How to Think Like a Programmer

Programmers have been mythologized as superheroes that can solve any type of problem put in front of them with a sudden epiphany and a few keystrokes. The reality is that most programmers have a particular mindset and approach to solving problems that help them get to a desirable outcome. In this video, Stephanie breaks down that mindset - perhaps it'll rub off on you!
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[@t0khyo]

I came from ALX internship. I wish I had listened to this a year ago. It looks simple but makes a humongous difference in your learning Journey Thank you for this great video ❤

[@hamzahelanbary4369]

It is ALX that leads me to this video as it is a part of one of its projects. I am just having the first step in this track, so it would be very appreciated if you can supply me with some tips that can help me go through ALX software engineering program. Thanks in advance

[@UTDfargo]

Came here from ALX too. Following the right path to learning Everything seems to work out 💪

[@t0khyo]

@@UTDfargo don't follow codecademy the are LGBTQ bullshit!

[@londz_sa]

I am in the ALX and thinking to just quit really 😢😢 its a lot

[@londz_sa]

​@@UTDfargo plz help

[@phillipratzloff8923]

I’ve been a programmer for over 40 years (yikes!) and I’ve had a successful career by all accounts. You’ve reminded me where I come from. I think part of the fun is solving the problems, or solving the puzzle, to see if I can do it, and then to see how others have done it. This is a great start to understanding what programming is about. We’ll done.

[@ogazboiz]

is they any way i can contact you

[@Thataussiebattler]

I'm 47 and just learning, let's go!

[@fhubert]

TFST (thanks for sharing this). 40 years? I thought you were 19. OMG. I've entered my Python "DataCamp" with my usual Steve-Rogers approach: (wobbling, fists up) Solving problems?" (wobbling) "I can do this all day!"

[@Leo.Dhas.]

This is one of the best learning videos because it doesn't assume you know everything like some other ones.

[@Solutionist1]

This has definitely put me more at ease with learning coding, shifting the focus from an overwhelming sense of "I have to learn everything", to a focus on utilising and developing my problem solving abilities.

[@samuelchinonsoarchibong1477]

with steps like this, it really makes coding easy and how to tackle errors. Wish I watched this before learning to code.

[@nyambesimangolwa5755]

I've learned so much in 6 minutes and I believe what you have helped me learn via this video will be instrumental in getting me where I wish to be one day. Thank you very much Stephanie (& Codecademy)! 🙌

[@olumuyiwaona377]

Watching this video validates the grit growth mindset, learning is a continuous journey, don't lookout for shortcuts rather think outside the box. Thanks for sharing this insight.

[@FourDotSkills]

This is an amazing contribution and please accept my heart felt gratitude. I will regularly follow the "CodeAcademy" and in specific your insight.

[@asadhussein4844]

This is actually a good video. Really gives me a confidence boost.

[@gardensindeze2568]

the way you analogion opening the jar and problem solving step makes me grasp programmer thinking

[@lootcrate3800]

Thank you so much for these videos, I'm incredibly new at this and have been deathly afraid that wanting to build androids are something i'll never be able to achieve, but these breakdowns really help me realize that it can be possible. It feels kinda like being dropped into a new country on my own without any sort of preparations or security. Now though i see some speck of light so let's see were it lead i suppose haha!

[@mauricioricaldi4569]

Thank you so much for helping clarify my ideas about programming. I just started my Front End Engineer carrer path at Codecademy so I'll do my best to learn everything I can and want. Practice Practice and Practice, that's the main key for learning something new.😀

[@ntareinkotanyi674]

This is so helpful... Thank you!

[@chairjacker]

Nicely put together :)

[@alireza.tayari]

That was amazing. Thank you so much.

[@infotechsolutions4165]

That's very an awesome guidelines; Thanks a lot!

[@luketeal1076]

I forgot why i switched from IT to Nursing. But after this year, I wanted to explore the programming field again. Your video was an encouragement and why I stopped pursuing IT. I took shortcuts and they hurt after I was stuck. This was my perspective. Thanks for the video. I look forward re-learning all these baby steps and find a way to reintegration nursing-programming.

[@saudahjimoh963]

I know it's been a year but I'm switching from Nursing to IT and I am sacred😪

[@luketeal1076]

@@saudahjimoh963 You will not regret it. Nursing is a thankless job and you earn scraps. At least with IT (plus you having a nursing background) you can work in informatics for health care. Plenty of my colleagues switch to infomatics or something related to IT-Nursing workspace.

[@saudahjimoh963]

@@luketeal1076 thank you for this It all seems daunting though...lol

[@motunmarteen]

This is a great learning material, thank you so much.

[@augustinesalifu9505]

Informative and helpful Thanks❤

[@whatcanido4534]

Thank you for that great explanation. :)

[@itmandar]

That helped me to cope with the guilt and shame when I still go to the docs page after years of programming. Thanks

[@brotendo]

lol no

[@structuralcraft]

Great tips you got there sis. Thanks.

[@MTHALO.]

ALX gang 🙌🙌

[@Being.njiku.mbugua]

🙌🙌

[@binancefuturexsignal8527]

Well said. Fundamentals is key. Problem solving is the talent part

[@abdullahiyakubuabubakr6313]

this has been an eye opener

[@youngjeffry9315]

i like the words 'donnot worry about not knowing everything'

[@soufianeyes4278]

This video is well organized . I like it !!

[@olashoretijesunimi6039]

Hmmm, informative and very helpful. Thanks a lot Sis!

[@ayandorabednago6443]

wow great . Am just starting programing and am bless for knowing

[@olakunleabiodun1489]

nice one super simple but great tools that all programmer need to possess

[@adamuahmedaliyu]

That's a great one i need to join as quick as possible

[@Human-um5mu]

Bless you Madam, you are doing good work here.

[@romualdadjimagbe2768]

I REALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO, IT REALLY EXPLAINS HOW PROGRAMMER SHOULD THINK.

[@epaphradito]

Thanks so much. Really helpful. I have always struggled to understand why people fail some tasks that I consider very easy, not knowing that my perspective as a programmer is really different from theirs. Sometimes even if a person brings a problem I have never tackled, I somehow find my way around it.

[@creativegenius8435]

Can you please share more details on practical mistakes you noticed you were doing right and others arent

[@yezidumar158]

Thanks a lot!❤

[@malewasswa6970]

Thank you so very much. It's really a nice video

[@AtHost98]

This is the type of video i needed. Trying to learn and i "get" what it means and why you would use it, till they ask me to apply what i learned and how to go about solving the answer.

[@stevendrake6831]

Great advice!

[@techwithkingsley1861]

Hey, Kingsley here, I'm from ALX. Thank you for this information.

[@spontaneouscorner464]

Very informative thank you

[@davidclyburn8966]

Thank you for this video. I see that I don't need to be a brain to code. thanks for sharing your experience now I can try solving problems before finding out by other means, I can ask questions this is hard for me but I'll do it, work with other's on projects learn to listen before speaking and making sure that I heard so that I don't do the worng application. Again thanks.

[@victorEsionyeaba]

beautiful tips

[@jideoboh4185]

Thanks is really encouraging

[@AaronH3n]

Place left hand on the side of the jar. Make sure you have a nice firm grip around the jar. Then, extend your hand and fingers and lie your palm on the lid of the jar as close as possible. Start bending your fingers slightly, keep bending slightly until your fingers grasp the lid in a nice firm hold around the lid. If your palm lifts off the lid, that's okay as long as your hand and fingers have a nice firm hold on the lid. Start and gradually turn the lid in the direction counter to the threads of the jar in order to loosen the lid. Apply more force. Keep applying more force until the lid starts turning. Keep turning, keep turning, ... until the lid comes completely off.

[@oga_rainbow]

I love this. It's very detailed and I like how you broke it down into smaller steps.

[@sunnywaykar7175]

Nicely explained

[@EduardoCardosoMedia]

Thanks Stephanie.

[@andersonfigohfigoh7827]

thank you good advice'

[@alvinofportharcourt2118]

thank you, i enjoyed it

[@queengilbert805]

This was so helpful

[@skyiedmed]

great video, thanks.

[@williamsope5921]

really insightful

[@mediacatalog]

Helpful videos!

[@infinitesolutions3048]

Very Informative

[@michaszal7510]

Great video, thanks! One thing - link to 'How to build a portfolio' is not valid - is there a chance to fix it?

[@davidoirere]

amazing information

[@mperor918]

This is really educative.

[@godstimeokoene3048]

My journey in ALX_SE brought me here. Thanks for this ma'am.

[@weeklyki]

Thank you

[@cryptocathedral]

Well said

[@chaimaechaimouaa8389]

thank you

[@rabiukhalid3907]

I really did enjoy the video.

[@idokopeter5647]

Well done

[@samueliyiola7926]

Really a helpful video

[@JoeDoe1]

Thank you.

[@lordrennieslomotey5909]

Great video

[@IanoNjuguna]

Highly recommend this video

[@user-my9gp1hc1f]

Thanks

[@mandachipateniinnocent8011]

This great!

[@amoschibueze8069]

Step by Step is the key

[@victoromondi3506]

I believe am not the only one here because of a task i have to complete.

[@rverm1000]

That's a good comment on how to think like a programmer. I've purchased a course on there but didn't like it. Data scientist. I don't know if I can get a job doing the course +8 months of previous python experience learning.

[@hasanboss]

thanks

[@xSkjllissue]

one of my teachers once said "99.9% of the errors are sitting in front of the screen"

[@lukemurray3854]

OMG that's so true!!

[@lynnetkweyu]

This is so interesting

[@tundesanusi572]

"Programmers do not need to memorize and/or know everything" Thanks for the quote !

[@muzaffariqbalraja6464]

MASHA ALLAH. THIS IS GOOD LEARNING FORUM.

[@uyioduware693]

Great❤

[@joserosa5342]

I wan to learn C coding cuz is the basic for the other language. I just bought a book from Amazon fro C coding for beginners.

[@ishimwezachee2179]

Don't blame the computer, love this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pasqualvestner5145]

Haha I recognised earlier that I'm speaking out loud my problems and thoughts about my code... and mostly screaming the sh*t out of my computer :D But it really helps ^^

[@successchemtutorial95]

please i want to learn this coding, how do i get started?

[@MrBowmanXD]

Good video

[@smithjr3430]

imm beginner on html so which app u suggesting for me plz

[@FitnessChaos]

Watch from 1:27 to 2:00 . Describes the thinking of a programmer. When writing something first do pseudo code of the instructions

[@ShipWreck68]

I have been programming for 20 years and I have yet to work for a company that allows the programmer to ask questions. Employers feel like they are already paying programmers too much and the programmer should be the expert. Asking questions is literally the kiss of death...you will get fired for doing so. All of which makes learning programming very difficult.

[@thestraycat69]

Try to figure it out within the first hour/half hour/20 minutes, if you can't refer to Google, if you then still can't phone a friend. That's what it is in a nutshell.

[@abioyeisaac6788]

This video shows the difference between a programmer and a person who just codes because one is trying to solve a problem while the other is just trying to get it right. the other thing in this video is you don't have to memorize everything but be innovative with the fundamentals.

[@lionhart3865]

Thank you! I think I just had a crush too

[@abdullahiabdulbarry3392]

lovely

[@changelifetv2170]

Nice

[@opeoluwaafolabi3935]

I am in my mid career accountant looking to switch career change to programming.. is it even remotely possible?

[@abbieajibise6898]

Yes it is.

[@irvinesunday1603]

I slightly disagree with the 1st premise. The goal of a programmer is not to speak to a machine, but to speak to a human being through a code that a machine can understand.

[@gabrielyakubu7331]

It a nice video

[@buzzjunctionhq]

DAY 5

[@hanifabdulkareem3982]

Oh... Sadako chan (3:05)

[@akioasakura3624]

What to do if u get stuck for days?

[@iwehrhodes1459]

interesting

[@sanjanadias3105]

I want to ask you somthing , are girls good at coding or do we struggle compared to guys

[@ruthogadina757]

skills aren't dependent on your gender, girls are awesome programmers too. Just keep growing and being consistent !

[@halleyhart7161]

how does this solve the problem ? = major question

[@TheTucor]

The reality is just the mindset. Came from ALx