The one habit that helped me learn to code: Set systems rather than goals

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Even though some developers learn to code and find a job in 3 months, it takes most 12 months or more!. You cannot rely on motivation to keep you on-track. You need a system!
00:00 Introduction
01:39 Why goals don't work
03:40 Why systems work
05:05 How to build your own system
09:17 Are goals bad?
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@teria1578 Жыл бұрын

My goal has been to learn front end. I agree the system is what has value. Having a daily study routine has helped me tons. I've had this routine for over 6 months now and it feels like zero effort because the momentum of that habit carries me, especially though the difficult days. I work full time and I am usually too tired in the evenings to study so I do it early in the morning before work. 100% worthwhile.

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you found something that works for *you* and that is key here You can't use someone else's system. You need to make your own. I hope the 4 tenants in the video help!

@BenvelMusic Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I do

@user-tf9il7er8j 4 ай бұрын

You are brilliant! You're so right about systems working better than goals. I've learnt more from you in a video than hundreds on productivity 😂

@hannah51238 Жыл бұрын

The two day row is brilliant. Podcasts and videos are really good for being an "easy" task to do if you're tired, but then I often find I'm motivated to work

@honiel59 10 ай бұрын

Every beginner should watch this video

@codesloan Жыл бұрын

This was so insightful! Gentle yet encouraging, thanks for making this video. Definitely see it affecting my future coding in a great way.

@siddharthtanwar1529 Жыл бұрын

That desert looked good in the b-roll.

@shiuandai0426 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video, recently l read books called “atomic habits “ and “think big”, they gave me very positive summaries and make me build healthy midset. I also like you share with us building positive attitudes!

@aditipisal9679 8 ай бұрын

Habits -> System -> Goals :) Now I understand why it is difficult or takes longer to achieve a goal.. habits are the integral part. Focus on your habits. Make a daily routine and not skip more than 2 days .. Very well said.

@Jcgoodwin Жыл бұрын

Great info. This will help me a lot.

@andywilliamb Жыл бұрын

I don't know WHY it took me 6-8 months to find this channel. I'm at University right now doing a front-end certificate. Loving it so far but I feel the imposter syndrome big time. It's making me force myself to learn and ultimately get frustrated. When you said learn an hour a day around everything else put it into perspective. I just want to be a good developer. The job down the line is a huge plus... Thanks for making this lovely content. Just as good as a cuppa tea.

@JBurky15 Жыл бұрын

1% improvement every day is a system you can apply to most everything in life. It makes goes much more easy to achieve by making bite-sized chunks of work that will keep you motivated every day. Because everyone has time for 1% daily improvement.

@greengamer1251 Жыл бұрын

Good morning !..This video has made my day 🙂

@arunsuthar4783 Жыл бұрын

Yes this is right I am learning code from last 7 months and learn only html css and js and react js

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you have to go slow to go fast 🐰 Thanks for watching Arun!

@conspirisi Жыл бұрын

Coding isn't the hard part. It's learning workflow conventions such as frameworks, git, github, typescript, node, npm, authentication etc. That's on top of html etc.

@theballadofkobirae7431 Жыл бұрын

Exactly my current problem, i can build really amzing functions but understanding how to use a function in a react component is whats difficult for me

@conspirisi Жыл бұрын

How could I forget CSS :-)

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

There's so much to learn 😮‍💨

@Jimples Жыл бұрын

Really any monkey put in front of a computer long enough can learn the syntax, or write a function, or solve most common problems encountered in web dev, if that's what you mean by coding then no it's not hard. The difference between a good bad and a bad dev isn't that only one gets a working solution though; The good dev gets a working solution that's understandable, maintainable, and scalable. The good dev is the one who iterates over working code so that it's efficient not just to run but also to read. That's the biggest learning curve for a dev - creating HUMAN readable code. Other than git the rest of that stuff is frankly on the exact same level as learning syntax, it's not what'll advance you as a dev as it's all just part of the shifting sands of technology.

@shaikikbhalBasha 4 ай бұрын

thanks

@VaibhavSharma-zj4gk Жыл бұрын

I love your presentation.

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

That is really nice of you to say, thank you 🙏🏻

@hello-bw9xd Жыл бұрын

Nothing is more important than what you do every day... Jordan Peterson taught me this and it has changed my life

@mazwenb5783 11 ай бұрын

I want to learn PHP, Ichecked Scrimba but you don't offer learning PHP. Why?

@lwa.dev74 11 ай бұрын

My goal has always been to become a full stack developer, but I have found it difficult by getting a little distracted with all the amazing web languages, frameworks and tooling, which left me going around in circles, ultimately learning but not always at the pace or level I thought in about in my own mind however, I have just joined “Scrimba” thanks to you and the content on YT which has given me a little bit of food for thought. So, now, after listening to this advice given, I am so glad I found “Scrimba.” I think apart from learning to code, being part of a community and being apart of something I really want to contribute to and towards helps answer the important questions I never knew I needed to answer., Thanks to the whole Scrimba Team for doing such amazing work! please keep this going, as I now feel happy to be a part of something rather than just learning to code for a web development job :-)

@jesselardo393 Жыл бұрын

I've been doing the 2 hrs learning before work and i still hit burnout

@yaredhaile9322 Жыл бұрын

We all gotta make sacrifices in order to succeed.

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

@@yaredhaile9322 Amen

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

2 hours is 8% of your day. Is something in the remaining 92% contributing to the burn out? Managing real life and learning to code is tough 😔

@jaybarls Жыл бұрын

@@bookercodes I understand your sentiment re: carving out time, and I know you acknowledge it's a hard balance, but just some perspective on the 92% figure...Going by 1hr = c.4% of your day: 30% of your day (if getting 7 hrs) is sleep, which is massively important. Let's say another 5% dressing/showering/getting ready for work, 10% commute (if applicable), 33% is your actual day job - that leaves you with maybe 22% of your day 'free' to do other things? Make that less - preparing and eating dinner (5%), ready for bed - 2%. This is without other commitments, family etc. All very rough but you can quickly see how the day gets eaten up, and then maybe you actually need the 15% or so remaining to decompress, socialise, get life admin sorted? Go to the gym? It's good to look for pockets of time to put in wherever you can, but a bit of life balance is also key to managing burnout (from experience). I meant to say this is a very useful vid otherwise, with plenty of good tips - keeping consistent habits is the most important thing I think, rather than setting rigid goals. What I like is that you acknowledge this in general, rather than pushing for the 3 month crunch/hustle which I'd say is not only unrealistic in most cases, but also not a great way to really learn something properly, or develop a healthy appetite for WANTING to learn in the first place.

@zeta_meow_meow Жыл бұрын

people dont rise to success , they fall to their systems which rise them to success

@zeta_meow_meow Жыл бұрын

" NO ZERO DAY "

@dgabe2461 Жыл бұрын

If I had to guess. . . someone's been listening to and reading some James Clear ;)

@bookercodes Жыл бұрын

Haha well it does appear in the video and description 😉

@dgabe2461 Жыл бұрын

@@bookercodes LOL jeez. My fault. I saw the time stamps and new what'd it'd be already cause I'm a big Atomic Habits fan and have listened to him on Tim Ferriss, Peter Attia, etc lately. Sorry to be one of those who comment without reading/listening 🤦‍♂️ Awesome message to be spreading though. Keep it up!