Don't fall into the tutorial trap
I learned Swift by spending $5 in a course that I didn't even complete
Hey, listen!
Nowadays you can be self-taught in literally anything.
Many people struggle to pick the proper course, the proper tool…
Many people struggle with analysis paralysis.
Guess what? Yes, it’s raining again! 🌧️
I see it daily on Twitter and social media:
How do you learn to code?
What’s the best AI for coding?
What’s the best IDE?
How do you edit videos?
What’s the best boilerplate?
Etc, etc…
Well, the last one has an easy answer.
But there is only one universal truth:
You learn by doing.
Period.
There’s so many guys spending their precious time in the endless wheel of taking courses, and courses, and courses.
Try this new tool, now try this new one because it’s trendy, now switch to Cursor because it’s the new shiny object…
But at the end of the day:
No app published
No product built
No paid users
No idea of how to start something by themselves
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve also been there — and sometimes I still do.
This is also a letter to myself.
But, the experience taught me that, the best way to learn something is by throwing yourself directly to the lions.
Do you want to learn how to code?
Pick the first tutorial you find on YouTube
Get the basics
Jump straight to build a thing ASAP
Search anything you don’t know during it
I apply this for everything.
I started learning Swift 5 years ago with a $5 course that I quit on the halfway.
I jumped into building a real app, publishing it to the App Store.
A month later I got my first iOS dev position — changing my life forever.
I learned lately how to edit videos.
I directly started by installing Davinci Resolve (because I knew it was free)
Watched a 10’ video with the basics.
Just jumped into editing short videos for Twitter and some YouTube videos for my channel.
My first class for getting the driving license?
The professor just put me on the road without me barely knowing how to shift gears.
I passed the exam on the first try.
Please, whatever you are learning these days:
Don’t fall into the tutorial trap.
Don’t fall in paralysis analysis.
Like Nike’s motto, just do it.
Juanjo
True. Until you put yourself into action nothing you’re learning is going to be of any use.