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Robert Axelsen
@robaxelsen

ABOUT ME

http://rob.ee/ 

Software Developer, meetup organizer and community enthusiast

TIME

DEALING WITH TIME

  • Accept that learning takes time
  • Adapt the resources to YOU
  • Set realistic time-frame
  • Form helpful habits

DOUBT

DEALING WITH DOUBT

  • Eat success stories for breakfast
  • Everyone started somewhere
  • Google is every developer's best friend
  • Don't listen to the haters
  • Yes, you can

RESOURCES

DEALING WITH RESOURCES

  • Most students supplement FCC
  • Figure out what works for you
  • It helps to have a mentor  or co-students
  • Try pair programming

VIM

HOW TO EXIT VIM

DISTRACTIONS

DEALING WITH DISTRACTIONS

  • Form helpful habits/routines
  • Figure out if there are better resources
  • Work on your "Why!"

GETTING STUCK

GET UNSTUCK

  • Switch it up
  • Sometimes giving up is ok
  • Get better at debugging
  • Step away from the code for 15 minutes
  • Google is every developer's friend

DEFLATION

HOW TO GET MOTIVATED

  • Go to meetups, both for talks and socializing
  • Actively seek out motivation
  • The best motivator is yourself - work on your why
  • There a lots of FCC success stories

WE ARE HIRING

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Robert Axelsen
@robaxelsen  |  http://rob.ee/

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By Robert Axelsen

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