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Early in my career as a developer, a seasoned engineer told me: First, make it, then, make it work, lastly, if you can, make it pretty. That approach saved me a ton of time.
Coding is like being a detective where you're also the murderer.
You'll never be ready,start anyway
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You don't need to feel confident, you just need to be willing -> This sentence got me.
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Summary of this video - 1. We don't need to know everything. 2. Learn how to learn. 3. Perfection is nightmare that will make you fear everytime you are coding for something 4. You will never feel ready.. There is no TOMMOROW! START NOW!! 5. No one cares how your code looks, they only cares about its working. 6. At some point you will suck at something. We can't able to solve a bug we try for hours.. relax take a break you will figure it out eventually. Thank you sir this video it really helped me now to change my mind perspective during learning to code. I have faced all these thing you have said 😅😅 stuck, depressed but now i have learn what to do by your experience 🙌. Thanks :)
“Done is better than perfect” should be a famous life quote inspiring people to get things done mate!!!
For me it was "Don't seek the perfect framework, just pick the one that just sounds fine for you"
Been a software engineer for 20 years now, and the single greatest skill I ever developed was done very early in my journey. And that skill is the ability to step through my code, or anyone else's code, manually. Look at the inputs to a function, write them down, and assign values to them. Then walk through line by line and write down how those variables change until you reach the end. Verify that it's doing what you think it's doing. Repeat with different types and values for the inputs and ensure proper output is coming out the other side. I was super slow at this in the beginning, but it really helped me understand code at a more intimate level. I got so fast at this that I do it lie second nature, and I spend so much less time debugging and more time writing code that works. Highly recommend to everyone to get better at walking through code, not just with "happy path" variables (what you think they should be), but throw in weird ones to. If a variable is supposed to be an integer, what happens if a null gets passed in? Or an empty object? It really helps you add in safe-guards to your code to prevent bugs.
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when I first saw the thumbnail of the video I said another empty talk from random Dev , but when I watched the video I can confirm It's really precious advice . Really appreciate it thank you
I started coding in 2005. So I've been coding for 20 years now. Yet "Nobody cares about your code" was a hard pill to swallow 😑
I’ve been in the industry since 2001. One phrase a senior developer used to say really stuck with me: “Our code is not holy/sacred—learn to let go!”
"Debugging is a Job, Its not a failure its a Process" What a beuatiful inspiring message👍
I started making apps last year and honestly its saving me. I am 44 yrs old and my health isn't the best but the genuine love I have for development is helping me keep going.
One big lesson I learned was that when you're stuck on a problem for hours, it's best to put it aside. Take a break, go for a walk, or get some rest. When you come back, you'll likely solve it in no time.
I'm a student in Japan. This is the first time a video under ten minutes has given me this much courage and motivation. I'm going to start writing code right away. Even if I don't get recognized, I've decided to keep challenging myself.
The 'nobody cares' one hits the hardest and truest. People usually can't appreciate the details of what they don't understand.
you will never feel ready start any way ---->I think this sentence will change my life thank you a lot