How Many Hours Per Day Should I Spend Studying to Become a Self-Taught Software Developer?

[@AndySterkowitz]

For all the people putting in the work of becoming a software developer, how many hours per day/week are you spending doing the "work"?

[@raymeester7883]

Stefan Mischook has an answer.

[@MrPDTaylor]

Most of my development time happens over the weekend. Some Saturdays I study from wake up till sleep. I've heard some people say they think that is too long for one day but I get such like opportunity during the week I'm usually totally up to it. I think I would make more progress with a consistent daily schedule so I'm considering putting my children up for adoption. Hit me up if you are looking to adopt!

[@TheAlderFalder]

I'm using the App FlowTimer for the iphone, which let's you configure pomodoro intervals really quickly and intuitively. I put in 4 hours (1 hour each pomodoro) daily. However, I'm currently unemployed and live at my Dad's house, so four hours may even sound too little. But I make sure, that these are quality, uninterrupted, highly focused hours. For every trip I make to the toilet or the fridge, I pause the timer. No bs-sing myself. And honestly, after these four hours spread over the whole day, I'm quite exhausted. It's not like being a tourist walking through a city taking pictures for 9 hours straight and feeling a little fatigued.

[@captainprice2025]

1-2 days

[@nicstoohigh]

On average 1-2 hours a day, some days I get 3-4 in, usually 7 days a week sometimes 6 days

[@sto3359]

Forget the number of hours. Are you studying the right things? Do you understand it? Can you apply it? Can you teach it? Learn smart!

[@dragon_542]

Same that's what I do as well: Make a list of topics that I need to learn --> Join/connect related topics -->sort them based on priority-->get them done one by one

[@synen]

any good resources for understanding OOP, having mental blockage. Thank you!

[@delavago5379]

@@synen it really depends on your learning style. I read more than I watch videos so you might be the other way around. So think about that

[@FilipinoHODL]

That's just lack of empathy. There really are almost always motivated people. He's teaching a way to the majority on how to push one to study.

[@rickross9829]

@@FilipinoHODL I don't see how he has lack of empathy

[@rkbelmont1138]

My life as an engineer is divided like this on week days. 5 hours dedicated entirely to my job 2 hours dedicated to my personal project 1-2 hours to study extra stuff The secret to accomplish it all is doing effective hours. That is, my phone stays in plane mode, no facebook or social media, etc. Focus.

[@ethanreed2672]

So, what's your life like? Are you anxious or whatever 5 hours for a job makes sense but when you add another 2 that seems like a lot. Well, I've heard that over time you can develop the skill of sitting down for long periods of times but what would you recommend for the average person? Just wondering...

[@KiingCam96]

Ethan Reed this is for the average DEVELOPER to become a great developer. Not for the average person

[@ethanreed2672]

@@KiingCam96 Yeah I'm aware, that's why I asked about the AVERAGE PERSON.

[@СергейДрузь-ь3ж]

✔️ Very good comment.

[@panther-xc8929]

Deleted my FB. Needed a reason to do that for a while now. Thank you for the comment!

[@rodneytheredmage3436]

I'm out of tutorial purgatory!! Making my first Calculator app in Java. Squashing bugs. Thanks for making the abstract concrete!!

[@BrandonNyman]

My first c# software was a basic calculator app in visual studio. Was kind of fun actually.

[@BM-uf4pp]

I started in late 30’s and even though I have a job I always feel my age means I need to catch up. So I spend hours a day to make up for lost time. I have wife and 2 kids so the rest of my time is with them. Yes...I’m tired.

[@deegiichae5843]

Barry Martin how is ur journey going?

[@invaderg3332]

Quite inspiring, I worry often about age (I'm not even old)and then I see people like you getting medical degrees and investing in something as challenging as programming.

[@Mjohn0316]

This is good to hear as I’m just starting out at 33. Wife and three kids at home. Thanks for sharing!

[@truthful9311]

thanks am also worrying about my age ,an late 20

[@mikemike5732]

i am the same train with you...i started one month ago, without background programming,my stantard job is waiter! I believe this...if you want something in your life=..

[@MrPDTaylor]

How many hours? ALL OF THEM! I code in my dreams. Seriously though, I have dreams about JavaScript.

[@AbdelrahmanMohamed383]

Lucky you, I get nightmares.

[@dragon_542]

True, If you instantly go to sleep after hours of coding there is a good chance of seeing code in dreams

[@MrPDTaylor]

@Arcen _ those are the best JavaScript dreams!

[@jcgonzalez6493]

I code a crap ton, and I fall asleep to developer confernces. And I have not once dreamed about code. I’m pissed lol

[@pavanjadhaw]

@@dragon_542 yeah true

[@miya7525]

I put on average 20 hours a week. 10 hours on weekend, 2 hours per day on the weekdays while im at my full time job. This gives me about 1000 hours a year (6 months in) i feel like i had to sacrifice my social life to do this but it sure feels rewarding and im half way there till i can quit my full time and put myself out there

[@BobbyBundlez]

i do about the same bro. 3 hours every single day. roughly 20-21 hours a week. frmo my experience i would be burnt out doing any more than that. people say "you must code for 6+ hours a day!"... i can EASILY code longer than 3 hours a day but since i am stkll learning new stuff all the time and studying i need to remember not to overwhelm or cram my brain. glad to see someone else in same boat! ive been coding about a year but i only started really being disciplined about the 3 hours a day thing. this past year i did about 2 hours a day roughly and not everyday. im sure i can get hired in the next 6 months. i am hopeful. hit me up! LETS KEEp in touch!

[@BobbyBundlez]

@Very Good you won’t be able to do that much every single day at first tbh.... lots of people think they can I personally couldn’t. Start with two hours a day and work your way up. You can get quite a lot done though with 10-20 hours a week every week . Job ready? Idk for me personally it’s taken over a year and I’m still not ready but I’m a slow learner with this stuff

[@tenc6491]

Good luck mate!

[@zakariahassan123]

@@BobbyBundlez hi bro, how are doing with the coding thing?? I would like to know your current situation and your progress?? Thanks

[@zakariahassan123]

@@BobbyBundlez I would be glad if I hear from you

[@tmcowley]

It's the habit that's so important!

[@rafsananwar3308]

the first requirement of being self-taught developer is be passionate.

[@dharmawangsa9592]

That's true without any passion, you will easily lost you commitment

[@yakosti]

Head First books series are so great, I read Head First HTML/CSS and Kotlin and everytime I open the book I felt like Im on a different universe the learning method of the book is so great, the storyline, and the way the book teaches you how to learn and how to trick your brain is so impressive, that it would make you sit and read for like 8 hours reading without knowing you already spent huge amount of time learning about programming. I really recommend the book specially if you really wanna deep dive to fundamentals of a certain language that you wanna learn.

[@MG-hidden]

Completely agree!

[@Velock85]

During the week when I work I do a hour a day but on the weekend I do about 3-4 hours.

[@cosmy1975]

Same

[@lexigreenwarwell1004]

I'm working on being a data scientist and I started with an hour a day, I love the suggestion of 20 min minimum.

[@JR-mk6ow]

20 minutes? Minimum??! I usually spend the first 10 minutes trying to understand where I left the program. Yes, I produce a lot of spaghetti

[@antonfranzen2233]

J R lol

[@benjisea]

J R seriously. Takes too long to start again on some projects.

[@jongmagee]

Commenting and documentation is your best friend.

[@vipatron]

I write /*pick up here: this is the next task*/ comments to myself to remind myself of what is next.

[@mahdikaaniche9986]

hah yeh dude

[@armandjansevanrensburg6594]

New here! I'm studying about 1-2 hours a day, and Friday and Saturday 2-4 hours a day. I tried 3-4 a day during the week and that distracted me from my job, so I scaled it back a bit. In 10 days I've learned (and retained) a lot more than I thought I would.

[@hhcdghjjgsdrt235]

And you have started to hate your job. Isnt it true? I wish i could leave my current job in construction site to teach myself unity and c#

[@cautarepvp2079]

8:55 so 15 hours per week minimum? Thats what he suggests

[@ozin2128]

I like the video because many people say You have to spend all of your free time just to program but realistically your idea of learning is the right one

[@anna2057]

I love this video! I recently decided to take the plunge, and get into coding, specifically JavaScript. And the idea of being committed if only for 20 minutes a day, really resonates with me. Especially as a total novice a lot of the concepts are overwhelming and the idea that there is so much to learn can be offputting. But if you force yourself to even start off with a set amount of minutes and then work your way up, can really help. So thanks! :D

[@diceymaan]

Andy, what I appreciate about your videos, is that you actually talk about the subject that is in the title and it's always on-point. Too many videos out there that end up with "it all depends on you", it's not a helpful advise without some figures. So, these are great! Thanks :)

[@kasramohajery4623]

hands down one the most REAL channels that gives honest and practical advice straight forward. Thank you Andy

[@theory813]

Hey Andy, thanks for doing these. You're my go-to when I'm lacking motivation or getting frustrated and you've helped my mental game a lot.

[@AndySterkowitz]

Means a lot! Best of luck to you :-)

[@claudiavarrone8146]

I've been doing 4-6 hours a day. In about another week I would have fully learned HTML/HTML5. I started a week ago. BUT, to understand it even further to become absolutely confident with it I'm going to learn about it from other courses and resources, then move on to another language like CSS, Javascript, and then PHP.

[@Unknownbrianzaste]

Amen. You are a very Smart Man. Buildomg consistency is all about doing a minimum regularly. Building that habit is all about consistency. You're certainly right that you fall off when you decide that "20 minutes is not enough and I can't commit my 2 hours today... So maybe next time?". Every one needs to hear this

[@TheLostArtOfLiving]

I totally agree that consistency and showing up are crucial. Don’t burn out though. Especially if you work too - you’ll get nowhere if you’re brain is fried. My guideline is that averaging 80% of my theoretical maximum is sustainable. Learn to relax and recover too! Thanks for the video.

[@KayOScode]

When I started programming my parents hated how much time I spent doing it. They said "go outside and play like a normal kid." For that reason, my programming time was very valuable. I woke up at 4 in the morning and wrote code for as long as I could till my parents got up, then I ran away from the computer for my life as soon as I heard movement. When the parents left the house for long periods of time, I got away with 8 hour programming sessions which were a god send. All in all, I was programming for 2-4 hours a day on average. In college, I worked on large-ish projects which took hundreds of hours each. I think it was all necessary. Not overdoing it prevented burnout, but it was still a long learning process. I fully believe I was job-ready by the time I graduated hs.

[@bijayaadhikari442]

Thanks Andy. I am doing #100DaysOfCode to keep up this motivation at least 45 minutes of pomodoro a day, R1D6.

[@shawnmurphy3676]

bijaya adhikari that’s awesome I use the pomodoro everyday!!

[@bijayaadhikari442]

@@shawnmurphy3676 Try #100DaysOfCode , am on 77 days. Cheers.

[@veipuniilana1842]

Where are you from bro

[@LordOfSweden]

You're so right. I started with a strict schedule of 8-10 hrs EFFECTIVE time a day, then burned out and then didn't program for three months and now im trying to do it 1-3 hours a day or so.. and stay consistand to not lose my motivation and still think it's fun or interesting

[@nicholasbyers4323]

I really appreciate this. I have been dipping my toes into code academy and really want to delve into it. I work 5pm-1:30am, come home, wife goes to work, baby wakes up at 7/8am and it’s amazing how much attention a 8 month old takes from you on a consistent basis. But hey, he takes a few naps! Your main message of keeping consistent resonates with me. Don’t wanna do child care so once kid(s) are in school I’ll go back to a day job and seeing a car salesmen turned software developer is definitely inspiring. I’m thinking if I can keep 5 years of consistency that will take me far.

[@Elimbi1]

How's it going so far?

[@spiral272]

Great video, as always. I fluctuate quite a bit. Some days it's 5+ hours. Others it's 20 minutes or so. And, since I have 3 young children as well as a business to run, there is the occasional day where I don't code. BUT, if find reading code in textbooks and even just thinking about it can be helpful, too.

[@DivineZeal]

I got outta tutorial purgatory by now only learning from official documentation. You read, and then code. The official doc. goes more in depth than a video. Its great and you truly understand it. Hours pass by like nothing! Sololearn and other apps, even videos are just supplementary

[@johnjordan3552]

I can study 2-3 hours a day for 5-6 days a week without issues but the info you gave me is solid gold for other habits I try, and fail, to implement into my routine

[@merv893]

Even going the gym to touch the locker at first is habit building, do you also touch the water dispenser, what about the taps. I’m so lazy that I can’t leave the house. As for python this year I’m doing min 6 hours a day. I’m taking a break from (job)work, soon I want to move to to 8 hours. If I do 5 I get a guilty. As for the gym I’m working on that. Great advice, Great channel , THANKS

[@SuubUWU]

Here's some reference if you're trying to go for a FANG company. My computer science program at MIT basically requires you to study 60~75 hours a week to not fall behind on the material. I think there was an article a few years back that claimed our computer science department averaged like 6 hours of sleep or some insane number like that.

[@talaverajr391]

10 Ducking hours a day?

[@VoiAhoyTV]

30 minutes and 2 hours is the same if you didn’t learn anything. Aim to learn 5 different things. Set your weekly goals. For example, today, learn HTML, write something in a HTML file. Tomorrow put what you wrote in the file into a table. Next day, move your table at the bottom. Next day colour in the table. By the end of the week you have a table in a responsive website.

[@user779hjg45]

I'm a self-taught developer as well. It took me 2 weeks to learn html, css and twitter bootstrap. Then I have found a full time job. Now I'm full stack developer. =) I'm trying to improve my English by listening to videos like yours. Thanks

[@senfglas214]

Html, css, bootstrap alone are only front-end i thought??

[@user779hjg45]

@@senfglas214 yes. I've started working as front-end. It's an easiest way.

[@senfglas214]

do you have a degree or working on one?? i dont think i have what it takes for a college degree

[@user779hjg45]

@@senfglas214 I have but it is not CS. It is not important.

[@falkonerr]

Only 2 weeks?

[@Eddo101]

Andy is just so honest. I will be a self-taught programmer because of this. (maybe in a few months)

[@yevheniiasemenina3109]

When Andy says watching this video is not considered as studying time... ;c haha

[@chananellaufer2704]

same here, LOL

[@ethanreed2672]

It's true though, you're not gonna make a lot of progress if you continue watching videos like these. Personally, I find that watching these videos every once in a while is quite beneficial but, you can really watch these whenever I guess!

[@craethedreamer267]

You rock Andy!! Much love from Botswana, Africa.

[@sl5311]

At 9:21, also get diagnosed with ADHD and get meds-for those that need to hear it

[@cla1814]

Difficulty Coding Modes: Easy: 4 hours per day Normal: 8 hours per day Hard: 12 hours per day ---> 80 hours per week Hardcore(CEO mode/ ex Elon Musk) 14 hours per day --> 100 hours You have to be aware that when you apply for work you are competing against people who had years of of experience more than you do. If someone worked for 3 years and invested 40 hours per week on a normal day job and lets say they took 2 months free = 1600 hours per year * 3 = 4,800 hours. How you going to compete with that? when you have no work experience? and that is just the average software developer. the top 9% work twice as hard than that.

[@tomas95go]

Don't be fooled by that mentality, in many cases is counter productive to work/study for long hours (unless you can keep your mind focus all that time). 4 hours is a lot of time to be focused.

[@cla1814]

How many hours people work a week? How are you going to compete with someone who hold a job for 2 years working full time working 40 hours a week? You have to out-compete your competition and invest more time than them.

[@tomas95go]

@@cla1814 You want to work/study smart no necessarily hard! And yeah I see your point, but even then, you can't necessarily outperform them because they know the work-flow of the business already. Also not many people work with full concentration, I bet that if you ask one worker about this they will tell you that they work between 1-3 hours at full concentration and that's fine we 're humans after all. Then you have those people who doesn't belong to this category like Musk or Jack Dorsey. Even they work smart AND hard.

[@hirokioba4674]

Elon is still CEO

[@cla1814]

Studying for longer period means you advance faster as well you get used to code 8 hours per day in a work environment. The longer you study the more times you will fail and the stronger your mind endurance will become. If you not used to work coding 8 hours a week when you start you will slow down considerably the team not only for lack of experience but lack of mental endurance. The whole point of studying for long hours is to rewrite your brain and increase your mental endurance. Studying smart can't give you endurance. Elon used to worked 100 hours per week in his startups. At Google the main team used to work 130+ hours per week when they were a startup. The faster you reach the 10,000 hours of mastery the farther you will end up. There is no shortcut that is a myth the only shortcut is having great mentors. You can reach it under 5 years or 10 years is yours choice.

[@GazaNieka]

Super happy I found your channel. Great advice !

[@a.a.sanders6448]

Your honesty is very appreciated. Your words stood out as being trustworthy because you had the courage to admit that watching this video is NOT the same as studying. Good job. And thanks. Namaste!

[@robertthegreek]

Thank you for this video along with all of your others, Andy. As you mentioned, I know most of your videos aren't necessarily productive for learning to code directly. However, this one really got to me and I felt compelled to comment. I'm realizing that I don't have consistency. I usually just go through the flow of the day, because every day is different, and try to fit learning to code somewhere during any free time I get. But that doesn't usually work. My goals are also usually too big, like trying to fit 30-60 minutes of learning in a day, causing me to feel too overwhelmed to start in the first place. Starting today, my goal now is to start with 20 minutes a day. My goal is to jump on a video lecture or the Mimo app after I clock out from my first job at 4pm each day. 20 minutes doesn't seem like very much, but I'm realizing I gotta start somewhere. I like these type of videos because they're helping me get in the right mind frame to study programming. I'm also currently reading "Peak" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, which Andy recommended in another video. I need to get out of working two jobs. I wish I would have started learning computer programming years ago, but now's the time so that I can earn a better income and have more time to spend with my family. Thank you for reading!

[@dimaisatree]

I’m going to try and spend at least 1 hour a day, I have a lot of free time now due to being quarantined. I like learning it because it’s useful for me but it’s also very confusing sometimes and I get bored if I don’t understand it. I can commit to more hours but I don’t want to burn myself out, I don’t want to force myself, I want to enjoy it because if you force yourself you’ll start spacing out in the middle of studying.

[@ongyuxuan6989]

I have the same mindset as well. Have you thought of any ways to prevent the spacing out problem?

[@JackofBlades92]

Your advice is hitting me like a boulder so thank you for your videos!

[@jennifersilves4195]

I love you Dude. Just found you today. The gym analogy is perfect.

[@acadoe]

This is a good video, I agree 100% with everything you say. As someone who is about 6 months into self-learning and finally hitting very solid consistency and progress, I would say that the important thing for me has been keeping track of the number of hours I spend on studying. I literally just have an app that I track what I"m studying and how long it takes, that has helped me a lot. The other thing is, when I am learning with no context to it, it is much easier to get distracted and demotivated. But when I am learning about something because there is something specific I want to apply it to, maybe there is a bug in my code that I can't figure out, then I am much much more likely to go through with that learning and actually pay attention. Lastly, when I was able to let go of the timeline in my brain, it helped a lot. When I started, I was thinking in a year i want to get a job, and I just tried to cram in as much into my brain as possible. Once I let go of the timeline, I really started to take my time learning and trying to apply what I was learning, which is really where the learning takes place.

[@flixxil]

minimum 30 mins, max 3 hours, 7 days a week. That's a good rule to follow Though when you do it more or you have the time then after a few hours break or so, then maybe practice more. However yeah consistency is top, it musnt be ignored If you already can code stuff or so on then obviously you'd be spending more time on it on average because it isn't learning. You're doing a project and so on, whatever it may be. I'm just transfering a different activity to this, but it's still valid. 30 mins to keep up your current skill and ability, more to improve properly. Spending 8 hours training/learning even every day of the month will do more harm than good. Especially since you wont be doing well throughout that time. It's an easy trap to fall in

[@brightawotwe3433]

Learnt C++ on my own . Currently focusing on winapi and other matters. 20 min will be great but the joy to know something new won't allow. Haha

[@GermanCruzthedev]

I kind of just hop onto it when i wake up and do the freecodecamp challenges. I just take a break when i eat, exercise or get super distracted on youtube like i am right now Lol I usually don't code in the night though, that's when i either play video games or play pickup basketball.

[@byteslinger3187]

what is your blood type?

[@acidset]

@@byteslinger3187 lol what?

[@acidset]

Don't only so Freecodecamp, pick something more comprehensive/useful and that doesn't hold your hand as much, like The Odin Project

[@petrov3190]

This guy is honest and spot on, very rare nowadays. Great video!

[@einsteinwallah2]

it is not hours but how enthusiastic you are about your project and things like self-esteem and positive feedback you get from others and if you don't get positive how to handle it or switch to better project and knowing when to stop and knowing that stopping is not defeat ... just zero hour coding and just ruminating about project and life and taking vacation more important than actually giving time ... you immerse in it so much that you have dreams about it

[@TheMasterNumberSeven]

The most brilliant is that this principle is suitable not only for coding, but for any study snd practice.

[@MNGubbaldoGooche]

Starting your study session is always the hardest part of studying :)

[@oleksandrherasymenko3167]

Useful advises and information. Thanks, man. It’s motivating and safe from procrastination.

[@lukesky6335]

IHMO, its also easy to get burned out. Taking a day off a week is a good idea to unburn yourself. I usually do studying in the AM and the evening. Try to do 10-15 hours a week. But also important to take at least 1 day off to avoid burnout.

[@IndigoFeather]

As a teacher and a lifelong learner, I can confidently say that this is a very good piece of advice - consistency is key!

[@shingiraibondai747]

well said consistency is key to success. The more consistent you are it builds a habit and once you in the habit of doing something you do it everyday

[@SC20256]

I have an infant son and a toddler daughter. Our day to day schedule (life in quarantine) is a little different. But, every day I read the material 6-8AM (Kid’s asleep) 1-3PM Kid’s asleep and 9PM-Midnight Kid’s asleep. But, nothing set in stone with young children. But, I’m learning, working through it! Any ladies who have young children learning tech?

[@inexplicable01]

You are one of the few most honest and down to earth programmers on KZbin. Thank you

[@AhmedVlogs1]

Your advice are practical!! thanx , Andy

[@ankuraagarwal]

Good point Andy. Thanks. Consistency matters a lot.

[@andre-barrett]

Great tips Andy. I've been coaching and mentoring software engineers for over 20 years and these are the same tips I would give

[@MrBp2404]

That was really helpful my friend. Thank you!

[@isqm23]

This guy is changing my life. I was learning wrong. Thanks dude, I'm out of tutorial purgatory! Let's handle some bugs now.

[@vladimirpetroski7089]

I had that problem with motivation and my natural response to coding was: Oh, I'll eventually learn it, without really commiting...But now I started commiting and ultimately started to think about coding and recognizing code much better than the beginning. I always appreciate your perspective Andy, even though this video is a bit older.

[@Dulge]

Truly well spoken, im currently new to programming been doing it for a year and definitely realized how much practice makes perfect and learning helps and progressing. Cant say im going to be a programmer without actually putting the effort.

[@erdboizen7926]

we are all different, i want a deeper understanding so i create weird images and other ways in my head to make things stick, i believe in quality not quantity, in my course of study if its not sinking in anymore i take an hour break and come back, if its still not working well its over for the day

[@PositiveVibesVids]

I began my journey on 1/30/19.. I announced it to social media to hold myself accountable. Coincidentally- I applied the same study structure starting out with my goal being 30 minutes. Now I am averaging around 30-40 hours a week. I’ve found how important breaks are for the mind and so my production has increased as I break up the 8 hours with 15 minute breaks every 1-3 hours. My tenant, who went from being homeless to the lead engineer for a company funded by google was looking at my code as I used his old computer before buying it from him - and he said “you know you can get a job doing this... you’re beyond qualified”.. So I quit my job and am putting my resume out there as we speak. I added a Masters Degree to my resume in Information Systems Management and have three different websites including one I co developed with my tenant/ roomate. I will be documenting my journey through KZbin- huge thanks to people like you and other engineers I’ve met who’ve switched careers along with my tenant/ roomate (an MD dropout turned homeless).. also a girl who called me a loser and told me to quit my job- who I broke up with as she still wanted to get married - And so I fell in love with programming. I go crazy if I take more then a day off. I love your videos / outlook on life and web dev-- being that it is not always fun however it’s a boat to give things I need in my life to pursue other entrepreneurial dreams. One life 🙌... May I please be on your channel with my story / can I tell you the whole story and speak after I’m hired on my first job ?

[@antiresistance]

Bro were are you in life now

[@PositiveVibesVids]

@@antiresistance I must've been pretty pumped writing this I don't remember it lol... but I'm a Project Manager now managing a team of developers .. turns out I didn't love the code as much as I thought. Nevertheless the career changed worked out very nicely. I started out as a developer and then switched to the PM role rather seamlessly. Been living with my Gf now a couple years, she's a cyber security analyst for the navy now and was making ten bucks an hour when I met her. Only made a few coding vids for KZbin they were boring to make to be honest. Life is a blessing.

[@keerthidammu7700]

Well said... Consistency is important...

[@marwaeltayeb]

I like you Andy because your are so (honest) while discussing many stuff. You tell the truth although the thing may be against your interest.

[@TimsDaBossMC]

Prioritize sleep schedule and physical health before trying to set a work goal! After having good sleep and exercise I was able to have focus a lot easier which made me work for less hours and optimize my time.

[@TimsDaBossMC]

Also worth mentioning that having good health while learning how to do a job will set you up for success during your job since most people would not want to work with people who can sleep at weird patterns, pinging teammates at 3am then not responding to them until 8pm haha. Exercise and sitting up straight gets oxygen to your brain, balanced meals can make you feel energized empowering you to focus more intently and deliver higher quality code. I feel like solving these problems first will lead others to naturally find a work/study schedule that works for them. Care for your brain since that is what translates your time for money, and the brain will lose performance the older you get.

[@kazimirpwn]

i Can agree 100%! I start ещ learn spanish 10 min a day ONLY, i do it every day for tho month. It is a slow way, but babysteps are working, and now i'm hablo un poco de espanol. In 1 year i think i'll be able to read and talk pretty damn easy.

[@ivangutierrez3801]

i totally agree with you, it took me years to learn and understand that.....great advise and video

[@mohashaTv]

Like before watching team💪

[@adamdoucette8012]

I totally agree with what you're saying. Consistency matters! PS. Still waiting for that surprise/announcement!!

[@77Sherms]

Right now I spend six hours a week coding, four hours a week on math, 25 minutes a day on touch typing and a few minutes a day practicing my multiplication tables. I typically study six days a week. If I've met my six hour coding goal I put in an extra one or two hours on Saturday. Monday to Wednesday I study programming and Thursday to Friday I study math. I also read a book about programming everyday (typically until Saturday) and I've been spending about 50 minutes a day on that book.

[@josuequinteros3789]

The study method is one of the most importants aspects about learn to code, I said this from my experience, I started to learn C# video tutorials in sep-oct (I am about to be 18 dic-2018) and I was only watching videos without any practices, after this two month of only watch, and some reading, I can’t learned the concepts, so I take a book that is about 1200 pages, it has about 350 exercises an it starts from the most basics concepts of programming through Data Structures, algorithms and stuff like that. So I personally recommend you that the practice is FUNDAMENTAL.

[@ibuprofenPill]

I wouldn’t say it’s a question of how many hours. Rather, how much do you want to acquire the skill? Are you dedicated? Do you understand the technology? Can you pass a basic quiz? Can you apply it? You need to put in however many hours required to obtain the skills you need. The more work you do, the sooner you’ll be ready.

[@belmagenjac1848]

This is so true. There is a similar concept mentioned by Stephen Guise in his book "Mini habits for weight loss", it is a different topic, but the same concept: aim to do something very small and you will usually do much more. But if you don't, you didn't fall off the wagon.

[@drikting]

Agreed on importance of consistency. But we need to strike a balance between productivity and not burnout.

[@abennis196]

Finished college now till September where I will be changing my courses from business, English, Core Maths to BTEC Computer Science and Digital Game development and design currently I am learning c#/unity and putting about 3 hours a day in since last week theres been 1 day where ive put 0 minutes into learning because of work and family party 11am - Complete C# Unity Developer 2D: Learn to make games 1hr 1pm - SoloLearn 1hr 3pm - Code Academy 9pm - Creating a Binding of isaac clone game in unity - yt playlist

[@stampedmetalsword8099]

You have to do as much as you can do. Making sure that you are learning is the main thing.

[@allenroisen2386]

Being a self taught developer means that you can probably write circles of code around me when it comes to making applications and using certain interfaces. Hell I'm used to such low level coding that half the time I code some high level shit (like anything web development in python or angular) I have no idea what it is I'm really doing since everything is so abstracted. However, I've noticed self taught devs have pretty much no grasp of the things that actually make up computer science. I guess for a lot of stuff, like front-end you don't need to know data structures and algorithms, the basics of OS and computer architecture, or how anything works with no abstraction whatsoever, but all the big companies require you to. If you want a free education, go to ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/ and geeksforgeeks for a world class education much cheaper than going to college (like I did).

[@dopavelli]

great video, thanks for your content Andy!

[@Turco949]

Even if I am totally interested in something, usually within 30 mins (45 tops), I start losing focus. When I realize my mind has wandered off, I take a break to re-energize myself whether it is a short gaming session, walk or cup of coffee, no point in continuing in a fruitless session if you are not focused. Also, I seem to "get" things when I repeat them out loud, or even better, try explaining/teaching them to an imaginary student. That helps me understand how well I understood the topic, or lack thereof.

[@electrobreach3251]

He is so truth about what he is talking ; that for me is incredible. Guy's he is telling you the truth!.

[@cofi9245]

Keep the videos going, you helped me a lot.

[@sportfanatic5339]

Here’s how I look at it. Motivational videos are the warm up. Actually building stuff is the work out.

[@yotoi10]

Love the coding-gym metaphor...Same mindset

[@ToDaXi]

Hey Andy, there is something about you and your videos that remind me to keep going, really appreciate your effort!

[@aleksandrbevz4786]

Hi Andy. Can you please do a video and show what a beginner’s resume should like like. Plus go over it in depth. Thanks in advance!

[@boxer8657992]

Andy watching your video is not ware of time. You give us motivation.

[@sagarpuvvada]

Thank you Andy! It really helped me. I always had this dilemma about how much time to spend to like consistency in programming and to be better to..

[@creamville63]

This is so motivational. Will start my journey to learn software development today.

[@jasl5361]

Thank you, Andy!!! Really appreciate your advice!!!!

[@ektabazala9247]

You are so good, I always push my self to do coding 4-5 hours and after 6 or more days , I definitely lost track. This idea is good👍

[@shestakovdmitry]

great and useful advice for everything you learn I think. thanks

[@michaelwenborn8721]

Thanks for the advice, been watching programming videos while I try to rest my brain, I totally agree with the consistancy concept. Only problem I have is when comparing it to the gym I can see my results in physical and mental form, however, when I program I feel like I'm hitting a break wall but I am trying to push through it by completing this Udemy Python course in which I bought back in 2016 xD Keep up the good work and thanks for the motivation!

[@janblahout7136]

Hi Michael, i think we are on the same road. i bought the python course like 3-4 months ago, i at 2nd Milestone Project. The issue with python is that there is nothing to show off and thats quite an issue. There is nothing you cant show to your friends, because everything is happening in terminal / console. python is the backend and it cannot be seen by the user. My plan is to learn python, to get the hang of coding and then go for java or kotlin to make android apps.

[@exogendesign4582]

Its not really about how many hours, its about how you study, and when u study atleast do it wisely and in a smart manner. Learn deep things on the topic you want to tackle, understand it, do an example apply it. Consistency won’t do u good if you’re learning stuff the wrong way. In the end of the day its all about experience, nothing else.

[@lukerobertson1000]

Love your approach mate! I've been doing the same thing with coding and the gym. Thanks for your content!