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My friend told me coding is like learning to cook, not following a recipe
I was talking to my friend Sam last week about how I keep getting stuck on Python tutorials. She said, 'You're just copying the code like a recipe, but you need to learn why the ingredients work together.' That hit different because I realized I wasn't really learning, just typing. For example, I could make a simple list, but I had no clue how to change it later. I spent 3 days on one project just copying and pasting. How do you switch from just following steps to actually understanding what you're making?
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grant_ross275mo ago
Sam's cooking analogy is spot on. Try taking that copied code and deleting just one line to see what breaks. You'll learn more from fixing that one error than from ten perfect copy-paste runs.
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