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How I Played The Long-game To Land My First Programming Job
Self-taught developers don’t always have a straight path towards getting hired. Many companies haven’t come around to the fact that anyone with an…
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Victor Cassone
How to use Deep Work to learn programming more quickly
The ability to focus deeply is one of the most important skills a programmer can learn.
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Victor Cassone

May 2020

The Inner Game of Self-taught Development
Each day is a new battle.
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Victor Cassone
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How to Use Deliberate Practice to Learn Programming More Efficiently
I truly believe anyone can learn to code. At the end of the day programming is a skill, and acquiring a skill is open to anyone. Sometimes getting good…
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Victor Cassone
How to create a focused coding environment
If you want to increase the odds of achieving your goal of becoming a programmer, it's important to craft a distraction-free learning environment that…
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Victor Cassone

April 2020

How to handle the negative emotions of self-taught development
It's not all sunshine and rainbows
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Victor Cassone
What self-taught developers can learn from peacocks
Lessons from nature
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Victor Cassone
How to use Tiny Habits to create a consistent study habit.
If there’s only one thing I could teach someone before they started learning to program, I’d teach them how to be consistent. Successful self-taught…
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Victor Cassone
Lessons learned from my journey as a self-taught developer
The path of the self-taught developer is tough and filled with uncertainty. There is no straight line from newbie to career programmer. Because of this…
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Victor Cassone
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