STOP WATCHING YOUTUBE!
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As a learner, my big advice for you is to run away from YouTube. You ask why? Come with me…
In this present age, tech is like the Doctor, Lawyer and Engineer of ten years ago.
Today, the term “Tech Bro" is one of the most common words on social media, influenced by the ease of access, job postings and pay for people in tech.
Everyone wants to be a tech bro, work as a software engineer in Google inc. remotely and earn in dollars, “chop tech money.”
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But then, transitioning into tech or starting a career in tech is not as easy as advertised, alot of people have dabbled into tech and dabbled out of it same way. It is not by watching YouTube, in fact as a learner, my big advice for you is not to watch YouTube, and I will like you to read these points with an open mind.
- Most YouTube videos are not sequential. What this means is that you get to learn haphazardly, you are not necessarily building up on any prerequisite knowledge.
- The YouTube educator gives you an example of what he knows best, just like how our teachers show us 1+1 in class and ask us 1+2a-b in exams, the exams here is the real world.
- Anybody can make a YouTube video and post it, doesn’t require deep knowledge of the field, have you ever watched a video and felt like you know a simpler or better way of doing what you are watching? I have.
What then should you do to learn? 1. Take online courses and most importantly 2. Read books.
Why you should read books.
- Books go in a sequential manner, takes you from the known to the unknown.
- Books provide you with many use cases and real life examples.
- Reading books give you access to learn from the author’s wealth of experiences over the years, and when it is written by two or more people? You have a gem in your hands.
Stay away from YouTube and read books, good examples of books to learn from are the Zuri Basic Coding 1.0 for beginners interested in learning python and HNG design rules to help you create truly professional designs. The both are simple to read and easy to understand.
