Introspection detection.
And now we have reached the part where we look back… wait, I’ve been doing that with every single blog post… BUT, as a novice programmer, my perspective changes weekly if not daily so… let's take a closer look.
As my learning tactics evolve, something that I’ve noticed is how crucial the concept of active rest is. What is active rest? Well, in the fitness realm active rest is the day that you take off to relax from training your muscles with weights, however, you still have to remain active in some capacity in order to maintain progress. That concept applies to web development as well. Even when we aren’t working on tasks, even when the assignment is complete we have to implement some form of coding in order to retain our progress. There is a massive amount of information being thrown at us, and in order to keep afloat, we must take time to absorb small pieces of it daily. Which leads me to my next point.
Nothing sucks more than being on the upward slope of knowledge retention and then quickly falling into the abyss of confusion because you decided to have a “me” day. There’s nothing wrong with having a “me” day, however, it is easy to fall into consecutive me days due to the nature of our program being all online for the foreseeable future. So how do we combat our hedonist tendencies? Schedule. Schedule. Schedule. Even if it’s just 30 minutes of practice on an off day. SCHEDULE IT IN. Which would you rather take 30 minutes of daily training or a whole day of relearning module you just learned?
Many moving parts
Another pearl of knowledge that I’ve discovered on this journey is that we are human…. pretty profound, I know, but acknowledging our humanity is crucial to our success and development. We learn things, translate them, and then teach the functionality to our computers but we have to remember that that translation is interpreted from human to computer before it’s translated to the software. This is why we have to teach the person and be mindful of the process of learning. We are a critical moving part for the success of web development.
And we’re don’t necessarily always function individually. For my final project I will be leaning on the knowledge and perspective of my classmates, and to be honest… I’m quite excited. We’ve fostered such trust and vulnerability with each other, that I feel safe not only expressing my ideas but also asking them for their perspectives and help. Seeing each other's perspectives isn’t without its challenges, but I’m very thankful that I am on this journey with such an outstanding group of people.
