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The Slow ‘n’ Steady Path to Becoming A Coder

by Zubin Pratap
Aug 09, 2025
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You start learning to code with excitement, but a couple of months later:

You’ve jumped between 3 languages (was Python the right choice? Wait, now everyone’s talking about Go...Rust…)

What do you do? Every option feels overwhelming because you just don’t know what’s right . And you don’t want to be wrong.

Or maybe you’re stuck in good ol’ tutorial hell.

You can write some syntax…and understand it too!

But you go blank when trying to build something from scratch. You can’t actually build anything! 

So you go back to doing what you already know is not working.

You repeat the same process and pray for a different outcome.

Your "learning" consists of random YouTube videos with no clear path to getting hired

12 months later, and you’re restarting courses because life gets in the way (no accountability = no progress)

This isn’t learning - it’s career limbo. 

Because every year you’re getting older but your competition is still 24.

The brutal truth? Most free resources give you literacy.

But no hireable skills.

Why Smart People Get Stuck

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