Comments by "Taxtro" (@MrCmon113) on "How to Learn to Code - 8 Hard Truths" video.

I had a horrible time debugging both Python and C++ code, but for completely different reasons.
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What kind of weird ass boxing gym is that? You get cardio from hitting the bag and sparring and I don't see why push ups and crunches would even be particularly good for boxers at all.
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Sure, you can become kind of ok at something easy that you're ill suited for by sinking a ton of time into it, but why? The rational way of skill acquisition and what most people do naturally is to put more time into things, they're naturally good at. Einstein was naturally good at maths and so he taught himself calculus in middle school. He didn't just randomly decide on maths. Same thing goes for sports and programming. When you notice that you're doing better than other untrained people that motivates you to put more time in.
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@emanuel1276 You can use Vim inside of an IDE.
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@umbrella3096 Problem with pycharm is that it's proprietary, so you're only getting the full version if you're a student or you pay for it. And if you ever use another language, you have to re-learn the ide or go for another jetbrains product. VSCode is open source, free and has extensions for all kinds of languages.
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Learning to avoid things is painful, learning to do things is pleasurable. Those feelings coincide with traces of positive and negative feedback.
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