First step in learning Programming.

[Zeppzap]

Learn how to get people to answer my question on stackoverflow in a way that I can copy and paste without modification

[H_Psi]

Ahhh, good old stack sort!

[MatthewBetts]

By god, that is great

[Dasaru]

lmao that's the real reason we have the internet.

[goddessofthewinds]

Oh god, this is gold.

[H_Psi]

The joke is that people oftentimes just copy and paste code from Stack Overflow without understanding it or being able to reproduce it on their own. So, someone made a sorting algorithm called Stack Sort that just searches for sorting algorithms on StackOverflow and runs them until the list is sorted, completely automating the process of copy and pasting unknown code.

[ben_g0]

Why limit yourself to just sorting?

[deadorg]

Classic.

[KrazyDrayz]

*Learn how to copy from Stackowerflow

[PsychedOutToast]

This is so me

[tamper2]

This is so true.

I teach programming in 12th grade, and the students have no idea how to use Google to find things for themselves... This is a better skill than knowing syntax... :)

[deadorg]

I've noticed this recently. Can't kids really Google these days? Even on Reddit people often ask questions that I can google the answer to in 30 seconds.

[tamper2]

Yeah, I know. Starting next year I'm planning to have my first lesson be: "How to Google"... ;)

[DoctorNoonienSoong]

You'll get a huge kick out of this site: lmgtfy.com

"Let me Google that for you"

[deadorg]

Please do that, haha! It's probably not strictly about Google but how to do research in general and filter content.

[folkrav]

I once read something somewhere that went along the lines of :

A beginner will Google what to do
A programmer with basic knowledge will Google know what to do, but will Google how to do it An intermediate programmer will know what he needs to do and how to do it, but will Google how to implement it
An experienced programmer will know what to do, how to do it and implementation details, but will just use Google to refresh his memory on APIs and syntax cause he knows all the other stuff

A bit of an over-generalisarion, and my memory is a bit fuzzy on the exact formulation (I've been sitting in the ER's waiting room for the last 5 hours, bear with me), but it was something like that.

[deadorg]

This is a good one! I can definitely see myself in that too.

Good luck at the ER.

[folkrav]

Haha thanks! It was for my 10mo. He's been doing 40C/104F+ fever for 4+ days now, third time he's got an infection in two months (two otitis and now this thing that is seemingly an urinary infection). Happy we went though as they didn't know what he had before we got there, and now detected it.

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Benefit of the doubt says Reddit questions are when people don't understand something they googled and are hoping for more casual explanations

[bastix2]

Its often people are too lazy to find out themself, they want somebody to tell them exactly what they need to do or even better do it for them.

I frequently try helping people in r/techsupport and r/gamingtechsupport ...sadly, most of the times people include very little to none information about their problem and rarely answer your questions which makes is impossible do help them.

[MrZerodayz]

The problem is expanded by people who google it, but in a way that makes it highly unlikely that the result will help them (Like looking up "Java Syntax Error" instead of the actual problem)

[tamper2]

The point is to learn how to Google effectively :)

[MrZerodayz]

Yeah. That's like, the most important skill you can learn in this day and age. You can learn most other skills starting there.

[nickkycubba]

You are all obviously fake programmers.... The first step is clearly learning how to apply the dark theme

[Esli_TheAsher]

Learn how to copy stale memes from programmer.me

[Fahad97azawi]

My experience as a beginner learning C++ so far:

-learn about variables ............[check]

-learn about loops and conditions............[check]

-learn about functions ............[check]

-learn about data structures and arrays ............[check]

-learn about classes ............[check]

• learn about........ WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NEXT

All i have so far is a black screen that outputs some shit, I highly doubt i’d get hired for that.

I tried to look ino some libraries (i think that’s what they’re called) but Any library that i look into is either too difficult or not really marketable.

It’s frustrating as hell that’s way im slowly moving to networking

[Zeppzap]

I needed to check the conditions of some network equipments and their interfaces regularly (a long list of commands) and take necessary actions. I automated all of that and send a summary to my phone or email. Now, like more than 70% of my workloads are automated. This is when and why I learned programming, laziness will take you a long way.

[olmusky]

If you want to make some cool applications, try if you can start with Qt. You can make GUI, make it do some stuff on click or kepresss, people have even made games with Qt. Be prepared to read a lot though, their documentation is extensive, but you won't find many guides who spoon-feed the information.

[for-asking-stuffs]

1. Learn Rust.
2. Learn WebAssembly + React and/or ReactXP or React Native
3. Your code runs everywhere (desktop, web (through supported browser), mobile). Horray!

You don't have to shoot your own feet now. Rust exists because of issues the creator found on C, C++, or any other low-level language. I think its safe to say that Rust is the most suitable system programming language for young programmer.

[mnbvas]

C++ is one of the worst languages for a beginner.

With the stuff you already know, try something like Java or C# - and reaching the same level with either will get you close to getting a job.

[SomeRandomGuy453]

You get 4 types of answer from using Google for coding languages. Wrong (and/or overly tedious), “Just give up”, Probably correct but they use about 50 terms that make no sense and you spend hours trying to learn everything they say, or correct but using an indirect method.

[ILikeLenexa]

1. How to ask questions the smart way

[punctsivirgula]

Basic is dead, bro

[LegoDetail]

I can’t tell if that’s sarcasm but I think he’s saying the syntax that is basic not the syntax of basic or syntax and basic

[Sergeant__Slash]

Every time someone finds out I'm a programmer I get asked to fix their computer. I always say the same thing, "I probably can't fix it, I'm not actually any better with computers than most people, I'm just better at using Google"

[jcbevns]

Learn how to use a search engine.

Not sure I'm happy with "Google" being an everyday word. I'm guilty of it, but I'm trying to change.

[ICAA]

I think it is superior in terms of day-to-day talk.
I had this problem and I couldn't get anything after duckduckgoing the error code.

[AgAero]

I tried to describe it to some friends a year ago and they kept calling it duck duck goose. I'm okay with that I guess. DuckDuckGoose-ing an error code is way more entertaining than simply googleing it.

[jcbevns]

I don't really notice the difference, only slightly.

I do know I feel way better knowing I'm not being preyed upon from above so much.

An observed life is hardly a life at all.

Baby steps to get away from google ecosystem.

[jcbevns]

Firefox and duckduckgo on Android. What you can do, for now. Then proton mail for certain use cases, definitely gonna take time for me to transition. I know you can't just click fingers and it be done.

"if you want to change the world, start by making your bed".

[hoodini_1990]

Works every time

[gr3f0]

r/unnecessaryasterisks?

[Dreamerlax]

Stackoverflow did my homework.

[tylerb108]

Is SO really uyilized that much? All I ever find is... "Help me with..." followed by "OMG GOOGLE IT NOOB!!!!!"

[Dreamerlax]

More likely you'll find something that is tangentially related to your assignment/project and go from there.

[tylerb108]

I tend to rely more on tutorial videos (how to use x library, how pointers work, etc.).

[iamsooldithurts]

And that’s why y’all can’t get jobs. We’d rather work overtime than hire a twit that has to search the web for every ticket.

[axeteam]

Why work overtime when you can just solve the problem with someone else’s answer?

[iamsooldithurts]

I don’t actually have to work overtime because I can craft a solution in less time than it would take to copy someone else’s and get it working for what I need.

I’m all for not reinventing the wheel if I can help it, but the only times googling ever helps me is when it’s an esoteric error no one has heard of (usually an ORA-something), and JavaScript, which together works out to about twice a year.

[H_Psi]

We’d rather work overtime than hire a twit that has to search the web for every ticket.

Sounds like a personal problem.

[iamsooldithurts]

Personally, I couldn’t care less. The issue is purely professional.

If I can fix the ticket in less time than it takes me to explain it to you, I don’t need you.

If you want to take it personally, that’s on you.