{"id":578,"date":"2019-07-03T14:01:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2019-07-03T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:01:40","slug":"link-using-personal-projects-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/link-using-personal-projects-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Link: Using Personal Projects to Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/flippedcoding\/how-personal-projects-make-you-a-better-developer-1n46\">article on personal projects<\/a> seems to dovetail nicely with <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/managerjs\/episodes\/Learn-to-Code-How-Much-Code-Do-I-Have-To-Sling-Before-My-First-Job-e4fgk5\">my latest podcast on how beginners should learn how to code<\/a>. You might partic<pwa data-pwa-id=\"pwa-673AB49A8B0789297C79E8925DF6B268\" data-pwa-rule-id=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-pwa-category=\"spelling\" data-pwa-hint=\"Unknown word: particlarly\" data-pwa-suggestions=\"particularly\" data-pwa-dictionary-word=\"particlarly\" class=\"pwa-mark pwa-mark-done\">u<\/pwa>larly appreciate <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/flippedcoding\/how-personal-projects-make-you-a-better-developer-1n46#how-to-pick-a-project\">the final section that coaches you on how to pick a project<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The key isn&#8217;t coming up with a great idea. The key is to get started on something&#8230;. Doing something is better than doing nothing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/flippedcoding\"><pwa data-pwa-id=\"pwa-3FDADF7712FB45440CE1671C2DF71C2D\" data-pwa-rule-id=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-pwa-category=\"spelling\" data-pwa-hint=\"Unknown word: Milecia\" data-pwa-suggestions=\"America~Policy~Place~Music~Police\" data-pwa-dictionary-word=\"Milecia\" class=\"pwa-mark pwa-mark-done\">Milecia<\/pwa> McG<\/a> in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/flippedcoding\/how-personal-projects-make-you-a-better-developer-1n46\">How Personal Projects Make You A Better Developer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article on personal projects seems to dovetail nicely with my latest podcast on how beginners should learn how to code. You might particularly appreciate the final section that coaches you on how to pick a project: &#8220;The key isn&#8217;t coming up with a great idea. The key is to get started on something&#8230;. Doing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/link-using-personal-projects-to-grow\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Link: Using Personal Projects to Grow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-developing","tag-learning-to-code","post_format-post-format-link","wow fadeInUp","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}