How to Learn to Code in 4 Months (The TRUTH)

[@AndySterkowitz]

How long have you been at learning to code? Share how long you've been at this in the replies.

[@monstereugene]

Like a month

[@yaredhaile9322]

5 years

[@alberto.444]

5 months now, I feel I've improved a lot but I know that there's much more left to learn and that's what motivates me...

[@jaimeandrescarcamosepulved2456]

4 months.

[@review6374]

~1 month. Working consistently on learning more though

[@jakemealey5532]

I’ve been doing the Odin project since I’ve started programming which was about 3 months ago and I’ve been doing it for almost 100 days straight! I’m currently doing the full stack curriculum in js and I’m building a tic tac toe game using factories and modules and I am loving coding more and more everyday! I’m aiming to become a front end web developer while also having some back end knowledge. I still get help on projects but I can tell im starting to understand the intricacies of how things work. Every project I am getting less and less assistance on. Baby steps! A quote I’ve heard recently that has kept me going when times get hard is “Rome was not built in a day”. You will struggle. You will feel like you can’t do this. But you have to push through. You got this friends!

[@TheTravisaurusrex91]

I was laid off due to covid when the pandemic first began, so needless to say for a little while, I had nothing to do and too much free time. It was winter, NOTHING was hiring at the moment, so needless to say I became pretty stir crazy. I re-installed skyrim on my computer and really got into modding it and eventually other games to pass the time. I started to learn how to write very basic lines of code, creating my own mods and I found that it was super fun. But there would be plenty of times where I would get stuck with something and the game would crash every single time. It was extremely frustrating. But whenever I solved the problem and got the game up and running again with the mod working correctly, it was a super satisfying feeling. I found that I really enjoyed the problem solving aspect of it, and the creative aspect of seeing my labor come to life in an artistic way. When a friend suggested learning how to code on a more in depth level I was curious and started doing some research. I'm pretty confident at this point in my life that I would be very content with learning on a more professional level and landing a job with it. I currently work in manufacturing and I have to admit that I'm absolutely burnt out and looking for a career change. Your vids have been helping me push through and stay confident in myself lately, so thank you!

[@gorto90]

Did you push through with changing proffession?

[@stefandeclerk]

#5 Available time: In my opinion how long it takes also depends on how much time you have available to study. It makes a big difference when you have 4 - 6hrs a day to spend on studying vs 2hrs or so in the evening after work/family/etc. I've seen this in my own development (excuse the pun) as a self-taught dev. I was between jobs for a couple of months as was able to put in 4+ hrs a day, it made a HUGE difference, especially when building projects. But again, that's purely my opinion.

[@Nukemann64]

that's my main issue right now, is motivation! Just like u said, i was super passionate about learning Python about 2 months ago. Life happened, started pushing studying back further and further on the priority list, and now i'm 2 months, and haven't done anything with it. I'm gonna try to get back into it again though! Thank you for the videos!

[@necromancer7712]

dont try if you wont use it. you will forget it

[@Nukemann64]

@@necromancer7712 yeah I think that's where the hesitation comes back to restart. I wanna go all in on it and not half ass it. Wanna go 150%. Thank you!

[@sam.shock924]

extending to what you've already said, consistency and having a game plan are so extremely crucial to succeeding. I'd go as far as to say the *most* important.

[@AF-uv4ne]

I am a self-taught web developer for 4 months now,i have a hard time to build even simple projects,i know to solve the problem but my obstacle is how to start the project so i got problem there. This is very lonely journey especially if you dont have mentor or something like that just like i dont have,you will barely get any support from anyone,but be consistent study everyday,dont get stuck in tutorials like i did. Start project first day you start learning you will make progress. Take your time,study hard everyday do some examples on Edabit an sites like that.We will succeed and land that first job trust me just have faith and dont givw up.Someone will land it after 4 months,6 moths,year or two but have faith and dont give to all who have same struggle.

[@AndySterkowitz]

Slow and steady wins the race 🙂

[@AF-uv4ne]

@@AndySterkowitz yeah because this is not the only thing i do,i have 10 hours job every day so its harder but i cant give up,sometimes motivation is down and when its like that study at least 15 minutws just to stay in shape motivation will go up by the time especially when you learn new things...🙂

[@xXRsownage]

I am with you man. I have been at it for now about 3 or so months and I have learned a lot but it is so hard putting it together and completing solo projects. Javascript is kicking my butt

[@bramburn]

That’s normal. The problem is that you need 1-2 years of dabbling to change your way of thinking to build something. It is not easy at the start. Build small stuff and add to it

[@daniel71626]

I have coded for 4 years, but still a beginner in many ways... lots of job expirience. But compared with my collegues i'm still fresh... good video:)

[@bramburn]

it normally takes 3-6months to get a good grasp of things.

[@andrewrobinson7472]

I have 2 years left in the army. Been diving into c++ hoping I can get a job by the time I get out

[@wordlife_97]

Make sure you focus on your portfolio and projects

[@USS_Daedalus]

In generally for Self-taught is estimated Period to get job is 1,5 or 2 Year's. From Beginning to learn until Getting Job. For Junior Dev. Its actually can Difficult be to get into but once you are in, then everyone wants to get you. The exception is Web Dev. Yes i can say that from what i heard from my Colleagues, they get literally in 6-8 Month from learn beginning, Jobs.

[@antsanders0893]

I have 1 year. I’m teaching myself HTML, CSS, and JS. I’m looking into Skill Bridge with Microsoft

[@shikeemaloney821]

Military pays for boot camps , make them pay for a part time bootcamp ..accelerate that progress 💪🏿

[@andrewrobinson7472]

@@antsanders0893 good luck bro

[@nikfp]

People should note as well that your ability to stay motivated and learn programming quickly will be affected by how interested you are in the things you are building. A great way to stay motivated is to identify a problem that you want to solve with code, identify what programming languages people are using to solve similar problems, and start learning one of those languages. Nobody is building operating systems with Javascript, and nobody is building web interfaces with Golang. (Almost nobody - there's always an exception). By having a goal and using the tools that are most used and best suited to meet that goal, you can find larger communities to support you and better resources and learning materials. It's also important to remember that the fundamentals of programming carry over between languages. As long as you are practicing and getting used to things like execution order, scope, control flow, loops, time complexity, and in some languages memory management and allocation, you can move to another language and already be a few steps ahead of a true beginner. If you can learn things conceptually, the mechanics are much easier to grasp.

[@pierreabbat6157]

I've been coding for decades, but have had no luck finding a job for several years. In Bezitopo, I'm solving the problem of fitting a smooth curve made piecewise of circular arcs to a set of points. This is not an academic exercise; the problem has been sitting for four years, but I'm finishing up a land survey and need to draw the road from the centerline points. I know C++, am learning Haskell, and would like to learn Rust and Julia. I write cross-platform apps which do lots of math and run on all threads for speed. I got a call the other day from someone looking to write a network program in C++, but network sockets are not my thing, math is. I've found hardly any fitting jobs; where are they?

[@tt4m]

Python projects for beginners are registered in my account, take advantage of them to develop your skills

[@AnjanPrasad]

How do you cultivate your problem solving and logical thinking skills.

[@emmanuelameyaw9735]

Where can we find a game plan...bootcamp like $10000 in tokyo.

[@marciac95]

Took me 4.5 months but costed my mental health

[@jordanhughes3137]

Would it be possible to make decent improvement with 4-5 sessions per week for about 2-3 hours per session? Transitioning from owning a marketing agency (about to sell it) and seriously interested in moving into the tech field!

[@HencyLara]

How do I set up a good or the best game plan?

[@johnnycincocero]

Book a call with Andy and find out. I've been trying to learn to code for a while now and I keep getting stuck in tutorial hell.

[@fabulousasia9848]

What do you think about Harvard's CS50 course? Would it be worth it to spend the time to finsih that course before jumping into something like Freecodecamp or The Odin Project?

[@fabulousasia9848]

@WorkInProgress Thanks for the specific advice!

[@rockfox5]

I got a job after three months of learning. But don’t take this as a milestone to achieve, you’d need at least a year to be competent enough for a junior job.

[@rockfox5]

@WorkInProgress you are right. Time is relative when it comes to getting a job. However, unless you are a genius, time is needed to be competent in the job. When I first started learning, I treated it as a job. 8 hours a day Mon-Fri and give myself a year. This way I am not pressuring myself while being active in the community. This is how I got the job relatively fast.

[@eshamahmood1825]

Can you plz explain how you got the job in a bit details? I'm new to programming (I started learning at the start of this year but had lots of gaps cuz of exams and studies) and I have no idea how to even apply for a job or when. So if you could help a bit I'd really appreciate.

[@joedandantech]

After 4 months of coding I would not call anyone a Software Developer

[@manuelgonzales6483]

FIRST❤😘☕