What is “Tutorial Hell”?. As a self-taught programmer, I have… | by Adrian Trujillo Duron | Medium

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As a self-taught programmer, I have done many tutorials, courses and bootcamps that I come across online. Usually when I finish a tutorial, I start looking for another one quickly, I feel that I must fill my head with knowledge as quickly as possible. Since I can make the content of the project without problems, I begin to believe that I am an excellent programmer. However when I try to do something on my own I don’t even know where to start! Do you know what could solve that? Another tutorial! And that’s how the cycle begins… Tutorial after tutorial, course after course, you keep feeling that after completing the next one you will finally be able to develop your personal project. The truth is that there are a few reasons why we keep falling into this loop. Lack of Risk — Building a project form a tutorial has no risk. You can’t fail. If you ever get stuck you can continue watching the video for the answer, or even check the GitHub repository for the complete code! You don’t feel a rea

What is “Tutorial Hell”? Adrian Trujillo Duron 4 min read · Jan 11, 2022 -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash As a self-taught programmer, I have done many tutorials, courses and bootcamps that I come across online. Usually when I finish a tutorial, I start looking for another one quickly, I feel that I must fill my head with knowledge as quickly as possible. Since I can make the content of the project without problems, I begin to believe that I am an excellent programmer. However when I try to do something on my own I don’t even k

What is “Tutorial Hell”?. As a self-taught programmer, I have… | by Adrian Trujillo Duron | Medium

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