#10) Reach out to other coders.
- Learning to code can be pretty isolating—it’s hours of just wrestling with the computer.
- And while it’s good to try to figure things out, yourself, sometimes the fastest way to get unstuck is to ask someone else, How the heck does this work?
- Frankly, I wish I’d done more of this socializing.
- I too often spent time grinding away at a problem, myself, instead of asking for help.
- When I did talk to other coders about problems I was having, inevitably they’d suggest an approach that helped.
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