'The only way to learn programming...' by George Hotz

This clip is taken from Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets with Lex Fridman's episode #132

[thebuildguy]

I like how this video is only 30 secs, kinda gives the context of the title there itself.

[jordanescapes]

This hits hard! You don't hear it often enough because it doesn't sell courses and ads.

[kubavejrazka]

This is *the best* programming tutorial I've ever seen.

[davidgood]

Do real projects, get humbled, and then google how to do things as you go.

[DiestroCorleone]

And the good thing about it is, the same advice can be given to almost anyone who wants to learn anything.
Well, excepting for brain surgery and that kind of stuff.

[MyReviews_karkan]

I've watched YouTube tutorials and registered to several websites for programming for over 4 years, and couldn't make one thing. I wanted to make a personal website, so I set off to do it. One month later, I had it all coded up and ready to deploy. Learned more in that month than I learned in those 4+ years. Watching tutorials helps you understand the basics, but you won't memorize much because you're stuffing your brain with a lot of stuff. Doing something and searching things will help you memorize more than you think you can.

[dk..]

I was tired of getting up everyday and logging in my computer to attend my classes so I made a bot and uploaded it on the cloud. Now it logs in my classes everyday according to my timetable.

Felt proud to do it. It took me a whole day to learn and do all of it.

[maxmustermann-hxfx]

Little advice from me: What I learned from learning programming is that you have a tutorial (Book (my favourite medium), Video, Article, Code Example etc) as sort of input to get you started, but to really understand it try to change the example program or add more to it and slowely you will understand how things work. Also at some point you are like Omg I have an Idea and than as said try to implement the idea.

[oao]

They had something they wanted to do, and they tried to do it.
That’s how you learn, you just keep pushing on a project.

[pacifico]

Having a project is essential, but I would argue that effective learning can only come from a multitude of sources.

Have a project, take courses, read books, watch tech talks, read articles, talk to your peers, seek feedback.
Always revise the fundamentals, even if you already know them.
Work on people skills. Communication and emotional intelligence are essential for a successful career.

[alemalohe]

Just google everything until you don't need to anymore

[vsx]

i find speeding thru programming videos at 3-5x speed at least gives a good overview of how to do something

[rue]

The world will be better if this video gets viral

[..]

It's fundamental to have a project. That said, I did pick up very important concepts from long-form content. E.g., long 1h talks about a minute detail, or books about some particular subject. There are gems hidden in those places.

[expiredlamb]

This couldn't be more true. I have been programming since march 2020 now, and sure tutorials help, but you don't start learning before you make your own goal. Since march I have learned Python, Javascript, html and css. The three last ones kinda go together tho. Also, start with python! It is easy to learn, and gives you an early confidence boost to keep going!

[amonra]

That's why George Hotz is a genius! The best advice you'll ever get from a genius. Stop wasting time and start doing it!

[shaggyfeng]

This is gold. He also stated that software engineering is turning business talks into react codes.

[DestoFlix]

well I just got started and so far I made a calculator on Python and I'm also reading and taking quizzes. They say you should start with Python, it's easy to grasp, it takes roughly 6 months to get it. I'll come back after 6 and let you know

[jamesbuckley]

Once you become better at programming you'll start to feel like you can program anything you set your mind to. The slow progression of confidence is a good feeling.

[jasonfaustino]

Nice to know I’m on the right track. Got into learning python for financial purposes. Now starting on object oriented programming and my mind keeps creating multiple programming ideas on how I can create finance analysis. Some work, some don’t but those trials what works and what doesn’t