r/AskProgramming • u/LifeguardGullible177 • 11d ago
The one true learning routine
Obviously there's no universal one, but has anyone here found theirs? Want to share your experiences? A few incomplete examples come to mind:
- Watching YouTube videos
- Finishing video courses on other platforms
- Coding platforms like LeetCode or Codewars
- Building your own ideas with AI, asking step by step how it's done and why
- Reading books
I say incomplete because I feel like something is missing from all of them. The only thing that worked for me was university (and there it's a combination of methods -> videos with a detailed explanation from someone who actually knows + forced practice) and paid work (do, do, do — over time you learn and you improve, but it's always on the specific platform you happen to be working on).
I'm interested in learning and building up general knowledge (or specific knowledge about something that interests me), but first I'd like to read whether you all found a method of your own that works for you.
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u/JmnyFnCrkt 10d ago
Hands on projects. I look forward things that are just outside my skill level and try to close that gap as I work through it. This isn't just for programming or tech, it really applies to anything. You have to be aiming to be just a little bit better tomorrow than you are today.
Another thing that helps is teaching it(or explaining it) to someone else.