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One video is about best practices. He mentions that some people use best practices because they are scared their code will be bad if they don't. To which he responds: "The first law of programming is that in order to write good code, first you must write bad code. You need to stop skipping steps!"
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As an online educator, this is the nut I’m trying to crack. Beginner stuff doesn’t interest me and advanced stuff is often so specialized you can’t really teach it. And selling to intermediate engineers is crazy hard it turns out. Everyone thinks they can figure it out on their own and doesn’t want to be taught. Or works in areas so specialized only their teammates can help. And you’re always fighting against a sea o…
I very much want to be taught and can afford to pay a reasonable amount of money, provided my time is used efficiently. I’m not rich, but I’ve got a lot more money than time to invest. I’m getting my money’s worth if you efficiently teach me (the critical elements of) a topic for $250 in 5 hours. The market seems to prefer to pay $11 for 25-40 hours of content. (And I admit to having bought hundreds of dollars of Ude…
The part that makes me sad are complainers who buy a $200 course then ask for a refund because they blazed through it in an afternoon and feel like $200 should be at least 3 weeks of content.
This one is still seen by loads of developers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I don't see how this list is going to help anyone if they are not in someway tagged or organized into levels, technologies or topics.
I really love Ben Awad on YouTube. Really funny smart guy. The content is always basic but it goes deep. One video is about best practices. He mentions that some people use best practices because they are scared their code will be bad if they don't. To which he responds: "The first law of programming is that in order to write good code, first you must write bad code. You need to stop skipping steps!" https://youtu.be…
I started to help intermediate programmer take their skills to the next level.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-hYI_iMzc-wkvIqvsW2u1Q
I am currently wrapping up a series called 'Truly Understanding Linq'.
I think a lot of educational Youtube channels aren't that great in actually teaching you anything. What they are great at is sparking the interest and planting the seed for your own work. At least my experience is that actually doing things is how I learn them. Youtube can be a great springboard for that. Things to look out for: a person you like and who has enthusiasm and knowledge. For example EEVBlog Youtube chann…
However if you really want to do something, you need practice, and YouTube is not ideal for that.
For programming, what you need is a computer, a development environment (preferably something well integrated if you are beginning) and a project (if you are a beginner, the simpler the better). Text documentation you can refer to at any time is I think the best. Paper books vs online articles and manuals is debatable but they are all better than video for practicing.