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Showerthought: That 'learn to code in 30 days' course I laughed at actually worked
I was super skeptical of those ads promising to turn you into a developer in a month. But after trying one from a YouTuber I'd watched for 2 years, I built a simple calculator by day 28, and honestly the structure helped me more than fumbling through free tutorials. Has anyone else found a course that surprised them?
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phoenix792mo ago
A calculator after 28 days doesn't sound like much of a win to me. Those 30 day courses teach you just enough to copy and paste code without understanding why it works. Spend a month grinding through free resources like The Odin Project or FreeCodeCamp and you'll actually know how to build something from scratch, not just follow instructions. The YouTuber got your money and you got a fake sense of progress. Real learning takes longer than a month.
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milap351mo ago
right? @phoenix79 i totally get where you're coming from though. like yeah a calculator is basic but for someone who literally just started coding who knows nothing, finishing anything feels huge. i remember my first 30 day course i was so proud of my little html page even tho it looked like a 90s geocities site.
the issue isnt the calculator itself, its that people walk away thinking theyre ready for a job. that fake progress feeling is real. i fell for it too with a javascript bootcamp years ago.
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