Channel: Coding in Flow

Category: Education

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Description: Ryan Kay is a self-taught programmer and Youtuber with great knowledge in software architecture and computer science fundamentals. In high school, he struggled with learning to code and felt untalented. When he applied to college for computer science, he didn't get accepted. In this podcast episode, he will explain how he still managed to teach himself complex programming topics and became a teacher who thousands of people go to for advice. Check out our sponsor: getstream.io/codinginflow Links for this episode: Ryan's blog and social accounts: wiseassblog.com youtube.com/c/wiseAss instagram.com/rkay301 twitter.com/wiseAss301 Kotlinlang Slack sign-up: surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/kotlin-slack-sign-up The Mind Illuminated book: amazon.com/-/de/dp/B01INMZKAQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ALYPRSSJTXW0&dchild=1&keywords=the+mind+illuminated&qid=1633093842&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+mind+ill%2Cdigital-text%2C238&sr=1-1 Sam Harris on the benefits of meditation: youtu.be/GB3RGu8Go2s?t=626 📺 Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: youtube.com/c/codinginflow?sub_confirmation=1 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform: codinginflow.com/podcast-audio 💚 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/codinginflow 💬 Join our free developer community: codinginflow.com/discord 📨 Receive free podcast summaries by subscribing to our newsletter: codinginflow.com/newsletter 📣 Follow Coding in Flow on social media: instagram.com/codinginflow twitter.com/codinginflow tiktok.com/@codinginflow facebook.com/codinginflow linkedin.com/company/codinginflow 💰 For business requests and sponsoring opportunities, contact me at: info@codinginflow.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 7:04 - Feeling untalented for computer science 14:08 - How to teach yourself programming 25:28 - Depression & productivity 54:19 - Teaching on Youtube 1:19:32 - Why learn low-level CS concepts 1:43:50 - Jetpack Compose vs XML 1:53:11 - Kotlin or Java as a beginner 2:02:53 - How to choose an app architecture 2:14:52 - Native vs Flutter vs Kotlin Multiplatform 2:26:28 - Benefits of mindfulness meditation 2:52:21 - More about Ryan Full episodes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrnPJCHvNZuAtuGkXVlN2tfFBeHKyC-Zx Clips playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBBNNg9naINsV3d6KPu4hT8E6yN6rVT9z Special thanks to Munsur Creative for producing the soundtrack of this podcast!