Very good advice. I’m a victim of over-learning without implementing, and taking too detailed notes. My advice back to you is stick with what you love. Don’t be tempted by the Management ladder. You risk becoming a mile wide and an inch deep in technical knowledge.
same exactly the same stuck with perfection towards a course and not having the goal oriented mindset flipping the script - goal (project) oriented study and less information gain
Something that really helps me: learning the same topic from multiple sources. Each source fills in the gaps of the others, and repeatedly exposing yourself to an explanation of a single concept will make it feel easy once you've heard it the third or fourth time. DON'T stress about remembering every little thing, just expose yourself to the ideas a few times and understand it as well as you can (without pushing you brain too hard) each time, and they will sink in on their own. Reach for "low hanging fruit" i.e. the things that are easiest for you to understand. They build on each other, and sooner than you think, you'll be able to understand those "harder" concepts, if you just focus on all the easy ones. In a way, you only ever have to try to learn things that are easy for you to learn.
I legit feel this right now. A friend shared the video and I am so amazed at how everything feels like me. The slump period is longer than the time I spend learning. I keep feeling like I need to rest but then at the back of my mind, I know I haven't learnt enough.
Framework for Learn Technical Things #1 learn just enough + The problem is that there are too many resources (paradox choice). + You can’t jump from beginner to intermediate doing courses. + Don’t try to memorize or understand every detail. + Take notes but don't take too many notes. + Do not, by any means, skip exercises! + Do not feel obligated to finish a course that is not relevant for your project. + Do not be married to a single resource! #2 do a project + It doesn’t matter what’s in your head if you don’t know how to implement. + The best way do learn to implement is doing implementations. + If possible: find your project first! That's how you know you learn it. 3# ITERATE + choose projects to do in order to find the holes in your knowledgment, and that’s the whole point. + Find the projects that better fits the skills that you wanna learn. + Keep doing it! It’s a cyclical process. PLUS# ACCOUNTABILITY + Accountable means obligated to explain, justify, and take responsibility for one’s actions and to answer to someone, such a person with more authority. + This is even more important when you fell overwhelmed, weak and it’s must proned to give up. And that will happen! + Make a public commitment.
Thank you so much! I could get more through your notes than watching the video itself. I like Tina, but she can make videos kinda distractive sometimes.
My friend JoJo introduced me to this video. Much needed! Self learning is so hard, all the ads telling you that do this n upgrade you resume blah blah blah is not true. Damn it's so tough.
Agreed. Learn the concepts in 1 - 2 hours through documentation or videos then spend the remaining time in building projects. This can be in the form of courses or TH-cam video or blog post. One more thing that you can do while watching this courses is to build something on your own before watching the video. Example if you are going to build a navbar, perhaps try to build it on your own first before watching the video on how to build it. If you are stuck , try to research it. If still stuck for more than 2 hours, then continue watching the video for the solution. End of the day, is the effort on exercising your brain that matters. Even if you don't solve the issue, at least you would spent time researching things and filling some gaps up in your knowledge. This has helped throughout my career as a dev.
Honestly - thank You from the bottom of my heart. Here are my takeaways: 1. Learning just enough to make a project you are interested in. 2. Staying motivated by linking the learning with realisation of your deep needs and imaging the alternative cost. 3. Not feeling guilty of learning other stuff within the domain instead of completing a course you feel irrelevant to your goal, your project. 4. Watching lecture in double speed to grasp the general point and noting down the high-level logic instead of writing about every detail. Write concepts as a framework of connected elements and feel okay with leaving gaps in this puzzle. 5. Connecting with people around the topic, if possible. Linking your responsibility to others, to feel obligated before them. 6. Iterate the elements of learning and practically implementing the knowledge.
One of the biggest leaps that helped me is "don't talk about it". It's important to learn how to utilize energy and understanding how to store it for use later on. When we talk about things we release the energy in a non-productive way.
I agree & don't agree in the same time. I used to help some foreign student learning french and, just asking them where they were in their learning was putting them in the "Accountability" zone indirectly. I think that, having a little group that boost each other on those term, even if you don't learnt he same subject is really cool. Some friends have a group where, every two weeks, they show and explain what their learn to other.
@@lefthookouchmcarm4520 Or you become aware of things like the Dunning Kruger effect. Then you look back at all the notes you took and make those changes. You're only being reasonable with your assumption, do you think that the guy who looked at the diode and said it can be far brighter was a reasonable person or someone who looked at it without knowing how impossible it was? Today they're common and known as l.e.d. That was a major leap from the incandescent light bulb. The issue with light bulbs was the filament, diode made light and lasted a really long time but the filament made contact with the shell where a incandescent bulb did not so the glass didn't burn.
Yes John.i am practicing this also,don't talk about it. I realize that I am telling others about my progress because I seek approval for my hard work. It is a way for me to get satisfaction before I have completed my work,which is a copout for myself and bad for discipline. The only satisfaction I should seek is from myself from completing my goals. 👍👍
@@bmejia220 It's not easy for anyone. There can come a time of confluence if you continue to move forward and accept that you can only choose the direction of the very moment that presents itself. Define your future with detail as best you can and as you progress it will become possible to refine those ideas as they materialize. Accept failure as a opportunity for you to Google a correct resolution, failure is the easiest thing to fix if you can accept you are wrong. I find it very difficult to make intelligent decisions when I find no fault in what I'm doing. It is implausible to be correct all the time. Strive for greatness and accept failure as part of the journey, love what your doing or don't do it.
This may be the most groundbreaking video not just for learning technical things but if you want to be an autodidact. This is spot on possibly the best advice to give someone learning something on their own.
Aaah, I am a beginner but I am sooo glad that there's someone that thinks like you because for me it's the same, I think you learn better by doing projects, otherwise you'd be stuck in learning, learning, learning and that'd be and endless loop and when you'd do a project, most of the things are forgotten and then you have to do the same again.
100% correct! Thanks! I was "trying to learn to code" for several years, but it only started to stick this year because: 1. The pre-research of knowing what coding language was used for what and what the capabilities was essential to knowing what direction(language) to focus on. 2. Some of my job developed in a direction where if I knew Python it would be much easier and I'd get better outcomes. 3. Several other side projects formed in my mind where I *needed* to know python to deliver them. 4. Instead of structured courses I just watched TH-camrs like you... it helped me build my own developer environment much better and the variety of approaches and angles helped me generalise.
When I was studying I focused too much on passive learning of theory but my project work was minimal. I did enough to graduate, but I was in over my head in my first job and hated it. I actually changed careers for a few years. But now I'm back on track and love learning and solving problems. Love your videos! 😀
This video perfectly articulates what I’ve been struggling with. The solution of “learning enough” and project based learning is the ultimate path towards growth. Thanks so much for this 🙏
Your videos are so positive I love it so much. You’re always like “you can do it” or “that course is great enough”. Thank you. It calms my panicky mind.
You have got the best language to impact the mind. Your explanation for accountability as "being compounded by consistency and habit", hits differently. Thank you Tina!
I wish i could go back in time and show myself this video... But now, after going through so many trials, i can feel it all on my own skin. It's so amazing to hear your own thoughts from another person, thank you, very inspiring speech!
You made it sound so easy, I wouldn't say that this is not the most efficient and yet so "logical" way to learn but yeah sticking to it and not losing your motivations is another hard task to do. After all self-learning is a big long journey still struggling to find myself in it and maintain it, if anyone can help by sharing their experiences i'd be really happy about it.
Not that I have achieved what you are talking about, but ... I think the key is to spend time stepping away and letting yourself feel more deeply what things motivate you the most, and to figure those out consciously; it might need to be done more than once -- and then to try and discover (sometimes non-obvious) ways to remind yourself of those things, then make a habit to consciously look at those reminders regularly. Partly this is a kind of self-care -- deliberate, conscious effort directed towards the (hopeful) benefit of your future self. A simple example might be photo of the person we're doing those things for, on our desk; or a photo of a big belly on the fridge, if we are trying to lose weight. Or phone notifications (perhaps at slightly random times, so you don't just mindlessly cancel it every morning). But the key part is spending enough time away from the activity, perhaps on a regular basis, to appreciate what you are doing it for. I think that for some people, part of this motivation is etched into their lifetime experience; and for others, it is not so clear and we have to work towards it.
Thank you, Tina. I've been following your channel on and off since I started my data analytics/programming journey in the middle of the pandemic; I tend to get discouraged, but with every new challenge, I always feel better when I return to this video.
This video is awesome. I totally agree. The best way to learn is through experience. When you have a project you're going to face things that don't be present in a course or tutorial.
“If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” - Wayne Dyer Sharing some love with ya all, have a delightful day
in brief: This video discusses a framework for learning technical skills more effectively and efficiently through project-based learning. The framework consists of three main steps: -learning just enough, -doing a project and iterating, -and ensuring accountability. 1. Learn just enough: Instead of getting overwhelmed by numerous resources, choose one or two introductory courses or books to learn the basic concepts and terminologies of the skill you want to acquire. It doesn't matter which course you pick, as long as it's high quality. 2. Do a project and iterate: The real learning starts with doing a project, which helps you practice real-life implementation. After completing a project, continue doing more projects to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and dive deeper into the subject matter. Learning is a cyclical process. 3. Accountability: Create consequences for yourself to push through tough times and avoid giving up. This can be achieved through introspection, identifying what truly matters to you, and creating habits to help you stay committed to your goals. An optional upgrade to the framework is to find a project first, which can help answer the question of when you've learned enough to start doing a project. This can be done by getting a job in the desired field or setting up a project with consequences that matter to you. The video emphasizes the importance of project-based learning for acquiring technical skills, focusing on implementation, and practicing to truly master a skill. The speaker shares their own experiences and provides examples of how this framework has helped them succeed in learning and applying new skills.
What fantastic advice (and taste in anime). I am at that doldrums stage, having finished my Google data analysis certification, but currently grabbing courses because I felt like I didn’t know enough of certain things. I found myself nodding my head a lot to this video. I walked away from this feeling much better about myself and what to do next. Thank you for this!
Your advice is helpful. I have been passive learning and when trying to implement a project on my own, I get stuck and do not know how to proceed. I switched to a project based learning style, and wow it has helped out a lot. I learned how to apply the concepts and have seen the real world use cases. Always follow project based learning!
Great content Tina! Thanks for your motivation. I’ve been struggling with that barrier between beginner and intermediate in Python and SQL. It’d be amazing if you could show us how to pick a meaningful project and tackle it, as there are so many options. Thanks again ❤️.
Thanks for helping me realise that the accountability is to myself and that I set the consequences. It's a huge responsibility but it's also liberating.
Great video! When a friend of mine told me she wanted to learn how to code, I recommended that she learn through projects instead of online courses. It's nice that I have a more formal definition of it now.
Thanks Tina, I was stuck on that bait trap of taking notes for every single syntax. I wasn't going anywhere with it and you kind of showed me that it is not the correct way in another video.. Thanks and love what you doing...!!❤
after some of my own tried and true experiences I realize how honest your channel is all about. like I knew something was wrong with the way I was doing and I was able to pinpoint the mistakes but then I wasn't so very sure that it WAS indeed the should-not-do. I love the way you clear my doubts by saying things like don't be overlearning and don't feel like you need to complete every single course and book to be actually ready on board 🤟
Also, getting familiar with lingo really helps. Like just knowing the words and what they mean and have a bit of an idea where they are normally used (even though you don't understand it well enough) is really helpful in order to learn things.
I’ve been taking a network + class , I’ve been pretty interested in this class lately. It’s keeps the gears turning . I’m learning about subnet mask and I really enjoy it.
its 5 a.m. here, i have to go to work at 7, couldn't sleep well throughout the night and just randomly clicked a youtube suggested video... and vola ... this is the best advice i could get to start getting into learning something which i have been wanting to for some time now... sometimes, great thing happen so randomly .. thank you so much.. i am subscribing for sure : )
Thank you for your kindness to share the tips Tina! I was thinking about to give up and not going to do everything cuz I've tried everything to learn and done the course but still yet failure comes to me slowly. And here i'm watching this video that explains me in detail how to learn effectively and efficiently. The key of learning is creating a framework that helps you connect the concept of everything. May all the good things always come to you Tina! Enjoy your journey of your life! Sorry my english is so bad;')
You're amazing!! This is exactly what I needed. I'm just starting out on the web dev path with zero coding experience and your whole approach makes so much sense. I found myself getting caught up in my old ways of learning (i.e. lots of notes, details etc.) and your vid was divine timing for me:-) I'm literally working on a coding project due Monday...lol. Thanks again and wishing you all the best!
Hi everyone, I started computer science and web programming 7 weeks ago, the past two weeks I had to deliver to complete websites with Wordpress and one jamstack slate based project. Because I have 25 years working as IT I know how put things to working but I really sucks at quizzes, my advantage, do something, whatever, build a form, make some html or learn about file structures, order your things and your head, now you are your own teacher and that's a great value. I know a little Windows or Linux servers, web servers like IIS, Apache, mysql, and now I just jumped to devops, do a little but be happy.
That's what we learn on Junior Enterprises (we have that on college here in Brazil). You get a real project that someone is paying for, and a deadline, and it's up to you to deliver the result wheter you know what you're doing or not 😅
Great advise Tina! I have to be honest and admit that I became a victim of taking lots of courses. It's really important what you said about doing projects because this will give you a more practical perspective of what you learned. Courses just give you the base of what you need to build great projects. Thanks for giving such an amazing video, I wish I had this video once I started my Data Science journey 5 years ago. Keep up the good work!
I agree, project-based learning basically takes you from student to teacher. Many people copy a program either from a book or online. If it works, they hang ten and move on to the next project. No. no!! Here is what they should do. Ask a very important question, "What if I . . ." and then "playing" with the parameters, pushing the envelope, or finding ways to take the project to either the next level, or simply adding another feature will cement your learning process. Suddenly, you are adding new commands, learning new terms, and better understanding how the computer reads the program. Leonardo da Vinci wrote, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." I also agree with Tina, to start with the basic idea and build on this foundation level.
Im a 34 years old who started with science studies and ended up being a banker. Still dont know why i was pushed towards an area which always bores me. That was my first approach on a job and i stopped their as i got paid enough. Btw in few years i got bored and got transfers many times to make my job interesting inorder to learn smt new. At this age im really fed up with it although my financial background is stable. I have a new hobby now thanks to you.. Im really dedicated to it as it s a vast subject that makes you always think there are more to be learned specially when you are in a project. I love that feeling and the projects are objective. The challenges you face in the real world can be solved by your self on your own. Thanks for making my self interesting ❤️👍
Simple yet effective points .... Enjoyed the way you express the emotions... I've been through these, could see myself there 😀 "Learn what is enough to complete the project" not everything since we feel overwhelmed easily... And gradually give up... Good point...
Every second of this video made so much sense! I watched this when I needed it the most ( currently levelling up in Python ) . Thanks for this amazing content and motivation among all the other super cool ones in your channel! Your consistency and habit definitely impacts the audience to a greater extent than you think 🙂🙂
One thing I'd add that I've learned over the years is that when you choose a course/routine/diet/etc STICK to it until for at least a few months. Even if someone recommends you a better course or you have doubts. I had a habit of starting courses, getting worried that they wouldn't be the best choice, and then switching to other ones in an endless cycle. Sometimes you just have to commit.
Tina, you're just amazing and I love your videos!!! I'm a beginner in the field and a lot of times i get stuck wondering how should I approach a dataset. I'd love to see a video or a new series on your channel on how you tackle a project from beginning to end. Thank you for existing hahahahaha ❤️
This was awesome advice and summed up all the mistakes I made learning programming (e.g. copious notes, being married to a single resource, and not quickly starting a preferably on-the-job project to get hands-on training) :)
I’m an artist, not a techie, but struggling with motivation. You had some interesting tips for learning and some great ones for involving other people in the journey. Things I had not thought how to utilize, but now see would help not only me but others. And ways to utilize resources to strengthen the journey. I’m going to see if you have some tracking info, I don’t know how to do that.
The main problem I have with self learning is retaining the information. I can do a challenge and understand the concept perfectly fine, but then a few lessons/challenges later when that skill is called upon again I go totally blank.
Shes right people. This is coming from a guitar player too. I don't know everything about music because it's hundreds of years of knowledge but I know the essentials to help me play through gigs, write music, and enjoy the experience in general.
I am happy I learnt that (profpiperr on IG) can help you with your assignments and essays. The services are great and my grades have significantly improved. ^^^
"Optional upgrade to supercharge your learning" I started freelancing similar to your professor idea. I use to take projects on fiverr related to things I want to learn with basic idea and without knowing how to do it. That path decided my career in tech and believe me that works !!!!
i have something to say... 😅 when you said learn just enough... it just reminded me of myself ..because i recently realised that learning just enough is only going to make me proceed and I right away jumped into a project after that ..... i just patted my back when you said those two things ... at least I got little brains 😝 Thanks ❤♥💟💓
Im like started to curious about the YT recommendation system, it keep pushing Tina's video to me and I never watched, but when I click I instantly love it, amazing!
I'm learning Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning right now to prepare for getting a Master's in Computer Science with a focus in AI. It's super overwhelming because the text book is a thousand pages. I need to learn all of the concepts on top of learning python enough to implement the algorithms. It is hard to motivate myself after 8 hours of work in my coding job to add more brain exhaustion to my day. I'm still learning how to learn more efficiently and keep up my motivation. Being consistent is really the key, even if you don't spend a ton of time on it. I haven't been great at this yet, but I've gradually gotten better over time. The trick for me is to guarantee a small amount of time working on it per day. It could be two minutes for example, just so that it doesn't feel like such a burden. It becomes much easier then to increase that time while I'm already doing the task and I don't have to feel guilty if I only do the two minutes because that's what I guaranteed I'd do. I'm not really sure what my goal is by leaving this comment, but hopefully it helps someone or that someone can add on since I'm always open to more tips to improve.
Thankyou for leaving this here, btw can you mention the book you're using to learn AI? And what's the use getting a Masters on it if you're already learning it yourself(If you don't mind me asking)? Is it to get the degree and get a promotion (I assume?).
@@shahanahmed952 Artificial Intelligence A modern approach fourth edition. Yeah, I'm going for a masters for the degree and to get better direction for certain topics that might be more important for me to focus on.
oh my im so glad i found your channel, im currently studying pharma science, i mean i love science, but im starting to get interested in data and finance too! I was thinking of branching out and learning something data related :D
Thank you so much for your video! It is refreshing and enlightening. As a student majoring in statistics, I finally see why I suck at coding... It's because they are two totally different mindsets and learning frameworks! Also, I really want to ask what should stat students learn by themselves if they want to pursue a career as a data scientist? What kind of coding skills are most needed?
Boy o boy!!!. I always find myself trying to understand every tiny basics then i get stuck and go to another course and iterate and...now, I've seen your video. Thanks Tina
I have a s**t talk journal where I just talk crap on myself every day. Writing down the things I failed at, goals I missed, time a wasted, really puts everything into perspective and helped me a lot with accountability.
What's best source for projects you would recommend? Also I need some enlightenment about projects, how does it benefit a resume to do a projet that was for example already done and has tutorials over TH-cam, Kaggle, medium, etc. Are those just a waste of time and we need to make completely unheard of project concept? Or are those still useful for the learning curve? I'm truly confused most about the projects
Hi Tina. Thanks for sharing this video! I recently started learning SQL with ZERO background in any programming languages, though the tips you've shared makes learning SQL less daunting. Keep it up sis!
this is like Nail to my head, I have been overwhelmed by the amount of courses and never finish them and also always side tracked by the tiny details of what the command or the tags in the commands do. Thank you!
I really needed this piece of advice. For many years I have struggled in coding and learning new technologies, but now I understand what I am wrong at. Thank you for bringing clarity and sharing your inputs with us.
This is amazing advice, cannot recommend enough. I never learned something technical faster than when my company adopted Azure/Intune, with zero experience and knowledge and our engineer that built it left. So when I took over I had to learn. I learned one piece of the platform at a time, implamented what I learned real-time, and then moved on to the next course for the following piece I needed to learn. I became the dept expert in just a few months. I'm also lucky that I have a job where my boss is OK that I spend an hour learning while on the clock, and toying with the environment. Not everyone has that opportunity.
Very good advice. I’m a victim of over-learning without implementing, and taking too detailed notes. My advice back to you is stick with what you love. Don’t be tempted by the Management ladder. You risk becoming a mile wide and an inch deep in technical knowledge.
same and stuck in the loop of tutorial purgatory
Same
Same. I always hate being only an inch deep
same exactly the same stuck with perfection towards a course and not having the goal oriented mindset
flipping the script - goal (project) oriented study and less information gain
It’s how we were taught in school. Rote memorization
1) learn just enough
2) do project
3) iterate iterate iterate
Jokes on you I don't know what iterate means,
Jokes on you I don't know what iterate means,
Jokes on you I don't know what iterate means,
@@andymutale368 iterate means 🔁
I needed this. I have 20 unfinished udemy courses lol
I have 21!..lol
@@bhekanimagagula2411 lol.
Me too😂
Only 20? Slacker
Cool send me the courses 😂
Something that really helps me: learning the same topic from multiple sources. Each source fills in the gaps of the others, and repeatedly exposing yourself to an explanation of a single concept will make it feel easy once you've heard it the third or fourth time. DON'T stress about remembering every little thing, just expose yourself to the ideas a few times and understand it as well as you can (without pushing you brain too hard) each time, and they will sink in on their own. Reach for "low hanging fruit" i.e. the things that are easiest for you to understand. They build on each other, and sooner than you think, you'll be able to understand those "harder" concepts, if you just focus on all the easy ones. In a way, you only ever have to try to learn things that are easy for you to learn.
I do this by reading different on the same topic, often at the same level of knowledge.
So true! Re-exposure can make learning almost inevitable, and solidifying foundations makes more advanced topics that much easier.
Yesss I do this too- take 3 or 4 courses on the same language and it really helps answer all the questions
"who is this person and how does she know so much about me"
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I legit feel this right now. A friend shared the video and I am so amazed at how everything feels like me. The slump period is longer than the time I spend learning. I keep feeling like I need to rest but then at the back of my mind, I know I haven't learnt enough.
Because not all heroes wear capes... you're so honest and authentic! The world needs more people like you, really. Respect!!
Wow thanks so much for your kind words 😊
Framework for Learn Technical Things
#1 learn just enough
+ The problem is that there are too many resources (paradox choice).
+ You can’t jump from beginner to intermediate doing courses.
+ Don’t try to memorize or understand every detail.
+ Take notes but don't take too many notes.
+ Do not, by any means, skip exercises!
+ Do not feel obligated to finish a course that is not relevant for your project.
+ Do not be married to a single resource!
#2 do a project
+ It doesn’t matter what’s in your head if you don’t know how to implement.
+ The best way do learn to implement is doing implementations.
+ If possible: find your project first! That's how you know you learn it.
3# ITERATE
+ choose projects to do in order to find the holes in your knowledgment, and that’s the whole point.
+ Find the projects that better fits the skills that you wanna learn.
+ Keep doing it! It’s a cyclical process.
PLUS# ACCOUNTABILITY
+ Accountable means obligated to explain, justify, and take responsibility for one’s actions and to answer to someone, such a person with more authority.
+ This is even more important when you fell overwhelmed, weak and it’s must proned to give up. And that will happen!
+ Make a public commitment.
Helpful, but where can i find those projects??
thank you for this summarised comment!
Thank you, I find it very difficult to focus on the subject matter when there's this good looking Asian girl describing everything
Thank you so much! I could get more through your notes than watching the video itself. I like Tina, but she can make videos kinda distractive sometimes.
woah useless advices lol. thanks for saving me time
My friend JoJo introduced me to this video. Much needed! Self learning is so hard, all the ads telling you that do this n upgrade you resume blah blah blah is not true. Damn it's so tough.
Agreed. Learn the concepts in 1 - 2 hours through documentation or videos then spend the remaining time in building projects. This can be in the form of courses or TH-cam video or blog post. One more thing that you can do while watching this courses is to build something on your own before watching the video. Example if you are going to build a navbar, perhaps try to build it on your own first before watching the video on how to build it. If you are stuck , try to research it. If still stuck for more than 2 hours, then continue watching the video for the solution. End of the day, is the effort on exercising your brain that matters. Even if you don't solve the issue, at least you would spent time researching things and filling some gaps up in your knowledge. This has helped throughout my career as a dev.
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Smart strat
Best practical advice I've got so far🥺👏
This is probably some of the best advice on this thread
Yes exactly .I also face a lot those things.without practicing those things forgot our mind.
Honestly - thank You from the bottom of my heart.
Here are my takeaways:
1. Learning just enough to make a project you are interested in.
2. Staying motivated by linking the learning with realisation of your deep needs and imaging the alternative cost.
3. Not feeling guilty of learning other stuff within the domain instead of completing a course you feel irrelevant to your goal, your project.
4. Watching lecture in double speed to grasp the general point and noting down the high-level logic instead of writing about every detail. Write concepts as a framework of connected elements and feel okay with leaving gaps in this puzzle.
5. Connecting with people around the topic, if possible. Linking your responsibility to others, to feel obligated before them.
6. Iterate the elements of learning and practically implementing the knowledge.
One of the biggest leaps that helped me is "don't talk about it". It's important to learn how to utilize energy and understanding how to store it for use later on. When we talk about things we release the energy in a non-productive way.
I agree & don't agree in the same time. I used to help some foreign student learning french and, just asking them where they were in their learning was putting them in the "Accountability" zone indirectly.
I think that, having a little group that boost each other on those term, even if you don't learnt he same subject is really cool. Some friends have a group where, every two weeks, they show and explain what their learn to other.
@@cedricg4303 When learning a language my ideology would be a terrible idea!...lol
@@lefthookouchmcarm4520 Or you become aware of things like the Dunning Kruger effect. Then you look back at all the notes you took and make those changes. You're only being reasonable with your assumption, do you think that the guy who looked at the diode and said it can be far brighter was a reasonable person or someone who looked at it without knowing how impossible it was? Today they're common and known as l.e.d. That was a major leap from the incandescent light bulb. The issue with light bulbs was the filament, diode made light and lasted a really long time but the filament made contact with the shell where a incandescent bulb did not so the glass didn't burn.
Yes John.i am practicing this also,don't talk about it. I realize that I am telling others about my progress because I seek approval for my hard work. It is a way for me to get satisfaction before I have completed my work,which is a copout for myself and bad for discipline. The only satisfaction I should seek is from myself from completing my goals. 👍👍
@@bmejia220 It's not easy for anyone. There can come a time of confluence if you continue to move forward and accept that you can only choose the direction of the very moment that presents itself. Define your future with detail as best you can and as you progress it will become possible to refine those ideas as they materialize. Accept failure as a opportunity for you to Google a correct resolution, failure is the easiest thing to fix if you can accept you are wrong. I find it very difficult to make intelligent decisions when I find no fault in what I'm doing. It is implausible to be correct all the time. Strive for greatness and accept failure as part of the journey, love what your doing or don't do it.
Just started 2 udemy courses, perfect timing on this video lol
Love the signing yourself up for projects first approach. Never even crossed my mind. Will be stealing for myself 😉
Haha lazy, unmotivated people hacks 😉
This nigga starving
@@robelgirmachew5909 😂😂
@@TinaHuang1 this video does not give any value. this is a clickbait i guess
@@TinaHuang1 best advice is to watch death note and avataar you will get easily motivated to do coding
This may be the most groundbreaking video not just for learning technical things but if you want to be an autodidact. This is spot on possibly the best advice to give someone learning something on their own.
I think I finally found people with exact qualities like me:
1. Anime lovers
2. Coding wizards
3. Procastinators
Those first 30 seconds 🙈😆
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@Bacon Pancakes wow you're awesome. You've convinced me, you're hired
@Bacon Pancakes go be a startup owner somewhere else
😭🤣😂ya..
Aaah, I am a beginner but I am sooo glad that there's someone that thinks like you because for me it's the same, I think you learn better by doing projects, otherwise you'd be stuck in learning, learning, learning and that'd be and endless loop and when you'd do a project, most of the things are forgotten and then you have to do the same again.
100% correct! Thanks! I was "trying to learn to code" for several years, but it only started to stick this year because:
1. The pre-research of knowing what coding language was used for what and what the capabilities was essential to knowing what direction(language) to focus on.
2. Some of my job developed in a direction where if I knew Python it would be much easier and I'd get better outcomes.
3. Several other side projects formed in my mind where I *needed* to know python to deliver them.
4. Instead of structured courses I just watched TH-camrs like you... it helped me build my own developer environment much better and the variety of approaches and angles helped me generalise.
One of the biggest challenges is finding a project to use what you are learning.
Learntocodecamp and the code wars website and maybe stack flow, also mimo a coding app and also solo learn another app.
Think of an app, site, game you want it to be better and improve upon it. Or just think of something you want or a problem you have.
I am organising my home library by theme and author! :D
😂😂😂
When I was studying I focused too much on passive learning of theory but my project work was minimal. I did enough to graduate, but I was in over my head in my first job and hated it. I actually changed careers for a few years. But now I'm back on track and love learning and solving problems. Love your videos! 😀
This video perfectly articulates what I’ve been struggling with. The solution of “learning enough” and project based learning is the ultimate path towards growth. Thanks so much for this 🙏
I really appreciate how genuine you are with this, especially when talking about accountability. Thank you for this.
This is a lot like language immersion learning. Learn the basics then dive right in.
Your videos are so positive I love it so much. You’re always like “you can do it” or “that course is great enough”. Thank you. It calms my panicky mind.
Yay I’m so happy to hear that 🥰
You have got the best language to impact the mind. Your explanation for accountability as "being compounded by consistency and habit", hits differently.
Thank you Tina!
Where were you my whole college life? So relatable. Just what I needed. I will surely practise this framework
I wish i could go back in time and show myself this video... But now, after going through so many trials, i can feel it all on my own skin. It's so amazing to hear your own thoughts from another person, thank you, very inspiring speech!
Man this is literally me 😂😂
I sign up for a Udemy course and then I get bored and end up reading a manga instead😂
🤣🤣. Same here. I still get email from my professor.
Sameeee,😅🤣🤣
Same here lol
Sameeeeeee but just started
Jesus it's me. I was watching some documentaries about conspiracy. '-'
Not wanting to disappoint people/keeping your promises is a hallmark of conscientiousness
You made it sound so easy, I wouldn't say that this is not the most efficient and yet so "logical" way to learn but yeah sticking to it and not losing your motivations is another hard task to do. After all self-learning is a big long journey still struggling to find myself in it and maintain it, if anyone can help by sharing their experiences i'd be really happy about it.
haha I totally get that - it's why I do my study with me livestreams! It's how I get myself out of bed :)
Not that I have achieved what you are talking about, but ... I think the key is to spend time stepping away and letting yourself feel more deeply what things motivate you the most, and to figure those out consciously; it might need to be done more than once -- and then to try and discover (sometimes non-obvious) ways to remind yourself of those things, then make a habit to consciously look at those reminders regularly. Partly this is a kind of self-care -- deliberate, conscious effort directed towards the (hopeful) benefit of your future self. A simple example might be photo of the person we're doing those things for, on our desk; or a photo of a big belly on the fridge, if we are trying to lose weight. Or phone notifications (perhaps at slightly random times, so you don't just mindlessly cancel it every morning). But the key part is spending enough time away from the activity, perhaps on a regular basis, to appreciate what you are doing it for. I think that for some people, part of this motivation is etched into their lifetime experience; and for others, it is not so clear and we have to work towards it.
It is genuinely refreshing to see an honest and open person on TH-cam.
I love what you said about learning not being a linear process. I’m about to start my first project I really needed to hear that today. Thank you.
Thank you, Tina. I've been following your channel on and off since I started my data analytics/programming journey in the middle of the pandemic; I tend to get discouraged, but with every new challenge, I always feel better when I return to this video.
This video is awesome. I totally agree. The best way to learn is through experience. When you have a project you're going to face things that don't be present in a course or tutorial.
Tina is a sage! There's such profound wisdom in her videos.
“If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” - Wayne Dyer
Sharing some love with ya all, have a delightful day
in brief:
This video discusses a framework for learning technical skills more effectively and efficiently through project-based learning.
The framework consists of three main steps:
-learning just enough,
-doing a project and iterating,
-and ensuring accountability.
1. Learn just enough: Instead of getting overwhelmed by numerous resources, choose one or two introductory courses or books to learn the basic concepts and terminologies of the skill you want to acquire.
It doesn't matter which course you pick, as long as it's high quality.
2. Do a project and iterate: The real learning starts with doing a project, which helps you practice real-life implementation.
After completing a project, continue doing more projects to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and dive deeper into the subject matter.
Learning is a cyclical process.
3. Accountability: Create consequences for yourself to push through tough times and avoid giving up.
This can be achieved through introspection, identifying what truly matters to you, and creating habits to help you stay committed to your goals.
An optional upgrade to the framework is to find a project first, which can help answer the question of when you've learned enough to start doing a project.
This can be done by getting a job in the desired field or setting up a project with consequences that matter to you.
The video emphasizes the importance of project-based learning for acquiring technical skills, focusing on implementation, and practicing to truly master a skill.
The speaker shares their own experiences and provides examples of how this framework has helped them succeed in learning and applying new skills.
Thanks gpt
What fantastic advice (and taste in anime). I am at that doldrums stage, having finished my Google data analysis certification, but currently grabbing courses because I felt like I didn’t know enough of certain things. I found myself nodding my head a lot to this video. I walked away from this feeling much better about myself and what to do next. Thank you for this!
Your advice is helpful. I have been passive learning and when trying to implement a project on my own, I get stuck and do not know how to proceed. I switched to a project based learning style, and wow it has helped out a lot. I learned how to apply the concepts and have seen the real world use cases. Always follow project based learning!
Great content Tina! Thanks for your motivation. I’ve been struggling with that barrier between beginner and intermediate in Python and SQL. It’d be amazing if you could show us how to pick a meaningful project and tackle it, as there are so many options. Thanks again ❤️.
Actually, and At sometimes we feel that we r just copying things and doing nothing our own.
honestly you don't get to do 'real' things untill you get an internship or job
Thanks for helping me realise that the accountability is to myself and that I set the consequences. It's a huge responsibility but it's also liberating.
I love how each section has its own music that differentiate one another, very detail
You are right just noticed it
This is the most useful advice I've ever seen in TH-cam
Great video! When a friend of mine told me she wanted to learn how to code, I recommended that she learn through projects instead of online courses. It's nice that I have a more formal definition of it now.
Thanks Tina, I was stuck on that bait trap of taking notes for every single syntax. I wasn't going anywhere with it and you kind of showed me that it is not the correct way in another video..
Thanks and love what you doing...!!❤
lol.. i love how she says "goal appears terribly far and bed looks more and more comfortable". That is soo true.
Randomly came across this video, but after watching this i would say i needed this badly. This is so helpful
after some of my own tried and true experiences I realize how honest your channel is all about. like I knew something was wrong with the way I was doing and I was able to pinpoint the mistakes but then I wasn't so very sure that it WAS indeed the should-not-do. I love the way you clear my doubts by saying things like don't be overlearning and don't feel like you need to complete every single course and book to be actually ready on board 🤟
Also, getting familiar with lingo really helps. Like just knowing the words and what they mean and have a bit of an idea where they are normally used (even though you don't understand it well enough) is really helpful in order to learn things.
" The consequences of giving up is more painful than pushing through it " ‼️
This is the way I’ve been studying, and I always wondered if it was the best way. So it was nice to hear other people do the same.
thanks, i really hit the wall trying to learn graphic design and japanese on my own. this helps a lot! 💕
Just want to send a big thank you to you Tina I’m truly inspired!
I’ve been taking a network + class , I’ve been pretty interested in this class lately. It’s keeps the gears turning . I’m learning about subnet mask and I really enjoy it.
its 5 a.m. here, i have to go to work at 7, couldn't sleep well throughout the night and just randomly clicked a youtube suggested video... and vola ... this is the best advice i could get to start getting into learning something which i have been wanting to for some time now... sometimes, great thing happen so randomly .. thank you so much.. i am subscribing for sure : )
Thank you for your kindness to share the tips Tina! I was thinking about to give up and not going to do everything cuz I've tried everything to learn and done the course but still yet failure comes to me slowly. And here i'm watching this video that explains me in detail how to learn effectively and efficiently. The key of learning is creating a framework that helps you connect the concept of everything. May all the good things always come to you Tina! Enjoy your journey of your life! Sorry my english is so bad;')
took me 4 years to figure it out myself
if you are just starting or in college take this advise to the grain as it is highly rewarding
You're amazing!! This is exactly what I needed. I'm just starting out on the web dev path with zero coding experience and your whole approach makes so much sense. I found myself getting caught up in my old ways of learning (i.e. lots of notes, details etc.) and your vid was divine timing for me:-) I'm literally working on a coding project due Monday...lol. Thanks again and wishing you all the best!
What about now?
Hi everyone, I started computer science and web programming 7 weeks ago, the past two weeks I had to deliver to complete websites with Wordpress and one jamstack slate based project. Because I have 25 years working as IT I know how put things to working but I really sucks at quizzes, my advantage, do something, whatever, build a form, make some html or learn about file structures, order your things and your head, now you are your own teacher and that's a great value. I know a little Windows or Linux servers, web servers like IIS, Apache, mysql, and now I just jumped to devops, do a little but be happy.
That's what we learn on Junior Enterprises (we have that on college here in Brazil). You get a real project that someone is paying for, and a deadline, and it's up to you to deliver the result wheter you know what you're doing or not 😅
Thank you! This has possibly been the most helpful video I've seen in months.
Great advise Tina! I have to be honest and admit that I became a victim of taking lots of courses. It's really important what you said about doing projects because this will give you a more practical perspective of what you learned. Courses just give you the base of what you need to build great projects. Thanks for giving such an amazing video, I wish I had this video once I started my Data Science journey 5 years ago. Keep up the good work!
I agree, project-based learning basically takes you from student to teacher. Many people copy a program either from a book or online. If it works, they hang ten and move on to the next project. No. no!! Here is what they should do. Ask a very important question, "What if I . . ." and then "playing" with the parameters, pushing the envelope, or finding ways to take the project to either the next level, or simply adding another feature will cement your learning process. Suddenly, you are adding new commands, learning new terms, and better understanding how the computer reads the program. Leonardo da Vinci wrote, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." I also agree with Tina, to start with the basic idea and build on this foundation level.
"I never go back on my word, that's my ninja way"
-- Tina Huang
'oh god why did I promise that' -- Future Tina
Im a 34 years old who started with science studies and ended up being a banker. Still dont know why i was pushed towards an area which always bores me. That was my first approach on a job and i stopped their as i got paid enough. Btw in few years i got bored and got transfers many times to make my job interesting inorder to learn smt new. At this age im really fed up with it although my financial background is stable.
I have a new hobby now thanks to you..
Im really dedicated to it as it s a vast subject that makes you always think there are more to be learned specially when you are in a project. I love that feeling and the projects are objective. The challenges you face in the real world can be solved by your self on your own.
Thanks for making my self interesting ❤️👍
Simple yet effective points .... Enjoyed the way you express the emotions...
I've been through these, could see myself there 😀
"Learn what is enough to complete the project" not everything since we feel overwhelmed easily... And gradually give up...
Good point...
This was actually helpful while i am starting tech consulting. ‘Doing by learning’ is perhaps the key :)
If you use the practices of Agile in your daily life, you can get so much work done. I study using the Kanban board and Jira
Learn it. Master it. Don’t give up. Very timely, I need to hear! Thanks for sharing Tina🥰
Every second of this video made so much sense! I watched this when I needed it the most ( currently levelling up in Python ) . Thanks for this amazing content and motivation among all the other super cool ones in your channel! Your consistency and habit definitely impacts the audience to a greater extent than you think 🙂🙂
Hey.. could you pls help me for python 🙂
One thing I'd add that I've learned over the years is that when you choose a course/routine/diet/etc STICK to it until for at least a few months. Even if someone recommends you a better course or you have doubts. I had a habit of starting courses, getting worried that they wouldn't be the best choice, and then switching to other ones in an endless cycle. Sometimes you just have to commit.
Tina, you're just amazing and I love your videos!!!
I'm a beginner in the field and a lot of times i get stuck wondering how should I approach a dataset. I'd love to see a video or a new series on your channel on how you tackle a project from beginning to end.
Thank you for existing hahahahaha ❤️
This was awesome advice and summed up all the mistakes I made learning programming (e.g. copious notes, being married to a single resource, and not quickly starting a preferably on-the-job project to get hands-on training) :)
Someone finally made a video about this ,
This is what I did with , c++ python and c#
I’m an artist, not a techie, but struggling with motivation. You had some interesting tips for learning and some great ones for involving other people in the journey. Things I had not thought how to utilize, but now see would help not only me but others. And ways to utilize resources to strengthen the journey. I’m going to see if you have some tracking info, I don’t know how to do that.
The main problem I have with self learning is retaining the information. I can do a challenge and understand the concept perfectly fine, but then a few lessons/challenges later when that skill is called upon again I go totally blank.
Shes right people. This is coming from a guitar player too. I don't know everything about music because it's hundreds of years of knowledge but I know the essentials to help me play through gigs, write music, and enjoy the experience in general.
Udemy is fun…the future of learning…I can see more fields of careers having an app like Udemy.
I am happy I learnt that (profpiperr on IG) can help you with your assignments and essays. The services are great and my grades have significantly improved. ^^^
As a super beginner expert procrastinator and slacker your talk about accountability helped. Thank you.
This is the second video I've watched by you. Excellent content! Really enjoyed it. Thank you beautiful lady and have a great day!
Thank you! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed them 😊
@@TinaHuang1 very much so. Thank you for making them!
"Optional upgrade to supercharge your learning"
I started freelancing similar to your professor idea. I use to take projects on fiverr related to things I want to learn with basic idea and without knowing how to do it. That path decided my career in tech and believe me that works !!!!
i have something to say... 😅 when you said learn just enough... it just reminded me of myself ..because i recently realised that learning just enough is only going to make me proceed and I right away jumped into a project after that ..... i just patted my back when you said those two things ... at least I got little brains 😝 Thanks ❤♥💟💓
Im like started to curious about the YT recommendation system, it keep pushing Tina's video to me and I never watched, but when I click I instantly love it, amazing!
I'm learning Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning right now to prepare for getting a Master's in Computer Science with a focus in AI. It's super overwhelming because the text book is a thousand pages. I need to learn all of the concepts on top of learning python enough to implement the algorithms. It is hard to motivate myself after 8 hours of work in my coding job to add more brain exhaustion to my day. I'm still learning how to learn more efficiently and keep up my motivation. Being consistent is really the key, even if you don't spend a ton of time on it. I haven't been great at this yet, but I've gradually gotten better over time. The trick for me is to guarantee a small amount of time working on it per day. It could be two minutes for example, just so that it doesn't feel like such a burden. It becomes much easier then to increase that time while I'm already doing the task and I don't have to feel guilty if I only do the two minutes because that's what I guaranteed I'd do. I'm not really sure what my goal is by leaving this comment, but hopefully it helps someone or that someone can add on since I'm always open to more tips to improve.
Thankyou for leaving this here, btw can you mention the book you're using to learn AI? And what's the use getting a Masters on it if you're already learning it yourself(If you don't mind me asking)? Is it to get the degree and get a promotion (I assume?).
@@shahanahmed952 Artificial Intelligence A modern approach fourth edition. Yeah, I'm going for a masters for the degree and to get better direction for certain topics that might be more important for me to focus on.
Woah this is so helpful, I write with voice to text so I can be more focused and not distracted in taking notes, thank you God bless you
oh my im so glad i found your channel, im currently studying pharma science, i mean i love science, but im starting to get interested in data and finance too! I was thinking of branching out and learning something data related :D
Finance, Data and Phar, the perfect combination for the pharm-industry. You'll surely get a job.
TH-cam Algo Recommending me exactly what I wanted to hear!
Thank you so much for your video! It is refreshing and enlightening. As a student majoring in statistics, I finally see why I suck at coding... It's because they are two totally different mindsets and learning frameworks!
Also, I really want to ask what should stat students learn by themselves if they want to pursue a career as a data scientist? What kind of coding skills are most needed?
Yep. One of our biggest problems is thinking we need to know everything before starting a project.
Boy o boy!!!. I always find myself trying to understand every tiny basics then i get stuck and go to another course and iterate and...now, I've seen your video. Thanks Tina
I have a s**t talk journal where I just talk crap on myself every day. Writing down the things I failed at, goals I missed, time a wasted, really puts everything into perspective and helped me a lot with accountability.
What's best source for projects you would recommend?
Also I need some enlightenment about projects, how does it benefit a resume to do a projet that was for example already done and has tutorials over TH-cam, Kaggle, medium, etc. Are those just a waste of time and we need to make completely unheard of project concept? Or are those still useful for the learning curve? I'm truly confused most about the projects
Hi Tina. Thanks for sharing this video! I recently started learning SQL with ZERO background in any programming languages, though the tips you've shared makes learning SQL less daunting. Keep it up sis!
THIS VIDEO CAME RIGHT IN TIME!!! THANK UUU
this is like Nail to my head, I have been overwhelmed by the amount of courses and never finish them and also always side tracked by the tiny details of what the command or the tags in the commands do.
Thank you!
Smart. Helpful. Adorable. You’re amazing!
Aww thank you 😊
I really needed this piece of advice. For many years I have struggled in coding and learning new technologies, but now I understand what I am wrong at. Thank you for bringing clarity and sharing your inputs with us.
Can your shadow clones learn python for you? Is that the secret?
😱😱 that would be the key to life
That's an amazing Idea. I am going to give it a try. 😎
In my case, clones would just double up the procastination only
tho if you are lazy then clones would be too and all of you would just procrastinate anyway
if only that was true ..... for this universe 🙃
This is amazing advice, cannot recommend enough. I never learned something technical faster than when my company adopted Azure/Intune, with zero experience and knowledge and our engineer that built it left. So when I took over I had to learn. I learned one piece of the platform at a time, implamented what I learned real-time, and then moved on to the next course for the following piece I needed to learn. I became the dept expert in just a few months.
I'm also lucky that I have a job where my boss is OK that I spend an hour learning while on the clock, and toying with the environment. Not everyone has that opportunity.
When I heard "I'm gonna learn python" I thought holy shit what a coincidence,
Then Naruto came up on screen and I felt personally attacked, lol
I found your videos while prepping for product manager interviews. Great learning advice and also translates to other areas of life.