Friend told me to stop wasting time on Codewars and just build stuff. He was completely right.

Been learning Python for about 4 months now. I was grinding Codewars challenges every night, thinking I was getting good. My buddy who works as a dev at a small shop in Austin told me to drop all that and just make a project. I argued with him for weeks. Finally built a dumb little script that tracks my mail route mileage. Learned more in 2 days than 2 months on Codewars. Has anyone else had a similar wake up call from someone?

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the_piper3d ago

Real life has a way of showing you where the holes are in what you think you know. Codewars is like running drills in a gym, it makes you sweat but doesn't teach you how to actually play the game. Building something for yourself forces you to face all the messy parts like file paths, data that isn't clean, and figuring out what you actually need. Most people learn by doing the job, not by practicing for it.

linda_clark3d ago

You really think building stuff teaches more than drills? I used to think drills were everything. Changed my mind now.