Episode 2
Driving Stick and Bailing Hay
September 17th, 2018
49 mins 35 secs
Season 1
About this Episode
Ben and Brian discuss self learning in this episode. Topics include: being unafraid of experimentation with new languages and techniques, learning how to learn, and resources that help facilitate learning.
Chapters
00:00
- Intro00:15
- Will this break?04:00
- Don’t be afraid to experiment15:19
- Programmers aren’t magicians17:43
- Skateboarding on the first try is hard23:47
- Learning how to learn25:24
- Driving stick can become second nature, and so can coding31:01
- Learning Swift after Javascript is like learning Spanish after English37:21
- Resources to learn the process of learning48:51
- Final thoughts
Links
Coursera Course by Dr. Barbara Oakley
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L Roediger, and Mark A. McDaniel
Enki Learning App on Google Play or Apple App Store
Free Code Camp - Learning site for HTML, CSS, Javascript