How Do I Finish What I Started?

[@michasam4519]

Hello Mr. Corey… i just want to thank you very much for your videos. I started programming few months ago and your videos inspire me very much… thank you very much. You are a great teacher. (Standing ovations 🙂)

[@IAmTimCorey]

I appreciate the kind words. I am glad my content has been so helpful.

[@andresmitre362]

Thanks Tim, your always helping me on my journey as an CS student, this does happen to me, what happens is that there is so much to learn that sometimes you want to know everything haha, I'll take your advice, Thanks a lot!.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@jonathanposton7896]

sounds like you were talking to me directly! ive never heard a better description of the way i do things. thanks for your advice. i know ill watch this video again just to keep myself on track. thanks

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@crustydev5561]

I love keeping a list of ideas it prevents me from getting distracted when focusing on a project without forgetting other things in the future. I do use something that syncs between my phone and PC but that's just what I need

[@IAmTimCorey]

Great!

[@ladoleskovec281]

Well... I got a notification, that a new video popped up while I was working on some task and I really wanted to hear this, because, yeah there are quite a few ideas and unfinished projects in the drawer. As you started talking, I thought, "Man, you got to write this down!" I opened a notepad, rewind a bit to hear it again and started typing in. I listened to the finish and finally realized this was all a distraction from the task I was working on. Anyway, I saved the notes, forgave myself for this slip, then made another slip by wanting to add this comment, so now off to forgiving myself again and continue on working. But thanks for the video and some really good advices.

[@IAmTimCorey]

It happens. The key is to get back at it, and to learn to be better for next time.

[@nafisiancastle]

Thank you for the suggestions.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@RomanOgorodnyk]

Thanks Tim. Forgive yourself for skip and make different choice today is the best.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@d.e8282]

Great and clear advices, really inspiring and gave me some organizing ideas which I would need even in other areas, as well, besides informatics.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Awesome!

[@בןסלומון-ז4כ]

as someone who finished a coding bootcamp (and fallowing tim) found a job during the pandemic (event that it took a lot of time and a lot of failures) i can say those advices are gold ! not just for a career but for life in jeneral.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thank you! And congratulations!

[@rikudouensof]

Thanks jim. I have this problem with both learning and working

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@dand4485]

Great points, i'd agree with most of the ideas, but given many here are on a "learning" path, might be a good example for a "DoTo" list application? Would assert many of the videos on front end web frameworks will use a ToDo application as a sample project to start with. Would agree it is a good simple amp that will force you to do a full stack app, and the best thing you just helped yourself...? V1 would be as suggested keep it simple and get it done, and then evaluate yourself, is this easy and useful as is? Yes/no and think how as a user what you like or not, again new "todo" items? The idea to keep it simple and use notepad, might be good for some, but if on a physical notebook, have to admit i'm a slob and easily lost (ooops did i mention i'm a messy slob :) And generally saving it in a text file, same thing will lose it after a while but things i host locally on my own web site, never lose them now...

[@mikey803]

great video. Getting distracted is my major issue. Thanks for the ideas for helping with that.

[@markgrind4201]

I have the same issue living far far from you. People same in general.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@AussieAmigan]

Thanks. I think this really helped me focus. While I had an MVP feature list, I really sat down and justified every single element whittling it down to a "make do" amount. I'm quite use to keeping a list of nice-to-haves, especially when I've been on projects where I've have had testers who think very complex things (borderline unreasonable) are possible very easily from a web app.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Excellent!

[@lueljohndiaz1557]

Can you do a tutorial about Clean Architecture? :) Thank you for this video Tim! this help me a lot.

[@IAmTimCorey]

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[@YOUTUBE_IS_WOKE]

This is me, I started learning a tech stack, then move on to another halfway through learning. Just now, I'm moving away to reading NFL news halfway through this video, to finish this later, sigh...

[@IAmTimCorey]

The key is to learn and grow in it.

[@twashington4]

Good tips... applicable to alot of things!

[@IAmTimCorey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@selahattinkaradogan2744]

Always we are starting the project but cant finish because of technical difficulties

[@IAmTimCorey]

It sounds like you need to work on planning more. In the planning process, you should identify the areas where you don't feel comfortable doing the work. Then, you can practice those areas before you start your project to ensure you know how to proceed.

[@selahattinkaradogan2744]

@@IAmTimCorey i have to make scrum iterative development

[@evrozah1]

Familiar with this. Thought it only happens to me. Great news. I'm not along.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You definitely aren't alone.

[@dheerajchopra5615]

Thank you so much for suggestions Tim! Can you also please create complete data structures and algorithms course in C# if possible? Would love to learn from you. Would really help C# and .NET Developers in their leetcode and competitive programming problems. Again Thanks a lot 😄

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks for the suggestion. Please add it to the list on the suggestion site so others can vote on it as well: suggestions.iamtimcorey.com/

[@dheerajchopra5615]

@@IAmTimCorey Sure😄Will Do it. Thank you for the response❤

[@fexofenadinaGenerica]

Other thing that I think it's useful to think is that you don't need to make your app perfect on the first try. Sometimes I get stuck thinking "well, what if this is the bad way of doing things?".

[@IAmTimCorey]

Yep.

[@uppercat7268]

I never had this issue when I eat. I always finished it. Just kidding. Thanks for the video!

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@andywalter7426]

I have a question. What if sometimes it takes longer to write down an idea than to implement it. There was once years ago when I had an idea in the middle of the night to help on testing with a game package. I realized it took too long to write out all the details for it. So I ended up implementing the feature in about an hour then went back to bed. That ended up being a huge success because I had many more options for testing the game package.

[@IAmTimCorey]

It sounds like you need to work on your brevity.

[@omidtavana]

tnx Tim

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@keyable]

Are you planning to make a course about Xamarin?

[@IAmTimCorey]

Not until .NET MAUI comes out.

[@keyable]

@@IAmTimCorey Great! looking forward for it

[@georgevlassis8319]

What are your thoughts on Domain Driven Design with microservices?

[@IAmTimCorey]

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[@multiHappyHacker]

I never imagined it would be this hard to find a job as a software developer with a bachelors in comp. sci., I didn't work in the industry after college aside from freelance but ~7 years later I want to do software dev. After several months I have had to turn down several jobs that wanted me to relocate, and now I'm turning my attention to relocation to the one city of my choosing where the rest of my family lives. I am working with a recruiter who seems like a nice guy, but it's still extremely slow. How do I get the interview? Can I send my resume somewhere for an honest opinion? My personal opinion of my Github is that it's pretty darn good, but I hope a company would see the same.

[@IAmTimCorey]

I can offer a few pieces of advice. First, remember that your degree will help you check a box on the application but that's about it. it will not give you the actual experience companies are looking for. So, just don't expect it to do the heavy lifting for you. Second, having a GitHub profile is great but it doesn't really show a hiring manager anything quickly. They have to sift through the code to see something and even then it is tough. I would recommend creating a portfolio. It can link to your GitHub projects, but the first step will be having a quick description of each project along with screenshots and a brief list of the topics/technologies that you are showing off in that project. Even if the project doesn't have a UI, figure out something to put in a picture. Each project should have three pictures. Your goal is to give the hiring manager something that they can see, understand, and relate to within five seconds. Third, trying to relocate to another city is hard. You are looking for jobs where they probably want to start quickly and you aren't necessarily that person since you have to move. If you can explain how you can be available to start quickly, that would help. Put that in your cover letter. Finally, keep everything brief. If you see a paragraph of text anywhere (resume, cover letter, portfolio, etc.), cut it down. Make it three bullet points. If you see a list of bullet points longer than 4, cut that down too. Too much information is actually a bad thing. It makes the reviewer skim more and read less.

[@multiHappyHacker]

@@IAmTimCorey Ok, first step I am going to turn my github readme's into something much more descriptive.

[@mnezon1314]

What are some good tools to plan out a project? Other than Jira and agile software

[@IAmTimCorey]

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[@MattThomson]

I really hope the answer is in the first 2/3rds of the video or we might never know the answer

[@MrTonyWarn]

I didn't even finish watching this... :)

[@ReceiveWisdom247]

Do you know your enneagram type? It may help

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

This has been my problem for 10 years lol

[@IAmTimCorey]

Time to work on it then.

[@techgrande1666]

Does happen to me!!!😓

[@IAmTimCorey]

You can do it.

[@jeffGordon852]

guilty your honor

[@IAmTimCorey]

We all are. The key is to learn and grow.