Best advice for self taught devs?

Question

Any good advice for anyone like myself teaching themselves coding? How many hours a day? Anything you might miss that you would get taught at college?

Answer 1

similar to Jamie, you might miss some theoretical aspect of programming, but I think, that can be countered by engaging in conversations on programming.
And for the advice, which also implies to me, determination, persistence and consistency is key, when engaging in self-taught stuffs.
Sometimes things look too hard to achieve, but I tell you one thing, anything which I achievable can be achieved, if you understand me. So instead of quitting, rest and push yourself like never before, and be that successful guy ✌

Answer 2

This is what I do:

Go to a bunch of different university/college websites, pull up their catalog, and look at the courses. Make a list of all the courses they're teaching in school, and then hop over to Google.com. Search: <insert course name/topic> free ebooks pdf tutorials references. Find various resources and read as much as you can on the subject. You'll be able to obtain a better education in a fraction of the time if you stay consistent with it. For this field, you're basically paying people to tell you to read a book, which you clearly know how to do already. All we need is the information and direction to do what we do. If you were going to be a surgeon, then going to school is a good idea. :)

When I'm learning new languages, I read all the way through the language once, and then I practice whatever I can remember, or what made sense to me. Then I read through it again, this time I write down notes of anything I still don't fully understand. Afterward, I research everything on my notes wherever I can find information, and then I practice it until it makes sense. I repeat that process until I've mastered it.

Also, another thing that I do is look up job listings online and find jobs in the areas I want to focus on. They usually have a listing of all of the skills they're seeking, which lets me know what I should know. Then I do the same process I do with the college courses, and I teach myself what I need. Practice it

Outside of the obvious focus, spend some time with stuff like communication, business, math, and English/composition. Depending upon what you want your focus to be, research that field and learn more about it in general. It'll give you signs toward other things to learn. Maybe you'll want to learn stuff about design, graphics, psychology, physics, etc...

It all boils down to this. If you have an internet connection to the world web, the only reason you don't know what you want to know is because of a choice that you're making. Work harder than everyone else around you.

Answer 3

Netkos Ent, Sounds like a Great Approach.👍

Answer 4

@Stephen 👍