I have set myself a goal that by the end of Summer I want to be at least proficient in Python. However I am trying to get as many lessons in as possible but I also find that the lessons do not stick and I catch myself, forgetting stuff I already learned and/or going over the same lessons just to make them stick.
I even make me little cheatsheets which I have stuck to the wall above my computer.
My question is, What is your experience ? As in, how many hours are you studying a day and do you have maybe some tips , how to retain the material best. I’m putting a lot of stress on me by setting this goal and maybe it’s too ambitious to be proficient by the end of summer.
Thanks for your input.
Kind regards
Lukas
Trying to code daily is great, but don’t overdo it staring at a screen for hours. I recommend using the Codecademy Go app for reviewing/retaining new concepts. I try to do the review and practice for whatever course/lesson I’m learning before each project. What I do and find effective at making you focus but also giving you time to relax and not burn yourself out is the Pomodoro Technique.
Personally, I’m very creative person and during lessons new project idea just falls on my head. So after finishing course I like to make some kind of project(small, big, just start project) with new gained knowledge. Therefore I implement eveything that I have learned in course. For example of projects I have done, random movie selection, mp3 downloader, eIndex for students. Just to see it can be anything you can think of.
Wow, I’m 42 and going to college (UK) for the first time, doing a computer science course.
I was thinking about doing a code camp but I also feel that I will be completely lost and not knowledgeable enough to do so (and I don’t have £9 - 12000 lying about ).
Thank you very much for the encouraging words and yes, I’m determined to learn every day to keep material fresh.
Kind regards
Lukas
Hi Kvemzi,
I like your idea, I’m just not a creative person at all ( bugs me major, I guess you have it or you don’t ) but I save all my codecademy projects in my VS code and go over them, play and change. Also I try to break them to get familiar with error codes. Thank you for your advice.
Kind regards
Lukas
This is a normal practice, I also studied for a long time. If you do not work on yourself every day, then everything is very quickly forgotten. By the way, I dropped out of college and took courses in phyton. I got tired of being constantly asked to write something about ethos, for example, I used https://paperap.com/free-papers/ethos/ for this. It was the right decision for me. I definitely don’t regret this act, but it was very scary. The parents were shocked at the time.