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I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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Re: I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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Post by clbrook »

gxs wrote: post #119
ahmadss wrote: post #74

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Consider reading a book called "The Now Habit". The author discusses fear of success/failure and the inability to finish projects, and deems that these fears are what cause us to procrastinate. Then he provides a plan/approach/framework to overcome these fears.

Thanks for the book recommendation. Ordered this on Amazon. This was my problem all growing up. I did well on the first exam, then fizzled out every exam after. I wouldn't study out of fear that I wouldn't do as well again. Anyway, I'll check out the book thanks again!

I'd recommend Mindset by Carol Dweck. It discusses growth mindset vs. fixed mindset. It sounds quite pertinent for your fear of not doing as well again.

Re: I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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Post by kirklove »

jenniferDewalt wrote: post #38
wellingtons wrote: post #13

I have to ask: How on earth do you find the time to do this? As much as I'd love to do this in order to get my hands dirty on web development and out of systems, I can't ever fathom having the free time available every day consecutively. I mean, for someone "learn(ing) to code" on Day 1 and by Day 15 doing "Dropping Boxes", it just seems a little far fetched. Obviously you have had a good portion of coding experience…

Just before I started the project, I looked around the internet for some resources to see what I was getting myself into. There are so many awesome places to get information out there. Stack Overflow, the Wikipedia, demos, tutorials, documentation. I spend about 10 hours a day working on the project and the vast majority of that time is me digging through those amazing resources.

Do you have a list of your favorite resources. Would be great to see that path... Like I built this and used this to learn. Fantastic job btw. Kudos!

Re: I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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Post by pessimizer »

jimzvz wrote: post #307
ceol wrote: post #269

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These guys tend to come out of the woodwork when the focus of the article is of a certain gender, if you catch my drift.

With stories like this, I have found it to be the opposite. People that would usually question this, won't because they are terrified of being called sexist which is (exactly what you have done and) one of those things that hangs around you and can ruin your career very quickly. This style of marketing is becoming very popular. The young, disadvantaged, novice, whatever does something extraordinary through sheer bril…

Is she selling something that I'm not aware of?

Re: I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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Post by rickhanlonii »

mattlutze wrote: post #303
rickhanlonii wrote: post #252

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Hard work is half of what equation? Is the equation 'success in life as measured against everyone else,' or is the equation 'success in life as measure against yourself'? If the question is the latter--which is the only question a person should care about--then hard work is very close to 100%. This isn't an emotional claim, it's a rational and evidence based claim. The reason that there is a rightful reverence to har…

> "If the question is the latter--which is the only question a person should care about--then hard work is very close to 100%. 'Success in life as a measure against yourself' is only a part of the consideration, though. Another part is 'Should I be doing this?' You allude to this in your discussion but don't come out and say it, which is why 'success [sans the "in life" bit] as measured against everyone else' is an i…

> "Another part is 'Should I be doing this?'"

Absolutely. I intentionally alluded to this but didn't enter into that discussion because I didn't want to draw from the point I was making, but it's just as valuable of a discussion to have.

> "Is my optimum potential competitive against my peers?"

I would say that your peers could only reasonably be defined as those people who have the same upper-bound of potential (optimum potential) as you. I'm not in the same optimum potential league as John Resig; both because I haven't worked as hard as he has up to this point (focused in the right areas) and because I don't have the same optimum potential (I would imagine). He and I are not peers in this sense, despite being peers across many other areas.

But if I interpreted the question of my success in terms of my self or my peers through the filter of that fact, I would do myself a great disservice. I can't live the life where he and I are peers and I can make changes in my life to compete with him. I can live in the life where I can make changes in my life that will affect my success compared to people in the same optimum potential as I am.

Besides that, despite the differences in optimum potential, I may still be able to reach the level he is at now after, say, twice as much work. In other words, his level is not unobtainable for me, I just have a lot further to run in the race.

And I, for one, welcome that challenge. Anyway, great point, thanks for making it!

Re: I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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Post by outworlder »

bennyg wrote: post #204
edw519 wrote: post #99

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This is a great reason to do what is often frowned upon by us high achieving Hacker Newsers: get a job. I have worked on so many projects in so many jobs that I lost track long ago. But it's always been the same: Get it done, good enough, on time! At first, I was always frustrated that I wasn't delivering product up to my own standards. But a funny thing happens when you do that hundreds (or thousands) of times: You…

Practice makes perfect. It's a tired adage, but it's absolutely true.

Only if you are making an active effort to improve yourself.
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