Thought tutorials were a waste, now I use them every day

For the first 6 months of learning Python I refused to watch any video tutorials. I thought reading docs and just brute forcing problems was the only real way to learn. Then I got stuck on a simple loop problem for 4 hours. Finally caved and watched a 10 minute tutorial from a guy in Austin and it clicked instantly. Now I watch them for every new concept before I even touch the code. Has anyone else had a stubborn learning phase that backfired?

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the_zara1mo ago

Wait, are you me? I literally went through the same exact phase. I was so convinced that tutorials were for people who couldn't "hack it" with real documentation. I spent like two weeks trying to figure out classes from the Python docs alone and it was miserable. Finally watched a 20 minute video from some guy named Tim and it all made sense. Now I'm totally hooked, I watch a tutorial first for literally everything before I even open my code editor. It's way faster than banging my head against the wall for hours on end.

andrew_sanchez941mo ago

Wait, you also learned from a guy named Tim? Was it Tim from Tech with Tim? That guy saved me when I was trying to understand decorators. I thought I was the only one who found his videos after giving up on the official docs.