Do NOT do this when learning to code 

One language at a time Use Git as much as possible Repeat coding. once a day Practice Coding Readability - Naming convention - Camel case Learn the basics Its ok, not tobe PERFECT Dont compare to others Get connected to others - Community THINK LIKE A PROGRAMMER Mental Health Don't Give Up. - Imagine what if you Didn't Give Up

I agree with never stopping. I'm in a CS program and unfortunately about to get a D in discrete structures due to some personal life issues, but I'm not going to allow that to stop me from obtaining my goal of becoming a SWE. I'll just refuse to give up and retake the course and do better next time.

Thank you

Great video great tips i definitely appreciate them and will keep them in mind

thanks for the advice, hello from UK!

Thanks for all these tips

Love this brother! Keep being awesome! I'm going the college route and learning computer programming. I want to teach it to kids and possibly build something in my community for kids that want to learn this, give them an opportunity to do so, and possibly build a career out of it. I'm subscribing right now. I want to learn more about your journey!

What a well made with with some good advice! I am really surprised to see this channel is still small!

Self-taught here. Made 2 years learning on my own. Personal experience for the biggest mistakes when learning to code. Switching between different programming languages versus sticking to 1 and lastly. Taking advice from so many different people who are developers versus keeping it simple, there are so many different opinions in how to go about this. The hardest thing is not knowing what you don't know. What no one talks about is getting advice from so many different developers can actually leave you feeling overwhelmed and can also take you off the path you had originally picked. Still program every day and I am getting closer to my goals. The industry keeps on changing and can be very discouraging. Especially when you hear people like the president of NVIDIA talking about "don't learn to code, learn biology". After doing some thinking and checking out the stock market value of NVIDIA sounds like to me, he is under extreme pressure to sell those A.I. computer chips or he is in trouble with the company shareholders. Anway's great video, thanks you!

Great intro vid to your channel. Amazing job turning everything around, fingers crossed for you to get your first tech job soon

very inspiring man thanks for sharing

Thanks man :')

Another tech dad here, you gained a sub

It's been a year since I graduated and I wasn't able to find a job ...I've started learning web dev for the last 2 months...but today when I was scrolling through Instagram saw a story of one of my classmates buying a flat....and I don't know what happened but suddenly I lost all the energy to code today... started asking myself that why am I loser still and basically giving myself shut for all the decisions I made in the past ... I have to get past this feeling.....very nice video btw , thanks 👍

when I finished the video I thought you have thousands of subscribers, but nope, but I think you deserve more, thanks for the advise.

Good one man!

My opinion, I find C++ to be easier and a smarter language. It's my first language and I'm still fairly new. I'm using Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints, I know people say writing code is easier but I might stick with it.

Church analogy made that point click for me about being perfect ❤

0:45 yessss Learn how to use git, don't be like me copying and pasting your code from your code editor to your github repo and then have issues arise when they come up. Figure out what you need to know, use it and then learn more as you need to going forward. Git is super important especially when you get your first job. It is essential.

Make projects that you would use daily. This was important for me in getting motivated to code everyday. Figure out a problem you have then make an app for it. I was learning python but I wanted to make mobile apps and that resulted in me coding every now and then. As soon as I started learning Dart and flutter, I'm more consistent, making new features, making tweaks to tutorials to have my personal touch on them, and I actually use them daily.

Sup tech dad! Greeting's from Brazil, your video made me question something, where do i find a community of programmers?

I hate using the terminal instead of the user interface the computer provides. Is there any real actual benefit to using the terminal over just clicking a few extra times somewhere else? I can push pull merge just fine without a terminal.

Remember: "Dad" is right most of the time because he has more experience, knowledge, better advices and wants the best for you 🙂🙂🙂🙂

I think "giving up" for a while was healthy. It sounds to me like you were coming close to burning out, and you needed the break. Which brings me to one addition to your advice. Play with the code: Make projects for yourself where you can have fun and get creative, even if it's just tweaking the code in a tutorial to make the UI more your style. You'll learn a lot and be less inclined to burn out.

but which language would be good for an absolute beginner to learn?

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When is 'understand enough' to try another language? I started with python, and tried JS and hated it, if I'd start with JS not knowing python at all I'd just be mad that I wasted time with JS

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