“Learning in public” refers to the practice of sharing your learning journey, progress, and even mistakes openly, often through blog posts, social media, videos, or other platforms. The idea is to publicly document what you’re learning, whether it’s a new skill, a subject, or a project, while engaging with a broader community.
This approach has several benefits:
- Accountability: By sharing your progress, you’re more likely to stick with your goals.
- Feedback: You can receive helpful feedback and advice from others, often accelerating your learning process.
- Building a reputation: It helps build your personal brand as someone who is curious, consistent, and willing to share knowledge.
- Helping others: Your experiences, challenges, and solutions can be valuable for others going through similar learning processes.
For example, someone learning a new programming language might write regular blog posts about what they’ve learned, or post code snippets and discuss challenges and breakthroughs on GitHub or Twitter.
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