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daniel zaragoza
1,843 PointsIs this a realistic expectation or am i reaching to far?
I recently joined teamtreehouse with the inspiration of getting my first Web programmer job by the end of the year. I have little to no experience in the web development industry and I’ve decided to learn rails instead of php because it feels less saturated, in that I really don’t hear people talk rails as much as I do php.
With that said, I’ve made my research and according to must studies it takes about 10 hours practice and repetition for your brain to hold on to the material. My question is what would be the best course of action to accomplish this goal and is it realistic goal as well. Thank you in advance!!!
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Jake Cooper
Courses Plus Student 56,854 PointsPractice every day, research binaural beats on youtube to aid retention of info and play em while you code. Start small and go huge. In life you will fail more times than you succeed but its a rush when you 'stick the landing'. You can learn all the course work but that might not make you capable of being or thinking like a developer. It takes a while before repetition becomes a reflex. All that being said go for it Daniel you're in the right place to pick up as much info as quickly as possible. Not only that its high quality, industry relevant info and workflows but your key to doing it in the time-frame you looking to achieve this in is asking people questions and giving it everything you got. You probably right about Ruby vs PHP but there's loads of opportunity for either direction. Seriously consider starting with JavaScript it seems to be the fastest growing and most widely adopted at the minute especially around NodeJS and Angular. 10 hours will be enough to grasp concept but to implement meaningfully will take a fair bit longer, I'm routing for you bro. I'm not saying you cant or wont, I'm saying it wasn't like that for me and many others, nobody ever achieved without trying and like my Dad says if you don't ask then you wont get your face slapped. Let us know how things go, good luck