How to THINK like a Programmer

I've been wanting to consolidate my thoughts of what I've been discussing in recent videos, especially the "My Process of Completing a Software Engineering Task" video, and that's what I did in this video. The overall aspect of thinking like a programmer is all about problem solving. You don't call a carpenter a "hammerer." That's just a tool in their belt. And although many of us call ourselves "programmers," that's just a tool in our belt as well. As software developers we need to understand how to come up with solutions to the problems we're given and use our skills to see out those solutions.
I'm sharing the framework I use to solve these problems, which is essentially how I THINK as a programmer. The context is what's really important in this video, not necessarily what I decided to title each piece of the framework.

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[fknight]

Basically, in order to think like a Programmer just think this all the time - “BEEP BOO BOO BOP.”

[arnomaddelein]

My thought process during a programming assignment:
1. Nope, doesn't work
2. WTF Why doesn't this work?!
3. WTF Now it is working and I don't know why!
4. Okay, it wasn't working, nevermind.
5. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!
6. Hey, this might work
7. IT WORKS! I AM GOD!
8. Repeat until project is ready while questioning your life choices.

[Yazuroshi]

Steps:
1. Understand the problem (3:32)
2. Divide the problem into smaller ones (5:23)
3. Get Unstuck - Fix Bugs/Errors (6:50)
4. If you really want to think like a programmer (8:55)

[Fillentr]

No one:

Forrest’s Hand Motions:
🔝🔙🔙🔜🔝🔙🔜🔝🔝

[GoalDen]

Iv been coding so much that iv started to dream in code.

[williamcoleman]

Love your channel. I’m a CS student planning on going into software engineering, and from my perspective your content is great. You present ideas in a very natural, straightforward, and most importantly, non-condescending way. So many CS related videos/articles come across as condescending and seem to purposely use language that is overly technical and confusing to someone new to learning the topic being discussed. It’s refreshing to have a glimpse into the mind of a real, normal software engineer who isn’t trying to sound like a genius, but genuinely cares about helping lift up those seeking knowledge.

[SoraAmm]

For me the problem is not the problem.
The problem is how to translate that problem into code (syntax)

[baphnie]

Responding positively and optimistically to error messages is the hardest skill I’ve forced myself to learn.

Also, I have a masters in DS and took *not a single class* that mentioned debugging as a practice. Run you code in debug mode! ❤️

[shreyansjain]

One approach that I follow to solve a problem is named "Humanly process" (I named it myself xD). In this I break down the problem in the way in which a normal human being goes through each step to solve that particular problem. This generally gives a better understanding of the problem at more granular level while also providing me a idea about how the problem is described.

[sparklyspartan]

I have a rubber ducky on my desk for unrelated reasons and I'm also a programmer, my mind has been blown that the rubber ducky knew the answer to a lot of my problems already!

[lestatgss]

Your vids are getting better and better, as time goes on.. thank you, sir!!!

[theboringprogrammer]

Interviewer: How many starbucks are there in your city?


Me: **WHIPS OUT RUBBER DUCKY**

[mahmoodtareq]

Great video, I like these types of videos which make us grow as developers.
Keep it up and please keep uploading such videos.

[mohamadkhazai]

the best video I've ever seen in YouTube

[reihtw]

Man, I want to have a beard like yours when I grow up

[movieidiots]

Finally, Someone who's talking in my language... (Pun Intended)

[ps]

As soon as I saw his video dropped, I just clicked download

[rroca]

Awesome video! The visual thing works really well for me, not just that but the act of drawing itself seems to help a lot in understanding the problem.

[abelkidanemariam]

oh my god, I came here to search for how to think like a programmer and it's on my first recommendation list. nice job youtube

[iderbat]

For rest! Love your channel. Keep up the work. You inspired me to create my own vlog and get my shit together and start my own start up!!