Welcome to the Code Review podcast, where we talk to people on their coding journey

in hopes of helping you on yours.

I'm your host, Ron, and today we're talking about some very common, relatable mistakes

when you learn to code with Sierra Ford, developer advocate at Apollo GraphQL.

Another huge roadblock for me was that I got into this habit of like collecting resources

and reading about coding instead of actually learning and building.

Seora talks about five major mistakes she learned in her first year learning to code

and how to avoid them after this. Thanks for having me. I'm really excited to record this episode with you today.

Wonderful. So when did you first start learning to code?

So the first interaction I had with coding back when I was in high school, I was a senior in high school.

And at this point, I kind of knew that I might be interested in pursuing a career as a software engineer. And I was like my senior year.

So I was like, let me try it out.

And the school I was at at the time offered some very basic coding classes.

So there was an HTML CSS class and then a C++ class and then a mobile development class.

And they all were like half a semester and I took all of them.

Nice.

And it was fun, very basic.

The C++ class I kind of struggled in, but the HTML CSS class was like super basic CSS

CSS and HTML like almost like the 90s-esque kind of aesthetic.

But I did that and I thought, well, I could see myself doing this for a career.

So I decided to kind of like learn how to code on my own after that.

And what was it about coding that got you excited?

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