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Jun 4, 2023Liked by SeattleDataGuy

Great article. Thank you. I thought it was just me. I have 33 courses on Udemy. Finished 6, 18 not started, 7 in the works. There's an opportunity here for Udemy or its instructors to create accountability groups.

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Yeah! Actually that's exactly what Tina is trying to do. She is working on making that clearer on her site.

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The advice in this article is pure gold!! I'm also guilty of buying courses and not finishing them.

I think writing about what you is one of the most underrated learning tools. I also love accountability groups and building projects, but there is something special about writing that immediately reveals any gaps in understanding.

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This article was a lifesaver for me. I thought I was the only one experiencing this. I purchased a web crawling course 4 years ago and completed about a third of it before switching to the data engineering field, and I haven't looked back since.

Now, I've even developed a data engineering side project, which I believe is one of the best methods for enhancing a skill. I completely agree with your viewpoint!

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Projects are a great way, but then I'm biased! :)

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Tutorials, tutorials, tutorials. I put them on my calendar then keep kicking the can down the road. Accountability I so agree with you on. My learning style is mind mapping. Making a Power Point helps me get into all the nooks and crannies. So many tutorials I just struggle.

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Thank you for such a inspirational article! I started to share my Go experience based on your advice and insights which I mentioned here https://dev.to/olgabraginskaya/the-golang-saga-a-coders-journey-there-and-back-again-part-1-leaving-the-shire-4ago

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Good reasoning and ideas!

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Thanks, I'll take a look.

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