[natasham25]

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.

[wiseone]

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.