I haven't read it, but I suspect that it's the usual recipe.
The recipe to success is ancient and predominantly hard work, focus, and dedication. While there might be other factors in one's success, they are minimal compared to the three that I listed.
Yes, it can be boiled down to the usual recipe - focus and time. The other component, that I think is really important for learning how to code and is often overlooked, is knowing your learning style and finding the resources that match it - that is how you learn the fastest.
Great call, I forgot to include that. After what seemed like an infinite number of lost battles with teachers yelling at me for drawing in class and forcing me to take notes in list form, I finally accepted and truly saw that I wasn't stupid just because my learning style differed from most (I learn best by drawing what I hear or read). It took me maybe 10 years to realize this.
That, plus one weird trick that computer science professors hate!
Why is this spam on HN? Why is this person credible to ask $10 for his book, sight unseen? There are plenty more credible sources with stories to share. OP could perhaps be credible, if he wrote and shared a bit first.
I found the post worthwhile and I do not doubt its veracity whatsoever. I think you attack the author unfairly.
I clicked to read because I followed a similar path to the author, except I never attended any kind of bootcamps. I started writing my first django app and one month later I had my first coding job.
It was difficult at first, I was often baffled by the intentions of the codes author who I took over for, but I made the product work and it changed my life forever. I just started coding professionally January 15th of this year and already I've fixed and enhanced two large complicated projects and built two of my own.
So anyone saying this isn't possible is absolutely wrong.
I recommend watching Google's Python Class [1] for anyone getting started with Python that has a familiarity with basic programming concepts.
The recipe to success is ancient and predominantly hard work, focus, and dedication. While there might be other factors in one's success, they are minimal compared to the three that I listed.