Author, Podcaster, Polyglot and Self Taught Coder Denis Murphy talks about Self Education, Self awareness and Benefits of having side Projects along with a full time job.  

Questions from the Episode 

1. You studied Business and French. How did you Pivot towards Coding and Technology? (02:02 )
2. Why did you earlier believe that you could not be good at Technology? (05:52 )
3. Why did you learn to code yourself? (08:36 )
4. What problems do you see with University Driven Education System? (14:13 )
5. How do you find peers when you are learning something yourself? (21:12 )
6. How did teaching while you were learning help you refine your own learning? (24:20 )
7. You were coding, learning languages and writing blogs. Why did you start a podcast? (32:08 )
8. Most of us afraid of being ridiculed while creating anything new. Do you think people really care when trying something new? (33:09 )
9. What problems do you see with the self help world? (38:48 )
10. You have completed 115 episodes from your podcast without monetizing it. What keeps you going?(42:57 )
11. What kind of side projects have you tried over the years and how have they helped you? (52:21 )
12. How can having side projects along with a job help? (58:28 )
13. 3 big take-Aways (01:14:13 )

3 Big take aways from the Episode 

1. Self Education doesn't mean doing everything yourself  or you cannot take help of peers or teachers. It just means you choose what you want to learn. It means you understand what mode of learning works best for you and design your own system. Of course, you can find peers and teachers who can best teach you and learn from them. 

1. Conclusion without Effort - We often believe we are not good at something. It could be writing, investing, communication etc. When you honestly ask why are you not good at it? You might realize you haven't really put in enough effort. May be you you tried but found it too difficult to learn. This is were self awareness comes into picture. Try to understand how do you learn? Do you learn best by reading books, by listening to someone or watching animation videos etc. Find resources and teachers that are best aligned with your learning methods. Of course. this takes time and may be  expensive but at the end of the day you will learn what you want to learn.
2. People Don't Care -  If you are hesitant to start something because you are afraid people will laugh at you, then remember, people really don't care about what you do, as much you think they do. Everybody's got their share of problem. And if somebody does laugh, Remember we discussed what do when people laugh at you? Simple, laugh along with them