burnout happens quickly, because when you do something you don't like donig it causes a lot of stress and stress in turn causes burnout.
Work 10 hours a day for 7 days a week for just 1 year - the job of your choosing. It is then impossible to not get burned out.
Wise words from a decent guy
a good start into the day
Great....I need these helpful reminders from time to time.....
This guy is very smart. You just see it on the way he talks.
Yeah I had to “hustle & grind” to get my school work done for math major. I learned it’s inefficient because I ended up having to go back and relearn a lot of the material. It’s not a good long term strategy.
THANK YoU Dear Stef, God Bless You :)
You helped me so much, thank you!
This is the advice that I need as of this moment. Thanks Stef!
Welcome!
I think an hour a day of practicing coding is great. It may not seem like a lot but add that up for years upon years and it makes a huge difference
💯
I understand your advice, but at the same time I want spend my time as productive as possible as normally a person only gets about 20-30 years of productiveness in their life. So if i have to limit my development grinding, how can I use the remaining time in a productive manner? grind something else? maybe learn cooking, another language or some other skill? Please advise
the realist perspective I've heard on this.
just got the python course after being so comfortable in JS after watching the lessons! :) I cant wait to dig in. I cant recommend these courses enough.
Glad you enjoy it!
Great advice. Thanks!
I can’t say how much I respect and appreciate your contents. I find my self crash a number of time because am grinding. Once I crash it take me a longer time to come out of that state and I have to re-learn what I already have covered. Base on your video do you recommend 2hrs to 20hrs a week to learn codling?
I say a minimum of 20 minutes / day, and a max of 3-4hrs a day. Take a day off after a 3-4hr day. Be sure to take breaks. Have 2 days a week off.
Good evening Stef !! Very cool video here
Thanks!
the gold nuggets here can't be really appreciated unless you are past your 30s. Thank you.
You bet
Very good advice!
Glad it was helpful!
Aaaaa! The grind porn!
Good evening Stef.
Exactly! The Grind isn't a value. The Grind sounds like an unpleasant form of self abuse.
thank you sir...
I went to a Coding Bootcamp , was coding 24/7 no breaks. Got Burn out within 6 weeks. You need rests ,I dont know how some people can code 24/7.
What were the chances you would say boxing. I am a coder and a boxer and it is exactly the other field I thought of before you listed it haha it’s also so true btw in both fields I am better and better after breaks or time away. It’s cellular memory that gets written during time off. thanks
I love boxing. Nothing like a good fight to clear the mind! :)
😍😍❤️❤️💙💙
Great video stef! Quick question, I’ve completed your complete course and have don’t my first free gig. I’m at a point where I’m practicing 4 hours a day 5 days a week and my goal is to be a freelancer. Is it ideal to work my way up to working 8 hours a day 5 days a week like a full time job? For some reason I can’t break 4 hours. My brain is toast after 4 and I’ve been stuck at 4 for a while.
Typical human has about a 3-4hrs of max brain power ... then you need to rest!
Work smart while you’re trying to work hard.
Grind?
You look like a mix between Jordan Peterson and Joe rogan
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