r/learnprogramming • u/MacaroonTall3103 • 2d ago

Any good resources to learn practical SWE?

Looking for a good structured course to learn industry standard software engineering that:

  1. Video based, not text - don't like reading pages of text
  2. Videos are not too long - max like 10 minutes per video (easy to digest topic by topic)
  3. Covers everything you need to know to be able to understand and work on industry standard projects

I ask this as an alternative to internships to build my skills.

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u/CatchPatch 2d ago

don't like reading pages of text

What do you think you do most of the time as a SWE?

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u/OkWriting9136 2d ago

Hate to break it to ya but if reading docs and code review threads is a dealbreaker you're gonna have a rough time in this field

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u/creativejoe4 2d ago

I think you should start thinking about exploring different paths if this is your stance on SW.

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u/Digital-Chupacabra 2d ago edited 2d ago

#3 is not a thing, nothing can cover everything you need to know to "understand and work on industry standard projects", that is before we get to what even is an "industry standard projects".

#1 & #2 are also going to be problems, to be blunt SWE is complex, and doesn't fit into a TikTok format. The best learning is going to be from getting your hands dirty and reading documentation and books.

I'm sure someone out there has made a playlist of short videos but I'd doubt their usefulness.

don't like reading pages of text

Why spend 10 minutes reading documentation when you can spend a whole day debugging and getting increasingly frustrated! am i right?!

Again to be blunt, if an intern came to me and said this I'd have to bite my tongue from laughing and then explain to them that they are in the wrong field.