151. How Do I Become a C# Expert?

Great advices.

I started with the final beta of C# version 1.0!!!! And built my first production deployment to what what was then the biggest trading floor in the world using the command line and notepad++... Would I consider myself an expert? No, but I'm more knowledgeable than most on the topic.

I know Console.WriteLine(); and int. Thats about it so far kinda frustrating but it is what it is. Not sure how to get beyond this....

reality hits different. Learning much, thank you

Thank you Tim!

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That was a great speech Tim! It was like when Mickey instructed Rocky Balboa as to how to become a champion. Thank you!

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is there any example "road-map" list of sample problems of increasing complexity to train our C# skill ?

great explanation Tim. Thanks a liot!

Thank you, Tim, you are the best in c#

hahaha dont switch languages too fast. and in my universiy i get thrown into 3 languages in one semester

When programming in C#, how do you know if you should make your logic in a Method or create a new Class? Sometimes I wonder while I’m programming if what I’m doing should be in its own separate class.

This is very true, on April 15 2022 I wrote my first console app with a hello world in C#, today, I just finished a cottong trading app for a client, when I started with C# I only had 4 anf a half months studying as self taught dev, I try to learn more everyday, I just wish I have started this career path much earlier in life

At what stage in C# should you consider learning a new language? Awesome content btw! Definitely checking out the master class.

Brilliant!. Thanks a lot.

Thank you very much for your videos. Your experience always motivates me to continue!

Once again a great video made by Tim. I remember at the start on my C# journey I was lost in tutorial hell. I knew to do a lot of things but it was a struggle to deliver a finish program. The thing which unstuck from the tutorial hell was Tim 24H video on how to do a WPF application from A to Ẑ.

my question is, i dont know what i dont know?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thank you for sharing your valuable experience.

Hi Tim and IAmTimCorey Community!

So I am not a C# expert but I'd like to thank Tim for all the hard work he puts into the videos and for helping me get from zero to a c# developer. Yes, after two years, I managed to get a position as a junior software tester. With lots of practice, even after work and on days off. So I want to encourage everyone to practice and you will get results.

Thanks a lot!

SO, the dirty Secret is in technology there are very few true 'experts'. Technology advances too fast for anyone to achieve mastery for long enough to be recognized, before suddenly, the technology has changed again. So instead, what Tim suggests here, is a view of expertise that is really not about being a 'know it all' in that context of expertise, but becoming people who regularly practice their tools, try new ways of doing things, explore new ideas and techniques (not just coding, but soft skills too), and figure out from that how to keep the edge sharp. So I'd say don't seek to be an expert, seek to be a student who continually learns, grows, and collaborates (that means, you have to see how others do things sometimes, the emulation example Tim mentions.)

But you will not grow as a developer in any language if you do not, practice, try things out, explore the frameworks, look for new ways of seeing and combining code. That's why Tim's Video here, really, i don't think i could have said it any better. cause the real question, isn't how can I get to the point where I know enough, knowing how to learn, research, and grow is far more important for longevity as a developer. ( I wrote my first lines of C# in 2005, I have had to use other languages a few times, but I keep coming back to C# for a reason, because there is so much you can do with it.)

this is more a motivation video then a answer for question.

What about if you have IT band syndrome Tim? Then you can't run a marathon! 😂

You can never become a C# expert. lmao

Hello Tim, could you please let me know when the monthly subscription will become available? The cost of the course, which is over 600 USD, is quite expensive for me as an average fresher software developer living in India. It amounts to three months' worth of salary. Can you provide any other concession or any other way to make it more affordable? Please consider our purchasing power parity into consideration

Got it. Thanks. Learning this the hard way.

"You're a C# developer when you start writing 'Hello World' applications"

Great quote.

"i've never really built an entire application".

Second greatest quote.

Thanks, Tim.

Man i love you you are the best thanks The motivational level your video have is straight from Mars

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extremely valuable advice, thank you Tim, you were literally describing myself - keep on changing languages, frameworks and following tutorials. Now I have am aware of my mistake, I can hopefully concentrate on one technology until I can build something I am proud of before moving to the other alluring technologies, thank you.

It's a grind. I've been a C# dev for almost 3 years now. I started in my 30's and started my first job a month before my first child was born. Ideally, I would have found this career much earlier while I was single and could have spent a lot more time outside of work on tutorials and side-projects to skill-up. Now, between family and my job, it's difficult to find the energy/time to work on those new skills. Work itself obviously helps, but learning new technologies is the challenge. It just takes discipline and fortitude to put the time in at night after everyone is asleep. It takes sacrifice, no matter your state in life.

Excellent advice as ever. An iteration of education, practice and real-world challenge will get you to "expert" level. As for syntax, learn the basics, don't get distracted with advanced concepts that rarely come up in the real world.

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