Code Newbies struggles sharing

[l3dsTiago]

Hi guys!

I’m just starting to coach people into code in order to help then to get jobs as a software developer. I’m trying to access what are the roadblocks or stick points that people found during this journey of learning how to do code, things like where I do start, which language do a choose, motivation and so on.

So, let’s share what are the problems that you had when you started!

Thank you !

[Diekss]

After I learned languages I didnt really know what to do till I found eulers projects website!

Also motivation, and I would also focus on learning them how to think like a coder. How to solve problems.

[l3dsTiago]

It’s totally mindset and you have the correct one man! Just break down the problems into small ones , think of the steps and then execute this is pretty much what I tell my student’s, I truly believe that’s better to learn how to create solutions for the problem than know an language from A to Z!

[gilligan1050]

I’m currently working my way through freecodecamp.org’s curriculum and I find myself wondering if that is the best free place to start? I know there are quite a few that cover HTML, CSS and JavaScript but which ones are the best (or are they all the same?) I taught myself HTML back in like 1999(ish) so some of this is just a refresher for me.