Hello all. One of the best ways to stop smoking is to have a trusted partner enforce it for you. I dont have a smoking problem and neither might you. However you might have a problem with continued learning. I know I do. Once ive found something that ive liked I huddle myself into that environment and hardly leave. That is something that ive been working on trying to break this year. Its been 9 months, and ive made progress but less then I intended. If any of you have the same issue Id love to work through it with you. <br> Here's my proposition. Lets pick a objective. It can be a language/framework, a skill, or something else related and work on it together. By setting a goal between multiple people we will be able to check each others progress and help each other keep learning. <br> My ideas: <br> Networking, this is a skill that may come in handy. Most of us already know a thing or two about it. If you Have setup a home server, vpn, or possibly done some io work for a local business then great job, you've opened the door! However, if your anything like me you referenced a few books you've hand on hand or followed a guide online. I know im not familiar or comfortable on my own and I want to improve that. <br> Rust, Its an ever growing language looking to replace C. That alone is a bold goal since C is the backbone of so many systems. Rust is one of the more difficult languages to learn. Ive personally given it a try and made it over 1/3 through the official rust book. However thats as far as ive gone. This is the language of the future and it think its important that I keep up. <br> AI, its hard not to talk about ai. Honestly im not completely bamboozled by it like some are. I think that it is a craze that will eventually die off. That dont mean its illegitimate. I was never a crypto freak when it was a major thing. However i still think that crypto is a legit alternative that most people should have some of. I think AI is that way. Its super overblown right now and there is lots of $ and investments into it thats puffing it up. Once all the hype dies down it will undoubtedly have infinite uses. I think we should create some project with it to become more familiar. <br> These are just some ideas that ive thought up. The point of this post is to get others to learn along side of. Like coding partners we will be able to keep each other in check and encourage each other to reach a goal. This is not going to be a super fast paced code camp. That dont mean that it wont be alot of work. I know we all have busy lives. Hell im making this post from a live usb running on a staff computer in my retail store. Point is i want some suggestions in the comments providing something that you are interested in. There is so much to learn, if we decide on something that we all communally dont know that will be set as the goal and we will work through it together. Whatever we decide on ill find some free content or course that way it is accessible to everyone. I will determine how much is a weekly goal and we will have feedback once a week. I hope you are free to make this commitment with me. Please comment subjects to learn below. This call to actions includes all you new members, this is a great way to interact with the CTD community and learn at the same time!
Is this open to anyone to find a partner or is this for you to find one only? I've been curious to build some understanding of programming, but outside of the software to install on my OS, I never got far. Things distracted me and a lot of time would pass before I got my focus back. I honestly wouldn't mind if it was just books to read at this point.
yes this is open for anyone. there is a room: [room](https://chat-to.dev/chat?q=Community_learning) for people who would like to participate. So far it seems pretty inactive but im getting started tomorrow actually. If there is something that you would like to add to the curriculum list let me know and ill append it. Come back tomorrow and ill share the resources that ive gotten for the first item on the to-do list. share what you wnat to add to the list in the chat. hope to see you soon! :)
Awesome. I'm a pretty much a blank slate when it comes to tech beyond personal use.
glad to have you!
Heyy. This is really awesome.Your ideas and everything. I feel really lucky to come across this community. Its evrything i wanted to build. A place where people can learn and grow together. About having coding partners, i think it's really NEEDED. In this era where distractions are evrywhere a click of finger away, having people around to keep pulling you back on to your track, is a really great asset. .. and on your idea of deciding a subject/ programming language we communally dont know. . I would like to suggest data structures? With C programming?. it is a really important skill-set to have when being interviewed especially. We could try solving leetcode , discuss solutions /drawbacks of advantages of one particular solution.. etc.. that's just one suggestion.. I'd be happy to hear others' and join exploring with them .
Epic! im happy to hear that, Im hoping more people come and consider joining. I actually made a room for this event. However with no one else joining im not sure how helpful it will be. Since there is no group to really vote on what we should do im prob just going to start working on them in order. I know that you are in college so i dont want to take too much of your time as im sure your swamped with everything already. None the less if you want to be my study partner i'd appreciate that. Keeping someone on track in return for them returning the favor is something that can be universally appreciated. Once i find some decent standardized content ill post it in the chat. If you think of more content that you haven't learned yet feel free to suggest it once again and ill append it to the list. Keep in mind that as were working through the list. If there is content that a meaningful % of people know it will be skipped in favor of more people. For example i saw your GitHub portfolio and you are learning python. Well if a 3rd member joins the event and already they know python along-side me then it will be skipped in favor of a subject that less of us know. haha hopefully we can at least get 3 attendees XD
Let me know what you would like to learn and reasons we should learn it! :)