Problem with Video Tutorials

So, why does video courses suck? A big part of engineering is solving problems. Unfortunately, video courses ask you to code along with the instructor. You feel like you've been productive and like you built something because you end up with a perfect, working project. Except you improved your typing skills, and not your problem solving skills. Much of the learning comes from struggling through a project, and drawing upon your resources- this is why TOP works and builds great devs. Video courses, on the other hand, builds devs who have seen a single solution to a problem in a video, and now try to solve similar problems in that one way a video show them how to. I've been there myself. TOP forces you to think heavily about a problem and approach it in different ways, or at least understand where to research how you can solve a problem. This makes you more open minded to different approaches, best practices, and application of solutions piece-wise to a related but not the same problem.

Video tutorials have their place (they're great if you already know how to code but you need a FAST onboarding to a particular technology or concept)- but they are not good for beginners to become programmers because you completely bypass the foundational skills of being a software engineer. No, not typing or memorizing syntax- PROBLEM SOLVING. Engineers across all disciplines are problem solvers first and foremost.

TL;DR- video courses are easy and rob you of a core skill. You'll end up with pretty projects you didn't actually make on your own, though!