Why Tutorials DON’T WORK (And What To Do Instead)

If you're struggling to learn to code it's likely you're missing something big. In this video I'll break down the most important thing to do if you're not making progress.

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[markalexwhite]

I have been coding for 23 years. DON'T TOUCH THE KEYBOARD UNTIL YOU HAVE THE SOLUTION CLEAR IN YOUR MIND! 🙂

[alltruth]

thanks man. I think "tutorial purgatory" is a perfect discription of what this state of mind feels like. Building your own projects really transforms your problem solving skills. You learn more

[SurfingTheMentawais]

This channel is one of the very best on YouTube for its straightforward and useful advice.

Thanks Andy.

[Platinum]

Thanks man! Your videos are a light for those in the tunnel of transition!

[lesalmin]

I think tutorials do work. It's just about choosing the right tutorial at the right moment: you need to have some project going on and the problems related to that in your mind, when you start to look for the right tutorial for your needs. If you just watch tutorial after tutorial without any current need for all that information I'm quite sure it won't work.

[iorekby]

Watching dozens of hours of coding/syntax tutorials and hoping it will make you a developer is like reading every page in the dictionary and hoping it will make you a playwright.

[hoquang]

Awesome video. Thanks Andy.

But in my opinion, I think there is a sweet spot between "too much tutorials" and "actually coding". I mean too little knowledge will make you feel lost, but too much knowledge won't help either

[JackieSiperko]

Best video ever!! kind stuck right now and need to start progressing. Thank you!

[PRASHANTKUMAR-ilob]

Quick videos improvement recommendations: Please provide different section/segments for titles or topics you discuss in videos (youtube feature for creator), it will be very helpful for viewers to find right content in long videos.
BTW love your content🥰🥰

[centrumsaiyan]

Watching coding tutorial and expecting to be good at it, is like watching football and expecting to be a world-class footballer.

Sadly, I've learnt this late in my career. Hope you don't do the same mistake, you can be rockstar developer but spending your energy, time and money at wrong learning techniques will play big role in your career motivation.

[infinteuniverse]

Tutorials are for beginners. I'm a little over 1 year into programming. Most tutorials are maybe 30% actual implementation at best. First 10 min "ok guys install nodejs and all these dependencies" second 10 min "ok, set up vs code..", third 10 min '"ok guys, process.env... package.json.. eslint blah blah blah", fourth 10 min "boilerplate code" final 10 min "ok, here is how you do it."

[lucasfernandes]

For me the biggest difficulty is the first two steps. Great video, Andy!

[Avarn]

Thank you. This is the biggest problem I need to work on alongside time management. So your steps are great. This will definitely help me. :)

[RVRayRay]

Just getting started… So glad I found your channel.🙏

[Prasadavajjhala]

so true. the focus should be why we apply a specific method/logic not how! At first glance familiarity (repertoire of various methods) take a while to build. Far too many students grasp concepts within silos, but fail to understand the application. When doing a course, I will review the content at least 3 times, for familiarity, then application and context (spaced repetition).

[DoMa]

Thank you for this video! Tutorial purgatory is especially crazy in everything art related, so many "things i wish i knew" "X amount of tips to improve instantly" and many many more by 100s of people. You could watch 100s of hours of "tips" but if you never actually start, its gonna be all worthless.

As you said just knowing the basics and then practising is way more effective than watching all that nonsense

[keatonhatch]

I think another tip to me would be to refrain from finding complete solutions to the problem until after you pass all the tests on the problem. Then go read others solutions and see how others confronted the problem why their solution works. Not only do you figure out the problem your own way but you also learn another way to solve the problem so in future alike problems you have two ways of possibly solving it.

[matiasmarino]

Thanks for all the information you share. I am actually working and studying to become a programmer and your videos had help me a lot.

[usamahussain]

I don't know what's wrong with the society i live in. People even try to rebuke or belittle me when i say "I will first write the algorithm and rough sketch and the code on paper to really understand and get into it". They would say "Yeah waste of time, we don't do it, we are at that level that we do not require it". Such things really downgrade myself and i feel let down and what not. But watching your videos makes me confident again in the approach i follow and believe in.

[SlimBloodworth]

Thanks so much, Andy! Such useful info!