Sage Advice from a “Developer”
I use the word “Developer” pretty loosely…I’m probably more of that guy who shouldn’t have access to (my favorite editor…) Notepad++. I’m not so sure we should be calling this Sage Advice either…but alas here we go:
- WRITE SOME CODE – It doesn’t matter what the code does, just write some code
- Don’t try and find the best method to do what you want…the method that works is the best method
- Make your code public (unless for some silly reason you absolutely can’t…and then share with trusted friends), someone will look at it and tell you why you’re an idiot
- It’s important to know that your an idiot and there are many people way smarter than you
- Try lots of projects…sometimes you’ll figure out the problem you want to solve, and sometimes you won’t…but if you never try you’ll never learn new things
- Pat yourself on the back and jump for joy when things work like you expected…even the simplest things are great accomplishments
- The language you use doesn’t really matter…ultimately what you’re learning is ways to solve problems, if you’re not familiar with the language you’ll understand the overall concepts and can work from there
