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Just realized trying to learn from random YouTube videos versus a structured course like CS50 was a huge mistake
I mean, I spent 6 months jumping between tutorials and never built anything, but after 3 weeks of the Harvard course I made my first text-based game. Anyone else find a specific resource that finally made things click?
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the_kim12d ago
Structured courses can be a trap though, right? They hold your hand the whole way. I learned more fixing my own broken code from a random YouTube project than any step-by-step class. Those courses give you the answer before you even know the problem. How do you learn to solve real issues if everything is laid out for you?
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patel.daniel11d agoTop Commenter
Man, you're so right about that. I got stuck for weeks after finishing a perfect course because I never learned how to debug my own messy logic. The real learning started when I had to google weird errors for some side project at 2am.
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