Episode 2: Driving Stick and Bailing Hay

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 - Intro
• 00:15 - Will this break?
• 04:00 - Don’t be afraid to experiment
• 15:19 - Programmers aren’t magicians
• 17:43 - Skateboarding on the first try is hard
• 23:47 - Learning how to learn
• 25:24 - Driving stick can become second nature, and so can coding
• 31:01 - Learning Swift after Javascript is like learning Spanish after English
• 37:21 - Resources to learn the process of learning
• 48:51 - 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

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