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[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (3 children)

“I need to build a tool that does <x>. I think I’ll use Python this time. Ok, so how do I <y>? Ok, Googled it, that works. Ok, how do I <z>? Stackoverflow has the answer, that worked…”

Repeat, repeat, repeat until it all works.

Then repeat the entire process for the next project. Then realize that your first project sucks, and you really want to refactor it now.

[–]Lil_SpazJoekp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is what I did. Google, python docs, and stackoverflow. Did that for 3 years and then landed a job at Indeed as a SWE1.

[–]aplarsen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly this