Scott and Wes talk about how they learn new things quickly. Scott also tells a crazy story about his weekend.
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Show Notes 2:00
Scott recounts his crazy story about getting Lymphangitis
8:30
Know your learning type
videos, blogs, docs, source
no right or wrong way
15:00
Foundational Skills
23:00
Narrow your focus
Should you learn Redux with React?
blurring skills hurts future progress
don't learn too many things at once
26:00
Get excited
try to reclaim your initial excitement
flow happens when you are excited
pick projects around hobbies
Star wars sucks
33:00
Grind Time
write code first ask questions later
break shit
Submit to yourself that you are going to build this 3-4 times
iteration driven development
quality from quantity
use smarter people
snippet libs
style guides
40:00
Immersion
follow every kind of media you can
put things on in the background
permeate into your brain
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Wes: Crushing It Book
Wes: Crushing It AudioBook
Scott: Popmotion Pose
Shameless Plugs Wes' JavaScript30 Course
Scott's Headless WordPress course
1:00:00
Scott comes out of nowhere with a story about TEA!
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