What would I do differently if I had to start my coding journey all over from the beginning?

I’ve thought about this question, and I think it’s a really helpful one because it can provide insight into what you can do differently from the beginning of your coding journey. This way, you can avoid making the same mistakes I made when I started.

How did I start my coding journey? Well, actually, I began coding when I was just a seventh-grade student. They made us buy these TI-83 calculators, and with these TI-83 calculators, I started coding my own games. Most of my classmates had TI-83+’s, and if you had that calculator, you’re probably familiar with Mirage—an application for playing video games. Unfortunately, my TI-83 didn’t have Mirage, so I had to build my own games.

Fast forward to college. I took my first programming class as an 18-year-old freshman, and it was in C. I would say that it was a really good class. It provided me with a solid programming foundation, making it easier for me to learn other programming languages. However, when I entered the workforce, I learned a lot of practical things that I wish I had started doing when I was learning in college.

It makes sense that you don’t necessarily learn these practical things in college because they focus more on theory than practice. You tend to acquire practical knowledge while working in the workforce. Nevertheless, I wish they had taught us these practical things so that we wouldn’t have to struggle as much.

That’s why I’m making this video—so that you don’t have to struggle as hard as I did!

In this video, you’ll learn:
✅Which dev tools I wish I had learned earlier
✅The importance of documentation
✅The importance of coding in community

Thank you for watching, and happy coding! 💻🧡
-Henrik