Consume ➡️ Build ➡️ Teach
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The core claim is that Consume ➡ Build ➡ Teach is the fastest way to learn: consume curated sources (epicreact.dev, testingjavascript.com), build small projects to force tooling lessons (spendmysense used Amazon API with jQuery + Node, infiniteWPM used Firebase, a socket io demo taught websockets), then teach to reveal gaps and spawn libraries (genie js landed in CodeSandbox and react testing library grew from teaching). Persistence matters — “ten thousand ways that won't work” — and some projects fail while others still run.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Consume Build Teach intro
- 1:21Why CBT works
- 2:01Consume curated content
- 4:49Learning from others
- 6:36Building what you learn
- 7:38Early projects shaped career
- 10:47Side projects accelerate learning
- 13:26Persistence and failure
- 15:26Teaching solidifies knowledge
- 16:06Teaching transformed career
- 17:31Teaching reveals gaps
- 18:53Ways to teach
- 19:34Learning clubs
- 20:38Final advice
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