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Experience in Learning to Code: From a Non-Programming Background Perspective

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Hi, I'm a final year student studying mechanical engineering and I find myself as a person who likes to code. As a code enthusiast, I enjoy automating tasks and analysing data through code. I started programming 4 years ago, with Python as my first language. Fast forward today, I found myself working on data analytics on Python, besides having learned other programming languages for different purposes such as C for embedded programming (making machines move) and also C#, JavaScript, CSS and HTML for app and web development. Back when I started programming, I did not have a mentor and my learning path felt terrifying at first as I stepped into an unknown world where I had to learn independently. It might sound crazy for non-programmers, but this has been quite a ride and a worthwhile experience, and also a great investment in your skillsets development.  In this post, I would like to share how did I teach myself to code, from my perspective who came from a non-computer science backg...

Staying Healthy and Productive in a Lockdown

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  Image by FutureLearn. We've been in a lockdown for a big part of this year for now and we can clearly say that most part of it hasn't been easy for us. Especially for students, our dream university life has been in a grey area with the university closed, projects put on halt and travel plans cancelled. With most of our time being at home, our regular habits might be affected to be worse than better. With the bed and food at home being by our side every time, it is definitely difficult to avoid being sluggish and difficult to escape the laziness to get our daily responsibilities fulfilled. Not only that, our mental health could be affected by the anxiety of being alone and homesick during the lockdown. Such detrimental psychological and physical effects of lockdown were well documented by Financial Times . Below are tips to keep healthy and active at home which I have also taken as a habit.   Find a routine Image from Maine Center for Acupuncture. With much more time to ourse...