"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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To start, I want to learn Java. And yes, I'm aware that I'll get nowhere in this field unless I build a portfolio of work using the language. But first I need to find the most efficient way to learn it. What's the best SELF-TAUGHT way to go about it? Any online courses/certifications I should pursue? Which website certifications are the worthy ones, and which should I avoid? Any resources you computer programmers could point me toward that could help my learning? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Reminds me of my big failure of the pandemic.. not learning Python despite giving it a go for about a week
 
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Joseph Defranza said:
To start, I want to learn Java. And yes, I'm aware that I'll get nowhere in this field unless I build a portfolio of work using the language. But first I need to find the most efficient way to learn it. What's the best SELF-TAUGHT way to go about it? Any online courses/certifications I should pursue? Which website certifications are the worthy ones, and which should I avoid? Any resources you computer programmers could point me toward that could help my learning? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Udemy has lots of Java courses. I found them good to a degree but each one always seems to be lacking in some way. You could try a free demo month of Skillshare or LinkedIn Learning
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Learning a programming language is a very broad statement, because there are many different things that you can do with it.
For example, an experience with building user interfaces will not translate well to building server-side apps which interface with a database.

So:
1. First, decide what you want to do with Java. Mobile apps? Desktop apps with complex user interfaces? Server-side apps? Something else? This will give you a direction on what to actually learn.

2. Then, go through a free, but good tutorial to learn the ropes - the basic syntax.

3. Then, I would suggest doing lots of exercises on HackerRank, Project Euler, or similar. This will help you exercise the syntax that you've learned, learn even more in terms of the language and, most importantly, think like a programmer. Thinking like a programmer means to be able to create abstract concepts in your head and working with those. This is a skill that can be learned and can also be forgotten.

4. The things at #3 might not be very motivating, because they might not apply well to real-life problems. To keep yourself motivated, I would suggest to:
- start some projects that fix every-day issues, eg: deleting duplicate photos on your device, parsing your bank statement (exported to CSV) and generating reports, writing a simple game, and so on. Include projects which match the direction defined at #1. Posting your projects on Github might give you an advantage when you'll be looking for a job.
- contribute to an open source project, eg: Eclipse (in the direction defined at #1)

I strongly suggest to work on an active open-source project. If you do things on your own, without peer review, you might do them wrong. Working in a team will help you a lot. Plus, it looks good in your CV.
 
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