- So today I wanna to talk about something interesting.
And potentially though, it could be a negative
because I'm gonna focus on something that,
if you follow this line of thought through,
it's gonna seriously impact on your ability
to succeed in anything, including programming.
So let's have a talk about that today.
Today's video sponsor
is the Machine Learning with Python course.
There's no doubt about it,
machine learning is hard,
and Python is the hardest language
in machine learning right now.
So use this course to build your skills
in machine learning and Python
and move your career into overdrive.
Visit lpa.dev/YoutubeML
or click on the link in the description below.
(upbeat music)
Welcome back.
My name is Tim Buchalka
with another programming tip of the day.
And I'm talking about something
that can potentially derail a career
and basically stop you from succeeding.
Basically, in anything in life,
any goal that you're actually trying to attain.
And give you a bit of context.
This came about, the idea for this video came about,
based on the release of new content
for my Java master class.
And what I'm doing is going through
that entire course, 77 hours,
and I'm remastering the content from scratch.
I'm going through and recreating videos,
making it a better experience
and releasing the entire 77 hours of remastered video
for free to students.
Now I'm doing that progressively, a section at a time.
And the idea is to reduce the impact
of switching to the old style content
to the new style content
so that students can actually switch a section at a time.
Now, the content is a lot better.
It's based on student feedback, I've improved things,
I've fixed bugs, the recording's better,
you know, the font sizes are better.
It's just basically a better experience, in my opinion.
And so far, the vast majority of students
are actually saying that they love the new content.
But it's interesting because I've got a few students
who've looked at the whole situation the wrong way.
And that, again is the reason for this video today.
It's all about focusing on the right things.
And these students,
and look I'm not going to show their details.
I'm gonna show the messages they've left,
but I'm not going to talk about their individual names.
I don't want to embarrass anyone.
The point is, I'm giving this and showing you this,
so that you can hopefully learn from this,
and make sure you don't fall into the trap,
at the moment, they're falling into.
So they're focusing on a short term problem,
and not a long term gain.
So the, what I'll do is I'll switch over now,
and I'm just gonna show you a couple of the comments
on the screen.
We'll have a bit of a talk about what they said.
All right, so you can see this first one.
I'm gonna read this comment here.
I'm completely dissatisfied with the changes to this course.
It was initially exactly what I needed.
But the ridiculous changes in the new content
has changed the focus, it has been very jarring.
This new update completely erased my progress as well.
Unfortunately, is past 30 days, I don't get a refund.
This will not be a course that I'll recommend to anyone.
Well, that's just about blew my mind.
But there's another one there that also,
I'll read part of it there.
And you,
well basically, I won't read it.
You can actually read some of that,
it's on the screen anyhow,
but basically, he's complaining,
this person's complaining
that some of his bookmarks are gone.
Not all of them.
Well, he's saying all of them, but the reality is,
I've replaced 40 videos so far, so it can't be all of them.
So basically, both those things are short term problems.
All right, so, again,
I'm not trying to embarrass any particular person here.
The point of this is,
they're looking at a short term impact
and go, "Ah, my bookmarks have changed.
"Oh, okay, I've got to rewatch a video."
Big deal.
I'm sorry, but big deal.
You need to actually look at something
in the right context here
and realise that,
"Okay, I've got a brand new set of training here,
"that's gonna helped me reach my goals
"of becoming a programmer faster."
And, okay, you might have to rewatch a couple of videos,
you might have lost a bookmark,
which you can fix in about two, you know, two seconds flat.
And the training that's been released
is literally going to help you become a programmer quicker.
So this is a classic scenario
where someone's looking at a short term pain point,
and not what the long term solution is.
And if you do that, if you focus on short term problems,
in general, you gonna,
that's where you're gonna be stuck in life in general.
You're going to be stuck on this short term problems,
because they'll come up all the time.
So that's just one example with the course.
And the other sort of,
the other, about things I wanna talk about,
relate more to things in general.
For example, when you're learning how to programme,
you'll get frustrated.
You'll get frustrated, and you'll be annoyed.
And if you're in a constant state of confusion
when you're learning how to programme
because it's something new,
it's something that you need to get your head around.
And it's something you need to think
and put some, you know, serious thinking time into,
in order to succeed.
So you are going to have times
where you're frustrated.
So if you let that frustration overtake you,
and you end up focusing on that and giving up or,
you know, throwing the computer through the window
or whatever it is,
you're focusing on the short term problem,
and not the long term solution.
The long term solution is to battle through it.
Use persistence,
and I've got a video up here talking about persistence,
and how important that is.
If you continue to work through your solution,
it go, you know,
basically go through it and think,
"Okay, I'm gonna get some short term problems.
"I'm gonna work through them.
"I'm gonna succeed."
Then you will succeed in life and certainly in programming.
So getting back to these,
the students focusing on the bookmarks and so forth,
what they need to look at, in my opinion,
is to be focusing on what is the long term benefit here?
The long term benefit is,
you've got better course training, better material,
to make you a better programmer quicker,
and to teach you Java, in a better way.
I mean, just think back to when I started programming,
back in the 1980s.
There was no video courses,
there was books, you know, big tombs,
you know, books.
600 page books.
Very, very hard to read, you know, put you to sleep reading.
That was the only way to learn how to programme.
These days, you're literally spoiled for choice.
You've got a course here, this course on Udemy.
It's such a cheap course.
And the complete contents,
I'm remastering it, completely for free.
I don't think there's a scenario
where you should be complaining about that.
Well, I mean, obviously you can,
because people can complain and do whatever they like,
but my point is by you focusing on that,
are you complaining about something like that,
you're really losing the plot, so to speak
and focusing on a short term problem.
And you aren't gonna succeed as a programmer,
because you're gonna be caught continually,
with little problems that,
that pop up from day to day.
I mean, just imagine the scenario,
if you're working,
you got to the stage when you're working in a job,
and your boss said something that annoyed you.
Are you going to have a rant there and say,
"Right, that's it, I quit this job,
"I'm gonna go and get another job
"because I shouldn't have to learn this new language
"or whatever."
These things happen in life.
The reality is, you've got to really just think,
"Okay, I've gotta deal with this,
"and work through it and come out the other side
"a better programmer."
But even in this scenario,
this is what I really don't understand
about the master class course.
You're getting all this new content for free,
you're getting better content,
and basically,
surely, that's a positive thing that you can see
that is gonna make you a better programmer in the long term.
And okay, big deal, you've lost a couple of bookmarks
and you need to spend a bit of time rewatching some videos.
Think of the long term benefits.
And I know I'm being a little bit harsh
and I don't mean to come across being too harsh.
But look, I think you really
need to put some thought into this.
And if you're watching this video thinking,
"Well maybe they've got a point, you know,
"why should they have to redo the bookmarks?"
And I'm putting this to you as well,
that maybe you are actually thinking about this
the wrong way and focusing on the short term things.
So do you agree with me or disagree?
Leave a comment and let me know what you think about it?
Am I on a rant?
Should I be relooking at this and saying,
"Okay, well, maybe what I'll do is,
"I'll delete that new content.
"And I'll put the old content back
"and I'll release a new course
"and ask people to pay."
That's, that's obviously the other option,
instead of giving it away for free.
So look, tell me your comments,
Good or bad.
I'd appreciate your feedback.
Tell me what you think of this situation
and how you're feeling about it.
And let's all, well, learn something from this.
Thanks for watching.
You made it to the end of the video.
Thanks for watching.
And if you're interested in more programming tips,
click on here, the top rectangle.
If you're interested in programming tutorials,
you can click on the bottom rectangle.
And if you're interested in subscribing to this channel,
and why wouldn't you be?
Click on the subscribe button up here.
I look forward to seeing you in another video.