This is slightly painful reading. As someone on the periphery of coding I&#x27;ve been stuck in that loop for years that are rapidly approaching a decade.<p>I think more than just doing these things it&#x27;s vitally important to have people around you that you can ask questions to. While I&#x27;m sure there are some autodidacts who can make do with an IRC channel and google I&#x27;ve only ever had things stick when there&#x27;s a real life person in the room I can keep on asking dumb questions to.