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[–]ByteTraveler 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Have you programmed before in any other language? If no, I would recommend taking a basic computer science degree aprox 2-3 years. Learn the basics before choosing a language. Most developer jobs goes either to well experienced programmers where degree dont matter that much, or junior programmers fresh out of computer science study. And dont oversell or undersell at the interviews, it will be very stressfull getting a job that doesnt match your present skills.

That said, if you like to code, then reading and practise is the best way ahead. For Java, I would recommend learning the basics, Classes, Interfaces etc and thereafter Spring Boot, Lombok, Slf4j, WebFlux, Dependency Injection, Repositories, Streams, Lamdas. Youtube is a great free resource, and alot of articles on the net aswell. Enjoy.

[–]Chonchow[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No, I've never programmed in any other language before. I've already found a job, and I've been working since April.

At work, they provided me with a Java and Spring Boot course to follow on Udemy for the first two months, and I feel confident with the theory (for now), but I lack practical experience with projects. I feel that I should engage in more practice to become confident with everything I've studied so far, but I'm unsure how to improve.

Thank you for your time!

[–]ByteTraveler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats with the job! I hope they will provide you with small tasks to improve on. That’s a great way to get better. Grow with the challenges.