The moment I figured out I was reading textbooks all wrong

I was about six months out of college and trying to teach myself some basic coding for a job. I was sitting in my apartment in Cleveland, staring at a Python book for three hours, underlining sentences, taking notes, the whole routine I did in school. Then a buddy who actually works in tech came over and looked at my setup. He said "Why are you reading that like it's a novel? Just skip to the projects and figure it out from there." That was it. I realized I spent four years reading chapters front to back, memorizing terms, and never actually doing the thing. Has anyone else had that shift where they realized their study method was completely off?

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bettyh841d ago

Wait, you really did that for four years? I can't even.

leep331d ago

Four years of anything is a long haul, but once you get into the rhythm of it, it kind of becomes your normal and you don't really think about the time passing. You just wake up one day and realize you've been doing it for that long without even noticing.