Embracing Discomfort for Growth - The #100DaysOfCode Story with Alex Kallaway

Dive into a 48-minute interview with Alex Kallaway, creator of #100DaysOfCode and Lead Full-Stack Developer, as he shares his journey from violinist to coder. Explore the origin story of the popular coding challenge, learn its rules and best practices, and gain insights on setting goals, maintaining consistency, and measuring success. Discover strategies for overcoming procrastination, embracing discomfort, and developing a professional mindset in coding. Gain valuable tips on planning your coding challenge, creating positive feedback loops, and managing willpower. Hear about Kallaway's Discomfort Academy and learn how to accelerate your learning process in software development.

How Alex like coding but became a violin player
Alex moved to Canada via Japan
"Codecademy is like Duolingo"
How a product role turned into a marketing role, and that marketing role lead Alex back into coding
Breaking out of tutorial hell with freeCodeCamp
Community break with Jan The Producer
You have to be frustrated to motivate yourself
How #100DaysOfCode was born
The basic rules of #100DaysOfCode
Alex Booker's GitHub activity streak
Procrastination, rationalization, and manifestations of resistance
We are a little bit too addicted to comfort
There's no quick way to break your own resistance and discomfort
How to maintain your momentum
What happens if you break the streak of #100DaysOfCode?
If in the course of 120 days you've coded for 100 days, it's better than if you gave up on day 30
Amateur vs professional mindset
Top tips for making it to the end of #100DaysOfCode
How to plan your coding challenge
Following rules blindly is not the answer
Create a positive feedback loop
Tutorials should have to include mistakes
Managing your willpower: there is no plan B
What is Discomfort Academy?
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