Dear new developer,
I enjoyed this post about how to learn. While the author toots his own horn a bit much for me, he makes some very valid points about how to learn. Most importantly, you want to learn using the best resource. What is best?
The best resource is a bit of a lie – it’s really just the one that’s best for you, given your prior experiences and the medium you enjoy. You’ll usually only know you found it in hindsight.
And, once you’ve gained an intermediate level understanding of what you are trying to learn, you should:
Stop. This is counter-intuitive, but unless you want to become a master at something (besides learning), you really just want to know everything at an intermediate level.
The whole post, “How to learn things at 1000x the speed”, is worth checking out.
Sincerely,
Dan
Letters To A New Developer 