When you're trying to learn a new deep skill, a structured approach is everything.

[00:00] The it's going to take you longer than [00:01] you realize to get all those skills, but [00:04] you really have to sort of repeat and [00:05] repeat and repeat and go deep and it's [00:06] frustrating and and I think people just [00:08] think we can learn to code because we [00:10] see some, you know, 30-second short or [00:12] something about oh, I learned to code in [00:13] 3 months. But what does that actually [00:14] mean? You know, writing syntax is not [00:17] definitive. Passing some random DSA test [00:19] is not definitive. You know, on that [00:20] like your goal has to be specific. For [00:22] me, for a long time it was I want to [00:24] learn to code. And I started Quincy [00:26] crazy. I started trying to My starting [00:28] point was Android programming. Like [00:31] That's how little I knew. [00:32] >> Not where I recommend people start. [00:34] >> [laughter] [00:34] >> No. [00:35] You know, it was two attempts, 2 years, [00:37] and I couldn't figure out anything cuz [00:39] there's so much foundational knowledge [00:41] required, you know? [00:42] Um and then I you know, I yeah, I [00:44] switched to other things. I tried Java. [00:46] I tried data science for a while. [00:47] Couldn't figure it out. And it was only [00:49] when I had to start right at rock [00:50] bottom, you know, HTML, CSS, then [00:52] JavaScript. And this is where, you know, [00:53] freeCodeCamp's curriculum cuz what it [00:55] helped me see was hey, there's a [00:57] structure. [00:59] The information has always been there, [01:01] but without a structure and a sequence, [01:02] it's like trying to teach a kid calculus [01:04] before they know arithmetic. It's not [01:06] going to work. Now, you could say I want [01:08] to learn math, right? [01:09] [laughter and gasps] [01:10] Okay, that's a pretty big subject, and [01:12] you got to do it in the right sequence.