Tuomas Kivioja
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The best programmers only study 10% of a language/framework, and then just start using it & use Google (and ChatGPT) for the rest.
Thinking that you need to memorize every detail before you can start will stop you from actually coding.
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❌ Stop this:
Learn -> learn -> learn -> learn
✅ Start this:
Learn -> do -> learn -> do
Learning primes your brain to be able to do.
Doing solidifies what you just learned (otherwise you forget it)
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Coding is the most exciting skill in the world.
It literally gives you the power to command a computer to do whatever you want.
Isn’t that cool?
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How most people think learning works:
Learn → Do
How it actually works:
Learn just enough to start → Do (very badly) → Learn (as a byproduct of doing) → Do (less badly) → Repeat
You have to suck before you can be good.
Try before you think you’re ready.
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Programming is the most humbling experience in the world.
The computer is always right.
You are always wrong.
Every time.
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99% of programming concepts are useless.
Just learn the basics and start building.
You will pick up the rest as you go.
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Building my own apps has made me realize just how little I learned at my 9-5 corporate job as a developer.
It depends on the company of course, but building something of my own from scratch has made me 10x the developer I was at my corporate job.
As a developer in a big
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Optimal path to success from zero:
1. Learn coding (or another high income skill)
2. Get a 9-5 job ASAP
3. WHILE earning a good income AND learning 9-5, spend 5-9 to build something of your own online
4. Once your side hustle takes off & reliably produces enough income (the
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Most people’s biggest problem is that they keep running in circles looking for shortcuts.
Rather than just accepting that it actually takes a lot of time & effort to get good at something valuable.
Just do the work.
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2 years ago, I coded by first line of code.
I could literally not code anything without going into rage because of how hard it was.
Fast-forward 2 years…
I’ve SOMEHOW managed to build a real, functioning piece of software that tons of REAL people ACTUALLY use & get value
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As a beginner programmer, your problem is that no one believes you can code.
Hence, it’s hard to get someone to give you a chance.
The solution?
Impressive projects on your resume.
Here are 5 projects that you can build in a weekend that can get you your first $100k
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Programmers' main source of information by stage:
Stage 1: Youtube tutorials
Stage 2: Google / Chat GPT
Stage 3: Documentation
The more experienced you get as a programmer, the more you realize the fastest way to find things is just to read the documentation.
PS: unless the
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99% of people don’t realize how much work it takes to actually get good at coding.
And when they do realize it, they quit.
Hence: if you're just willing to work for a very long time on getting good at it, you will surpass the 99%.
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Learning data structures and algorithms makes you a better programmer.
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The paradox of life:
The more hard things you do, the better your life gets.
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Want a high-paying coding job?
Become so good at coding that they would be stupid not to hire you.
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Most people fail to learn to code & quit because they let themselves catch the “Some Day Disease”
“Some day” I will start.
“Some day” I will start doing serious Leetcode practice.
“Some day” I will send my first job application.
For most - “some day” never comes.
The only
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What people think coding is like:
Get an idea -> code the solution
What coding is actually like:
Get an idea -> have no idea how to code it -> procrastinate -> Google how to do it -> doesn’t work -> Google something else -> get it to somewhat work -> see a bug -> try to solve
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Software engineering is just pretending that you know what you are doing until you figure it out.
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It doesn’t matter which programming language you learn.
It doesn’t matter which framework you use.
It doesn’t matter which tutorials you watch.
It doesn’t matter how old you are.
It doesn’t matter what your IQ is.
It doesn’t matter where you live.
It just matters that you
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Many people convince themselves they are learning coding.
But they are really just wasting time.
Here’s a list of things you might think are helping you learn coding, but are not learning coding:
Reading about coding without ever writing code isn't learning coding.
Watching
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List of things you don’t need to become a good programmer:
❌ A CS degree
❌ A million tutorials
❌ High-end computer from the start
❌ Knowing every programming language
❌ Immediate mastery of complex algorithms
❌ Permission from anyone to start
List of things you do need:
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Every programmer needs to master a tech stack.
But what even is a tech stack and how do you choose one?
Here are all the different components of a tech stack and the top 5 tech stacks in 2023:
Components of a Tech Stack:
Frontend (UI/UX): The face of your app. Tools: HTML,
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Here’s literally the simplest way to learn to code in 100 days:
Every day, just code 1 new thing.
The only rule is this:
You must have NO IDEA how to code that thing going in.
Then do that for 100 days straight.
And come thank me later…
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You don’t need to know everything to get your first job in tech.
Try before you think you’re ready.
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Dumb guy starts to learn coding:
Learns HTML, CSS and Javascript. Builds basic websites. Gains confidence & slowly but surely builds up a portfolio. Learns a lot.
“Smart” guy starts to learn coding:
Thinks they’re “above” building simple projects. Spends their time learning
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There is an infinite amount of opportunity.
Yet most people still stay failures.
Because they don’t do anything.
Because they don’t give things enough time to flourish.
If you just literally show and do something for long enough, great things will happen.
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I love weekends and evenings because it’s when normal people don’t work so I can get even further ahead of them
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I've been a programmer for 2 years.
And I still have imposter syndrome.
The solution is not to wait till you don't feel like that anymore.
It's to act in spite of it.
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I used to play 4 hours of video games every day.
My life changed when I started using that same energy into the most exciting game of all…
The game of real life.
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The reason you are bad at coding is that you haven’t written enough code yet.
Keyword being: yet
Anyone can learn it. Most people don’t because most people aren’t willing to write enough lines of code.
#coding
#LearnToCode
#programming
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Imagine how much more progress you'd have made by now if you actually did all that boring work you knew you should do even when you didn’t feel like doing it.
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The best programmers aren’t necessarily the smartest.
They just know how to ask the right questions from google and chat gpt.
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You can't win if you never start
You can't lose if you never quit.
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Remote work is the best.
Here’s where I’ve been developing our app & creating content over the past months:
February-May: Dubai 🇦🇪
May-June: London 🇬🇧
July: Helsinki 🇫🇮
August: Bangkok & Koh Samui 🇹🇭
September: Singapore 🇸🇬
Next: Back to Dubai 🇦🇪
Where should I go next?
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I don’t get why we celebrate birthdays.
You’re one more year closer to dying what’s cheerful about that.
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A reminder that it's better to build something crappy than to build nothing at all.
Yet most people still choose to build nothing.
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University doesn’t train you for a job.
It’s not supposed to.
It’s supposed to train you to be an academic, which it does.
It’s funny how an institution who isn’t even designed to train you for a job, let alone to make money, became the “go-to” way to do it.
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Best decision of my life?
When I stopped following the news.
People will tell me “oh but you need to be aware what’s going on”
Why??
Whether I know what new war or issue is happening has ZERO effect on the world.
It changes nothing.
I prefer to focus on things I can
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People don’t try because they’re afraid of failure.
But the only way to guarantee failure is to not try.
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Learning to code is the single best way to maximise the probability of achieving financial success.
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The coolest feeling in the world is when you build something and go:
“OMG, I built this!!!!🤩”
But in the beginning, it’s more like:
“omg, I can’t even build this!😡”.
It’s a lot easier to be ‘passionate’ once you get good.
Be patient.
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My solo entrepreneur journey so far:
Year 1: $0 - procrastinating
Year 2: $1,344 - getting started
Year 3: $115,796 - getting going
Year 4: $274, 821 - getting serious
Year 5: $???,??? - scaling
Things take time.
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When I work, I grow my mind while I rest my body.
At the gym, I grow my body while I rest my mind.
Always be growing.
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A reminder that it’s okay to not be comfortable all the time.
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2023 was the most transformational year of my life.
This time last year:
-Stuck in a corporate job
-Living in a city I no longer enjoyed
-no freedom
This year:
-I went full-time with entrepreneurship
-I moved to Dubai to live my dream life
-I crossed 300,000 on Youtube
-I
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My entrepreneur daily routine to stay productive:
1. Do 4 hours of deep work.
2. Exercise.
3. Rest of the time, do whatever I want.
That’s it. Don’t overcomplicate things. Just do the work, be consistent and you will see success because almost no one does the work.
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Life is not fair.
You can either choose to complain about it & reject the game.
Or you can choose to play the game & win.
The choice is yours.
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Her in Dubai I see engineers building a new skyscraper in every corner.
Still not as hard as centering a div.
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I’m a coding “influencer”, yet I’m not actually passionate about coding.
I’m passionate about the results coding can bring me.
Coding is a tool to solve problems.
Most programmers naturally think about the technical side first, the problem second.
The sooner you learn to do
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Imagine if you actually just did the work rather than dreaming about the result of doing the work.
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The old path to success:
1. Get an expensive degree
2. Work for a corporation 9-5 in the office for 40 years
The new path to success:
1. Learn a skill on the internet
2. Use the skill to work from home to save on costs & give yourself time to…
3. Use the internet to create &
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Whenever you feel like giving up, remember:
This is where most people stop.
And that’s why they never make it.
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My biggest lesson about why some people always succeed and some are doomed to fail:
Successful people say what they will do, and then they go and do it.
They don’t list a million excuses for why they couldn’t do it.
They don’t spend 2 weeks strategising.
They just do it.
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Learning to code doesn’t require intelligence, it just requires discipline.
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If you're struggling with coding, do this:
Pick a project that is ridiculously hard.
So hard that you have literally no clue where to start.
Then just try, try, and try until you manage to build it.
After that, you'll never have to worry about not knowing how to code again.
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@GrahamStephan
I think it’s:
Step 1. Fix your spending habits - you can’t outearn bad spending
Step 2. Make more money - you can’t save yourself to wealth.
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Hot take:
You don’t learn coding by watching 60 hours of tutorials.
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If you’re willing to never stop trying again you become unstoppable.
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You’d feel a lot better about your chances at success if you saw how little everyone else tries.
I see this everywhere:
One time at an internship I had at a really prestigious company I got to see the resumes of all the people applying for the next year’s internship.
I
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It’s live!
The first public version of Boxio🚀
Go download it below👇
PS: Please let me know if you find bugs👀
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Old path to success:
1. Pay $50,000 for university
2. Work a corporate job for 40 years while living a life you hate
3. Retire to be free at 65
New path to success:
1. Learn a high-income skill online for <$1,000
2. Build a location-independent income while living a life you
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The more successful people I meet the more I realise no one really knows what they’re doing.
But the difference is the successful ones act despite not knowing everything.
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There is no magical formula to winning.
You literally just have to not quit just because things get "hard" and you will eventually win by default.
Because everyone else will have quit.
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The quickest way to guarantee failure is to take advice from people who haven’t achieved anything.
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Anyone can learn to code if you just do a few simple things right.
Here’s a breakdown of the 3 biggest secrets that successful programmers have discovered, but beginners often miss:
🔍 1. Play the infinite game
Imagine what would happen if you just coded every day for 2
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No one cares how many technologies, frameworks or languages you “know”.
They care about what you have actually built.
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If you don’t give up, you can never fail.
Proof:
If you never stop trying, you will either succeed or die trying.
You only fail once you choose to give up. Think about that.
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The only way to be free is to work for yourself.
But the best way to learn the skills you need to do that is to work for someone else first.
That’s why I still encourage people to get a job first
Even if their ultimate goal is entrepreneurship.
Getting paid to learn is pretty
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A “dumb” programmer who builds something.
Will be much more successful.
Than a “smart” programmer who just studies and never gets his hands dirty.
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Working hard is bullshit.
But working smart is also bullshit.
Really, you need to work hard AND smart to get ahead.
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A lesson for programmers:
Keep things simple.
It’s easy as engineers to get excited about creating some super complex features for the engineering thrill it gives us.
But often, a more simple solution is not only easier, but better for the user.
Case in point:
We probably
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To anyone learning to code:
Stop watching tutorials and start building projects.
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The reality of making money online is that you will have to work for 1-2 years for $0 before you make a single $.
But the reality of the traditional college 9-5 path is that you have to work for 4 years and PAY $10,000+ before you make a single $.
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I used to spend all my time watching sports until I realized I’d rather work on improving my own life rather that the life of some athletes I don’t even know.
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The problem people have is they think the time they have spent doing something is “a lot” and therefore it “should” be “enough”.
When in reality the time is takes to get really good at something is simply 10x more than you think it is.
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I swear every other hour I hate programming and every other hour I love it.
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How people think motivation works:
❌ Motivation -> Action
How it actually works:
✅ Action -> Motivation -> More Action
If you wait to “be motivated” you’ll never end up fdoing anything.
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If you have struggled with learning to code, 99% of the time it is because you don't have a good enough understanding of the core basics.
Here are the only 5 core programming concepts you need to understand as a beginner to start coding right now.
After that, I will tell you
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I’ve met a lot of successful people here in Dubai.
And there seems to be one thing in common with all of them:
They’re extremely obsessed about what they do.
To the point that even when we’re out playing golf, we end up just talking about our businesses a lot.
Anyone who
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Today, I paid $30 for this cake.
And it taught me a life lesson that you can use to 10x your income.
The cake was indeed delicious, and better than a $3 cake at a grocery store.
But as I was eating it, I realized that the reason the cake cost 10x more was not because the cake
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The inherent reason why most people fail is they want to have everything “now”.
Let me explain:
In any given moment, there is a certain hourly rate of $ you can earn immediately.
At the start, this rate will be very low.
So the only way to truly make money is to is to
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Let’s face it, most people are losers.
So if you want to not be a loser, you need to do the opposite of what most people do.
Yet still people look at their loser friends for validation on what to do.
Why?
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You won’t achieve anything significant if you stop work at 5pm every day to watch sports
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Been coding a crypto trading bot for a video.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
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Day 1 of programming: Google everything
Year 10 of programming: Still Google everything
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Becoming free from working in an office was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
Here's a blueprint on how you can achieve remote freedom (even if you don't want to become an entrepreneur):
1. Learn high-value skills
But not just any high-value skills.
Learn the
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If you feel unproductive, ask yourself: What would a productive person do? Then do that.
If you are out of shape, ask yourself: What would a fit person do? Then do that.
Emulate the actions of the ideal person you want to become.
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The fastest way to build wealth:
1. Make location-independent income
2. Move to Dubai
Also the fastest way to ridiculously increase your quality of life.
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Becoming good at programming is not that complicated.
Just write programs until you become good at programming.
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People have unlimited desires.
This simple fact means there will ALWAYS be opportunities to make money.
Because people always want more things and better things.
You just have to find what those things are at any given time and provide them.
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