Learning Goal Day #1 12/12/17
Just finished two Pomodoros of working through Chris Pineās bookĀ āLearn to Program.ā I am currently on the exercises from chapter 7 and finding them really challenging. I can write pseudocode for the general idea, but I am having a hard time producing a program that works.Ā
When I run through the solutions at the back of the book, I totally understand them. Iāve been typing the code up myself and writing line by line commentary, which has really helped me through understandingĀ āwhileā loops. I think this method is helping a lot, but I canāt help worrying that Iām not doing a good job if I canāt generate the code myself. Maybe I will have to go back through all the exercises when I finish the book and write the code over again.
I am going to focus on the fact that I am doing the working and striving to increase my understanding. Must give up on the myth ofĀ āborn genius.ā Learning a skill takes small, consistent steps.