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by wellthisisgreat 1326 days ago
Idk I got a grasp on programming because I spent a summer in the library with books on programming and a hard rule of not leaving for even a coffee until i have done at least a full chapter and all exercises.

I kept the phone turned off and only touched the laptop once I was ready for exercises and after 2-3 hours was too terrified to lose focus if I didn’t go straight into code.

Would have never happened with MOOC, as there would have been all kinds of drifting away. I owe my ability to hyper focus to that time