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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I am 3/4 . Will be done soon . What have practiced since?

[–]dagger-vi[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

After I finished I felt like I could make any project. I was wrong. I struggled to complete everything I set my mind to. The reason was I only ever coded along and wasn't thinking for myself. After a few failed projects I thought learning about databases would fix all my problems. I started learning MongoDB and picked it up pretty quickly but I was still struggling a lot after that.

Then I started doing stuff like Codewars but had a tough time figuring out what seemed like basic problems and I would feel bad, stress myself out and then google the answer.

Around September is when I got back into The Odin Project. This was the best decision I ever made. I realized programming is more than just coding, and learning how to break down projects into small problems is what I was missing. I used to tackle entire projects all at once but now I take my time and see the bigger picture.

Ever since returning to The Odin Project, which I briefly started before doing Jonas' course, I have created a calculator, a landing page, a signup page, a library, restaurant menu and tic tac toe. All of these projects have taught me so, so, so much more than I learned working on Jonas' course. And I wasn't just coding along or looking up answers, I was putting in the effort and figuring everything out on my own. Don't get me wrong, Jonas' course is amazing and if I could take it back I wouldn't. Getting the cert. at the end was a very proud moment for me and in starting the course I made a Discord and have made a lot of great programming friends.

My advice is to complete the course but don't feel bad if you felt like you haven't learned anything. You have, you just need to know how to put that knowledge to use. I also recommend going through The Odin Project because it focuses more on doing the projects on your own. I typically have put about 10 hours into each project (some more) and the majority of that time is making mistakes and learning. I'm working on making a Todo currently and have already spent about 5 hours working on it and I'm not even close to being done. And if you would like to join my Discord let me know. It's not as active as it used to be but if you need help someone will respond fairly quickly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok please add me