Good Content
These days finding good content on the internet is a real challenge. A lot of the times I find myself staring at the monitor wondering what I should search for, just to find that juicy content that goes into the detail of how something works, and also does not annoy me with advertisements, newsletters, and the like.
The original idea for the internet was really simple, a place for folks to share, store, and find information. It was no more than static websites serving HTML and CSS. Now that we have big tech tracking us on practically every corner of the Internet, it is really difficult to find a clean resource you could say. Search algorithms prefer clicks, revenue, advertisements, and beauty over simplistic but gold content.
If you are a fellow searching for structured content and want answers RIGHT NOW rather than in the next 10 minutes, here is what you have to know. Unless you are a person with serious mental diseases, the following applies to you. Your brain is made to be flexible, to adapt to new environments. Whether they are filled with Netflix & Chill, reading books, doing fun activities, interacting with people, or anything else. And your brain may well have a favorite learning style, but that does not mean that you should limit yourself to just that learning style. In fact, you have to challenge your brain to step out of its comfort zone and learn, think, adapt, and consider. This is why I think learning styles are nothing more than temporary classification of how your brain is preferenced to devour information from the outside world.
I only realized this after coming into IT, at the beginning I thought that learning was going to be as simple as a watch & learn process. Well, after 5 years of being into IT, I can safely say that I was wrong. Most learning requires the will to read, explore, dig deeper, and most importantly.. experiment!
If this seems new to you, or even strange, know that it will show up sooner or later in your career and the sooner you start experimenting, the easier and more fun it will be! So why not start today? Get yourself a damn book, go read some research papers online, share, learn, adapt, wonder, and grow.
I wll be leaving you with some good resources that I accumulated over the last year.
More resources are available in the resources page.