I am a self taught (still a novice) with a background in development. I have difficulty in motivating myself to practice using resources like this. Perhaps due to its fake nature and lack of feedback loop.
The article touches on something that resonates with me, that is you may find yourself learning more (practical skills) on the job. So I wonder if there is a way to learn faster without having to switch careers, such as being a part-time designer at startups, practicing under a mentor, or indie-hacking a product. Does anyone have any advice on this?
Create a MVP to solve a personal itch and launch it out there. You could even use no-code tools for the most technical part, to focus more on design.
Practicing with a real project brings enormous potential for learning based on quality feedback.
As a bonus, you might end up creating a business with real users that you can further develop or sell right away if you're not interested in going down that road.
Solving a personal itch seems to be the learning method that would work best for me. So far, I have only been practicing through hackathon. Although it's practical (I think), it is not necessarily solving a problem that I care about, so it shares a similar motivational issue above.
The article touches on something that resonates with me, that is you may find yourself learning more (practical skills) on the job. So I wonder if there is a way to learn faster without having to switch careers, such as being a part-time designer at startups, practicing under a mentor, or indie-hacking a product. Does anyone have any advice on this?