When you went to school, you were rewarded for completing assignments on time and memorizing facts.
This same approach will NOT work for becoming an employable software engineer.
In fact, it will have the opposite effect.
On your learning-to-code journey, there are many mistakes you will make. You're going to mess up, produce sh*tty code and fail a ton of interviews. These are unavoidable and necessary to your growth as a developer.
Some pitfalls, however, should absolutely be avoided. I've spoken with literally hundreds of you out there and learned what's holding you back. Here are the 3 (and a half) biggest mistakes career changers make when they're learning to code and how to avoid them.
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