#008 -
Another thought about self learning
Here's another small thought about self-learning:
I often feel like I go through a tutorial, or even a book on whatever subject I'm currently studying, and at the end I didn't really learn much; like, I know I went through all the knowledge, and I understood all of it, or at least most, but for some reason most of it didn't really stick; I know I "get" it, but if I try to explain it, top to bottom, I can barely say ten words about the subject. So then I start thinking that I need to do another tutorial, or book, or watch more videos, or whatever. But there must be a different answer to that problem, and I think it is this:
Don't just simply "go through" the material. Study it. Learn it. Make it your own. Repeat the exercises untill you are able to reproduce them without any kind of help.
A lot of information can fit inside a 10 page pdf or web article, or a tutorial that takes you 2 hours to complete (concentrated) but if I don't really make the effort to take in everything that it offers, it will always feel like it was just a vague introduction to the subject.
This is probably very obvious for many, and it's something I've thought about for some time now, but for some reason I really struggle to put it into practice. I will make a conscious effort to practice what I preach.
PS: I think I've hit a wall with my self-hosting endeavour because it seems that my ISP is using a CGNAT and that makes it imposible for me to host a website, even on ipv6. But at least now I know.