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What are the few takeaways after teaching programmers for so many years? 🙂
What a fantastic question. I actually gave a talk on this a few years ago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCuTOgp3tg.
This is one question I could take a few days and really dive into an answer - but I'm just going to wing it :)
The first is that, no matter how much people love your courses, you'll have gatekeepers. People who think you should only be able to teach something if no one has taught that thing before or you're already an expert in it. I've been doing this for so long now that I do a pretty good job at ignoring these people but it makes me sad that people new to teaching might take their words to heart.
Second, beginners are way too hard on themselves. Programming is hard. React is hard. JavaScript is hard. It's all hard. Everyone thinks this is all a big race. The problem is there is no finish line. What takes one developer a day to pick up might take another 2 weeks. On a timeline where the end is when we die, everyone can win if they're persistent.
Third, you can never create the perfect resource/blog/course that works for everyone. The goal is always to create as wide of net as possible and provide support for those who still land outside your cast.
I'm sure there are more but that's all I got right now. Thanks for the great, thought provoking question!