What are some YouTube channels to progress into advanced levels of programming?
There are some cool YouTube channel suggestions on
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16224165
But I wanted to know which of those are great to progress into advanced level of programming? Which of the channels teach advanced techniques?
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Watching tech talks from language conferences can be pretty enlightening - Python and Golang for example both have a lot of great videos kicking about on YouTube about lesser known or more cutting edge topics. Check out the Pycon 2017 YouTube channel for example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJhliKNQ8g0qoE_zvL8eVg/vid.... There are lots of channels like this.
For Python, I've found watching Raymond Hettinger's and Dave Beazley's videos especially interesting, even though some of the topics they talk about are pretty esoteric. If you find someone who is better than average at presenting tech talks, you can binge-watched their most popular stuff on YouTube (or only the stuff that is relevant to you).
Pluralsight (https://www.pluralsight.com) is decent for structured video courses - the quality is generally high but content gets outdated fast, and my impression was videos can seem drawn out (I think authors get paid by the minute of video watched). Still worth starting a trial if you haven't done so yet.
For Python, I've found watching Raymond Hettinger's and Dave Beazley's videos especially interesting, even though some of the topics they talk about are pretty esoteric. If you find someone who is better than average at presenting tech talks, you can binge-watched their most popular stuff on YouTube (or only the stuff that is relevant to you).
Pluralsight (https://www.pluralsight.com) is decent for structured video courses - the quality is generally high but content gets outdated fast, and my impression was videos can seem drawn out (I think authors get paid by the minute of video watched). Still worth starting a trial if you haven't done so yet.
Aside from just techniques, it would be great to have videos about:
- Discussing interesting open-source codebases architecture and detail their design decisions.
- Implementing complex algorithms like Paxos, or some bit-twiddling walkthroughs.
Exactly what I'm looking for. That would be priceless
These aren't channels, but a number of the links are marked with "(video)":
https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university
https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/...
https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university
https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/...
Thanks
Package Main is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI39wKG8GQnuzFPN5SM55qw
For advanced programming topics, books are the best friends.
As you go into more advanced topics, youtube might to be the best media. Have you tried looking into books about topics that interest you?
This is probably the best course of action, plus, you can always search for topics from the textbook, and presumably find the most useful sources for your needs organically.
In my personal exp as a late-twenties self-learner: finding high-quality sources of information is simple, identifying best relevance and staying focused is not. Perfectionism over resources is a total disaster for productivity. (And very mediocre, very shiny resources are easy and mildly profitable to create, and are often more for the authors' benefit than for the public good.)
Good heuristics are a savior - search for talks from authors of textbooks and langs, subscribe to those high-quality conferences (I like PapersWeLove), mentally blacklist channels judiciously.
In my personal exp as a late-twenties self-learner: finding high-quality sources of information is simple, identifying best relevance and staying focused is not. Perfectionism over resources is a total disaster for productivity. (And very mediocre, very shiny resources are easy and mildly profitable to create, and are often more for the authors' benefit than for the public good.)
Good heuristics are a savior - search for talks from authors of textbooks and langs, subscribe to those high-quality conferences (I like PapersWeLove), mentally blacklist channels judiciously.
Honestly, it's hard to just learn from books. YouTube videos are that personal connect if you are a lone developer. It feels like you are working with whomever is in video
If possible you might consider looking for the personal connection in a more face-to-face setting, and choosing a broadcast learning medium that works best for you without that as a consideration (which may still be video for some people, but I'll echo the sentiment that books and textual stuff seems to work better and be faster in my experience.)
Even if you only study/work on your own, there are conferences, meetups, user groups, social/networking events, etc... That gives you the added bonus of being more than just a blip in the view count of the person you're learning from. Worst case, even if there aren't any in-person options in your area, try forums/chat rooms/etc... with a focus on your subject(s) of interest (especially if they're more learning focused ones rather than just social -- the communities around many of the MOOC and online bootcamp programs come to mind.)
Even if you only study/work on your own, there are conferences, meetups, user groups, social/networking events, etc... That gives you the added bonus of being more than just a blip in the view count of the person you're learning from. Worst case, even if there aren't any in-person options in your area, try forums/chat rooms/etc... with a focus on your subject(s) of interest (especially if they're more learning focused ones rather than just social -- the communities around many of the MOOC and online bootcamp programs come to mind.)