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

Obstacles When Learning To Code
By Robert Axelsen
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