Why “Coding” YouTube is Garbage

I'm led to believe that many Coding YouTubers post brittle clickbait that leaves the viewer with fewer brain cells than they started with. A bold take, as per usual. Enjoy.

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[juanmacias]

This is why I stopped following many, it was either outdated experiences, or they don't even actually code for a living, and just became content creators.

[anasbeshir]

"Wha'ts you're favorite tool for garbage collection?"
"Youtube"

[bagery]

Appreciate your honesty. I spent a bit learning to code. I'm still at it, but I found a great job outside of coding in the meantime. If I hadn't taken this time off to learn how to code, I might not have found this position.

That said, coding is straight up bonkers and I'm over it.

My office has a web department and it would be a decent step up if it ever comes to that but I'm not going to continue to degrade myself to "make it."

Keep the authenticity coming and Merry Christmas to you all!

[GreedoShot]

I had a lot of these same frustrations when I first started out, it took a while before I found useful channels and not some guy walking bare chested on a beach in the tropics talking about how I can make a million dollars working from anywhere in the world. Traversy Media, Syntaxfm, Kevin Powell, and the Coding Train were all very helpful for me once I found them and I probably wouldn't be where I'm at today without them. There is a ton of great coding youtube it just takes some time and effort to get past all the bullshit.

[gravitasfolly]

Definitely related to this! I briefly went down the coding rabbithole on YouTube before settling on a couple quality channels. A lot of videos set either unrealistic expectations (how I landed a $400, 000/yr job in 30 minutes and only work 3 hours/day) or just to sell their bootcamps (that aren't much different than the other 10, 000 boot camps.) There's nothing wrong with paying for a class or bootcamp but there are a lot of quality free resources available. And the biggest tool to learn programming is to just program.

[williamsalazar]

Glad you released a vid like this. i was beginning to lose hope after seeing so much "don't learn how to code" content and it was really starting to scare me since i just decided to start. Your honesty and way of delivering your message is amazing as always. can't wait for your next topic. keep it up good sir! 👏

[codeswishKB]

i love this kind of content big brother.. straight to the point!

[flywittzbeats]

Thank you so much for such a genuine video man, I am transitioning into development slowly and full disclosure, the “learn to code in a month and get a job” narrative really hindered my learning in the beginning. I have severe ADHD and so if I think it should be taking less time then it is, my brain is all over the place and not productive. “which language is best to learn” is also a narrative I am pissed at probably the most. If people are this uncreative then theyre probably terrible programmers lol. Anyways, fantastic video, thanks again!

[thebluebeyond]

I couldn’t really code after watching some of these coding YouTube videos. I definitely knew there was too much information with no substance. I am learning that transitioning to the Tech industry won’t be so smooth. Earlier this year, l discovered Udemy, I joined a bootcamp that contained things l never even learned from YouTube. There’s no ads, it feels professional, the user interface is very friendly for my ADHD brain. I have been in a blue phase lately where l can’t even watch a single video. I am just reading some documents and using W3School and MDN more when l can’t stand anyone explaining things to me.

[staaar]

I feel like at this age, everything moves that quickly so younger generations think you can do anything with little effort given into it. Because of this, style of videos like "Learn to code and get big job offer in a month" comes, sadly. Another thing is tutorial hell, I think this bothers me the most about YT, even Udemy and it's alternatives. It's so easy to fall into "typing exactly what the creator types" without even asking myself why it works, how it works, and so on. Tutorials are not bad by any mean, but following it without experimenting and building your own application with example of app in the tutorial adds zero to none experience that sticks. People strictly following the tutorial are likely predestined to fail.

Coding is a lifestyle I chose 7 years ago and I have no regret choosing this path. Don't watch videos why should you code or why should you not, try it and you will find out 😉.

Your content looks interesting, this one got recommended to me. Going to watch more of your uploads soon 🙂

[David_Liu]

I can so relate to all these garbage videos cuz I've seen em all😂
I especially liked the guy who "hacked" his brain. What did he do I wondered? Well, he just learned to code every day, did the projects... That's a hell of a hack - just do the fcn job😅

[severedghost]

Even the "Exceptions" tell beginners only just enough to get them to buy a course. At the minimum of $100

[reenm]

Thanks for the amazing content and PLEASE stay true and genuine and don’t become another sell out coder or ex-coder. I need someone to follow up give me inspiration during this process

[dreaminanut]

I feel these types of contents just have different life-cycles. I’m sure some will get ignored and filtered by the algorithm; and they may even get picked up again some time in the future, for whatever reasons. Having consumed contents on YouTube for so long, I’ve learned to remind myself how insignificantly fickle the contents of these contents are. Even when they seem not to be chasing the trend or going against the trend, that in and of itself is still a reaction to, therefore still related to, “chasing the trend”, just in another form.

[hellokevin_]

Hey Dylan, please tell me what resource you used to learn React. I followed your advice for Html/CSS and Javascript and results have been amazing!! clueless bout react and backend stuff tho.

[livia]

Oh this is such a good video, didn't realize it only had about 300 views

[Dawsatek]

glad that more programmers are talking about it got a sub

[DilnarLingar]

Youtube tutorials are mostly garbage too, if we are being honest.