Brushup January

Every year, in January, I take the time to learn and upate myself in things that are relevant in the industry. Here are the themes of previous Brushup Januaries.

• 2022: C++
• 2023: Python

In April, I take one week to pass over the learned topics in January.

Remarks

2022

I picked up too much material to read (20 items in scott meyer's book) and to watch (10 cpp confs of around 1h each).

It was not possible to digest all this material in the period of one month.

I believe half of the material is a good compromise. That is, 10 lecture items and 5 video items. I could divide in the following way:

• 2 lecture items and one video per week.
• A 2 hours review in the weekend.

Danger

I haven't write exercises in my notes, that were most of the time descriptional. The exercises it is a practical way to come back to the topic right away, with an objective set.

2023

Once again I was too greedy on the material. I've selected 17 videos to watch from RealPython. I accomplished to attentively watching 11 of them. I have to say that I had 10 fewer days at this year because my family was visiting, but even with these 10 extra days I wouldn't be able to accomplish 17 videos.

I would say that 12 videos is a good number to target.

Hint

I wrote exercises this year. I believe it improved my learning experience.