How to Master Any Skill by Steering Clear of Tutorial Hell

How to Avoid the Tutorial Trap and Become an Expert in Any Skill You Want to Learn

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I am noticing a lot of developers (mostly juniors) are stuck in a tutorial trap aka tutorial hell. They keep finishing as many tutorials and courses as they can thinking they are learning and improving their skills. But the actual teacher for them is not the instructor who is in that video course, rather it’s the practical hands-on experience. They need to get their hands dirty and apply “try and fail” approach in learning things to get the real mastery of things.

Here are few tips on how to avoid tutorial trap and become expert in any skill you want to learn:

1) Try to solve any problem you have on your own first before looking at any tutorial. This way, you will learn how to find the solution by yourself.

2) Only look at tutorials when you are stuck and you cannot find the solution by yourself. Do not look at tutorials as your first port of call.

3) Try to understand the concepts behind the solution before just copy pasting the code. This way, you will have a better understanding of the problem and you will be able to apply the solution to other similar problems.