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title: "coldino (@coldino) | Hashnode"
description: "Freelance software geek. Read the latest articles by coldino on Hashnode."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@coldino"
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@coldino

# coldino

@coldino · Joined September 2021

Freelance software geek

## Comments

[Couldn't agree more. Despite going to University, I consider myself entirely self-taught and I continue that way to this day. It's honestly scary to see how easy it would be for a new learner to be pulled down the wrong path by the inexperienced so-called experts offering cheap advice -- so much so, I wonder if that would have derailed my learning had I started today. That said, I'm continually learning too. My approach is always to go direct to the source. Figure out what I want to learn and go directly there. Read the docs and look at the examples. Find small, focused tutorials when I know what I'm stuck on. Maybe this approach will work for others too, but everyone is different.](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-it-is-so-hard-to-be-self-taught/631dae02f73f4734bc056d01/comment/631db71bf73f4734bc056ea7)

Comment · Article · Sep 11, 2022 · [Why it is so hard to be self-taught](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-it-is-so-hard-to-be-self-taught/631dae02f73f4734bc056d01)

[Personally, I love that the only real complexity in grid/flex is learning it - not learning all the bugs and cross-browser issues you needed to learn for floats and tables...](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624ad1dc16cdedfe9f7d05e3)

Comment · Article · Apr 4, 2022 · [What I learned from building websites after a 10-year freelancing hiatus](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828)