A mate told me they're trying to pick up coding. While I'm not yet employed with my skills, I thought I'd write down my thoughts about what they need to learn.
[They're planning on learning HTML/CSS/JS and Python for front end development, and have started with Python.]
What do they need to learn?
It's very easy for me to set myself tasks. Build that website. Write a blog post. Clean the house. Learn about that library or a new technology. Get a degree. Get the outside of the house ready for winter. Find a job. So easy. There, done.
Or...not?
One of the problems with this way of (not) planning is that it sets tasks or identifies problems, without a map to to a solution.
I've been planning on writing this for ... awhile.
There's a lot of advice around regarding getting into tech suggesting blogging and building your own website. I'm working on the latter. On the former, I'm finally following the part of the advice that says "just start writing" and "use other services rather than building a blog yourself". So here we are.