"In my spare time I am a seasonal polymath, in the winter I cut down trees, split wood, code, drink whisky and generally think hard about things. "
I feel like you are one of two things...
- Me, traveling back from the future.
...well, I don't have the education to back up that claim, so we will just go with... - Someone I plan on following and pestering with every question I can come up with.
A topic I'd love to hear about is coding. I am in the process of trying to "teach myself" via Codecademy - currently on Python. Any advice for someone that is looking to develop those skills?
Thank you for the lovely comment, I appreciate that. Coding is both frustrating and rewarding in equal measure. I prefer to set myself a task then use code to solve it - sometimes I hit a brick wall, other times I sail through and achieve my aims. The only worthwhile advice I can give you is to remember that your brain is not always operating in the same way through the day. I find personally that I debug really well first thing in the morning (don't know why, I am not a morning person, but my brain is super analytical), during the evenings I blue-sky and create better, but usually get stuck. Sometimes, at least for me, sleeping on a problem often helps solve it.