I’ve read 100+ coding books…and I remember everything

[@shantanukulkarni8883]

1. Interest: What makes things interesting?- (Curiosity Hack- sparking enough curiosity to get us learning) -- Familiarity (Rough understanding at high level) -- Effort (Easy to start) -- Resonance (relatable) -- Payoff (personal benefit) 2. Perspective -- Dive into a topic and find different perspectives about it. -- controversial or difference in opinion of different people makes it very interesting. 3. Repetition -- Repeat reading from time to time -- (My addition to this is- time spaces between revisions must be like after 1 day, then after 3 days then after a week, a month and so on.)

[@Hamstimusprime]

this is so true! i am an artist, i mean fine artist, went to 2 schools for it, i paint with oils and draw with charcoals, the whole bunch. but i learned how to code proficiently with python using some of the techniques he talks about in this video, ESPECIALLY' having diverse perspectives on a topic'. it helps so much if you hear 2 or more people explain the same topic. amazing content man! cheers

[@abdullahclementabdulshekur6736]

the part where you said, "that is the reason you remember everything from the movie, the social network from 10 years ago but you can't recall how consistent hashing works.." got me. I have been feeling bad that I can remember movies and other non tech related content I have watched, but been struggling with remembering my data structures and algorithms

[@cheekianteoh5746]

Reason 2: Perspectives From the excerpt "Reinstating knowledge during reading: A strategic process" ...When the original and current contexts differ, relational processing takes place, affording the reader a more interconnected memory representation of the domain unders study. ... - First you gain interest about the topic, then you wanna proceed to gain a deeper understanding about the topic. - Instead of just a single source, learning a specific topic from different perspectives helps improve the understanding towards the topic itself. - To gain different perspectives, you would have to think of some questions that you interested in during learning and do research about them, either online or people. - By revisiting the same topic, and learning different perspective of the topic, you allow your brain to reinforced the mental representation of the concept.

[@mayowadan]

For the sake of those still “learning how to learn”: What you want to, and will usually remember is where to find things you’re looking for, not the precise details of the things. There are no people who remember everything they read in a book. Having real use-cases in your day-to-day helps. Not having those daily uses means you’ll lose details on the things you learn and you need to be ok with that. What you’re naturally not likely to forget is knowing where, for example, in the Data Intense Apps book, the thing you’d like to apply at a moment is.

[@Fanaro]

This top-bottom take on learning goes very much in line with most of the current view of the psychology of learning. The very first thing we should do when reading non-fiction, for example, is to read the table of contents.

[@HarshShah465]

What makes something interesting? Familiarity: You must understand what it is at a high level Effort: It must have a low barrier to entry Resonance: You must be able to relate to it Payoff: You must benefit from it Read Table of content Read blogs,videos answering high level curiosity questions like How this thing will help?What is the need for this? Teach others, Use spaced repitation.

[@MyCodingDiary]

Your attention to detail and dedication to your craft is truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us!🖤❣

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@JoseGarcia-vr8mx]

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing this essential topic. Programming is all about learning, so if we increase our learning ability, we can be better problem solvers.

[@dorararo]

Your videos compel me to sit down and take notes, often by going through them multiple times. Kudos 👏

[@KathySierraVideo]

Hah I just realized two of the books in your thumbnail are from a series I created, and one of the books I co-authored. And another is a book from a different series my husband designed and edited 😁. I have conflicted views on learning through books today, as I’ve slowly shifted toward video. (The past few years, I’m mostly teaching NON-developer topics). Books and/or courses can be huge time-savers compared to using search engines and language specs/documentation. But compared to 20 years ago when I wrote my first programming book (Head First Java), I think there are now many different effective and efficient ways to learn. What matters most is that learners go through a *spiral* mode of learning, applying, exploring, repeat… layering on new details through each iteration. But the fundamental problem of books and courses is they are by definition a *linear* incremental journey, when human brains are inherently a complex dynamical system where NON-linear pedagogy is needed. Today, I teach mostly movement science and movement/sport skill acquisition, applying non-linear pedagogy. But I do plan to one day return to programming instruction, applying non-linear pedagogy. I might never create another book, though it’s kind of a fun challenge for me to play with designing a non-linear approach that can “fit” into a linear format like a physical book 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Juzzyjuzzy]

This video was useful. You are one of my favorite tech KZbinrs. I am going to follow that model you proposed. Admittedly I fall into the trap of reading books page to page - which doesn’t help at all - since not every content there is relevant to me. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@brightiniabasi]

These tips have highlighted flaws which have made my learning process quite a drag. Thanks, Utsav. This video is worth revisiting again and again.

[@robinversed]

I am currently working on retaining the things I learnt in this video! Thank you Sir!

[@codation]

Awesome video, Utsav! Thanks for sharing your knowledge about learning. Your perspective on a simple topic like this helps us a lot.

[@mohdjibly6184]

Awesome video with great strategy and method… I love the way you show some words like an Apple ads …the color is stunning 🤩

[@fahimzahir2085]

Step 1. Get adequate sleep. I didn't sleep well and now im watching this video to overcompensate on why I'm forgetful 😂 Great video as always!

[@infinitelog]

This is gold! Thank you Utsav for another great content.

[@hassansyed6087]

Utsav, you're always super interesting to listen to. You motivated me to start coding heavily and so far, it's been going well. I'm gonna be there one day.

[@ksaweryglab]

Useful information Utsav! Thanks!

[@kishorkunal21]

Awesome video, keep up the great work Utsav ! :)

[@parvesh-rana]

Than you don't need stack overflow😂

[@Live-hh6li]

😂

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

🤷🏼‍♂️

[@patrickdurdenman7221]

Dude that video was ridiculously good. I believe the learning patterns you laid out on that one can be easily applied in other fields as well.

[@greatmentors391]

Most genuine coding channel on youtube

[@vicadegboye684]

100+ coding books you say. But you supposedly remember everything. How come you don't remember the exact number of books? 😅

[@GauravThakur-hz3zi]

bruhh

[@globalmanuj]

Revisit in spaces repetitions => this is what matters. No point reading something which you will not implement (a non toy project) in the next 3 months

[@lijuphilip05]

Great work sir,thank you

[@luismiguelduquenunez7604]

Thank you, man. This content is awesome. I love your videos. Could you share a summary of those 100 books maybe? ;)

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

😅

[@nikhilgohil8808]

I saw what you did there

[@yugeshkc9026]

As always great content dai 👏

[@davidfrick1243]

Good video, bad LRUCache example. The distributed systems animation were really cool though, are they from a different video?

[@YomiOdara]

Good content . Thanks !

[@rahulchowdhury279]

Comparison btw data intensive application and Malcom gradwell is hilarious 😂

[@milkmeapollo9048]

What was said on line 58 from book 37 Utsav, if you remember EVERYTHING?

[@ovskihouse5270]

I swear that's amazing information.

[@23Kattayopp]

liked, subscribed & glad that i found you:)

[@NicolásMendoza-v8e]

Thanks for sharing

[@dera_ng]

It would've been a nice touch to mention that formation isn't free.... But the application is free (of course 😅)

[@alexanderandrade]

Hi Utsav, Do you have a schedule to read? How stay updated in a 9-5 work? Thanks

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Need to manage calendar. I share tips in a time management video posted a couple weeks ago

[@firos5381]

if its part of ur job and u do it frequently u will be able to remmeber and recall the information but if ur job changes and u have to adapt to something new and do that job for a year or more i think u wont be remmebering what u used to do as easy as u did once and thts normal i think people have to come into terms with us not being robots

[@KaranShah731]

exactly… and this channel is meant for those who wanna build their career in programming and not a debate on job change

[@kishDoesThings]

HTML5 is not a coding book.But I appreciate the effort.

[@webb-developer]

very nice video .

[@stachowi]

i use ChatGPT explain complex topics to me about anything "Explain it to a 5th grader"... that was i get the high level concept of the topic and then i query from there.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Be careful, chat GPT doesn’t always give accurate information.

[@chandankapoor9283]

Hi Utsav Sir !! What is the best way to learn programming concepts -- Books or video tutorials, but yes "books Hell" and "Tutorial Hell" are common, unfortunately , but still

[@tarunxsh]

insightful

[@byaruhaf]

I won't lie, I was waiting for Titan to make an appearance in the video

[@swagatochatterjee7104]

Can you publish your library in some link, I would love to check what I have covered and what other interesting things I can cover

[@ArafatkhanAlig]

Hey how are you doing I am looking for DSA books please guide through some introductory books. Thank you PS I just saw your first video I hope to get an answer

[@KaranShah731]

Take a look at books by Jay Wengrow on DSA

[@LabibIbnMuzahid]

Sir, I am a resident of Bangladesh, hope you know the country well, Want to get into the big tech company. I am just learning about the cyber security stuffs, and also studied some DSA's. want to compete in the coming informatics olympiad, hope there is a chance, after My BSc in CSE and join directly to the big tech company

[@sea0920]

Do you think books are the best way to learn coding? Some people prefer taking training courses. Some people recommend doing projects.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Whatever tickles your feathers

[@rabi7331]

learn by doing it is the recommended because you can see how the code works and figure it how it works , reading is good but some people cant even code without visualisation also nobody can remember every thing

[@jboss1073]

My whole experience until 2:47 is completely opposite. I don't find anything exciting or interesting about "finishing a product". I find that all the interesting bits are in learning about how a product can or could be done and to study all the different algorithms and their trade-offs. I learned programming and got into programming because I like programming in itself. If I liked "products" I would have become a product manager. But it's interesting to understand that you generalize that way, as that explains the difference between most programmers and me. I definitely do not care about "building the next netflix" but I find it supremely interesting to learn how to implement a parser combinator library and a type system. If you got into programming because you like to finish products you are not a programmer at heart - programming is incidental to you. To me programming is not incidental, I like it, not what it produces, as I see it as a general tool that can produce anything.

[@dickgrayson4237]

Just becuase you have a different way of learning doesn't mean you are this so called true programmer and others are just imitators Top down approach and Bottom Up approach are just two different methods to reach the same goal

[@jboss1073]

@@dickgrayson4237 I think it does mean I am the true programmer, because if the products that "programmers who like to finish products" want to do could be done without programming and with something else simpler and more effective, then those people would use those ways and no longer be programmers. Whereas I would no longer be interested in programming for products, but I would still be interested in programming for whatever else can benefit from it. That is the difference in my opinion.

[@agentstona]

ALL THIS IS A LOAD OF HOT AIR ................................. all you need is for you to be RELAXED and find a book thats written better............................SOME PEOPLE TEACH SIMPLE THINGS IN A COMPLEX WAY !!!!!!! AND SOME PEOPLE TEACH COMPLEX THINGS IN A SIMPLE WAY ................................. just find the right book no need to keep track or do 101 things this guy is saying. The guy took 9 minutes to tell you read a book , than practice , practice ,practice if you dont want to forget the other stuff are just fillers obviously you read a book out of interest......

[@chiefolk]

sure, if kevin systron and mike krieger read through 100's of books like you suggested they would still be reading them and Instagram would not exist.

[@lostgoat]

How can you prove that you remembered everything if you had forgot it you would not know that you did

[@KaranShah731]

Prove? I mean what does he do for work again?

[@VladyslavPavliuk]

Do you have github account?

[@__hannibaal__]

How awesome: I learn C++ in 7 days😅😅😅😅. My advise stop seeing these videos that have no confidence; Remember who speaks too much; has no thinks . Working, learning, practice.

[@KaranShah731]

True, I learnt Malbolge in just 3 hours… no need to read all these hectic coding books right?

[@YusufAli-69]

Bbc grow up😂😂😂😂😂

[@temgmail3963]

Are you Nepali?

[@KaranShah731]

Yes

[@boss50726]

Thanks, bro..let me use these

[@Unstoppable-100]

Thanks Utsav!. Very useful information as always. Quick question - How do you organize your notes when you read/learn the same topic in different books/blogs/videos?. I use GoodNotes(again thanks for your recommendation. I love it.) and I am organizing my notes by materials. Curious to know how do you organize it, whether by concept(for ex: All hashtable notes together) or by books or any other method. Please advise the best option to organize which helps for effective recall. Thanks!

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

I use Notion for pretty much everything

[@kiaraa1505]

​@Engineering with Utsav Within Notion, do you organise your notes by resource (e.g. courses and books) or by topic/concept?

[@Ivy_Inquisitor]

@Guru Isn't this a matter of taste? And isn't it effective to store everything by topics as we digest the information before we make notes and the digested information could come from any source? I don't think it is effective to learn things without processing everything we learn for the first time and try to understand what is being said/written before making notes of it. Notes usually have only things that we understood that we reference it later. If we haven't understood the material, then we need to look at the source again and gain understanding before committing the information through notes.