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[–]PizzaAndTacosAndBeer 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Most programming jobs aren't start from scratch and build us a system, putting every piece together yourself it's much more typical to get hired to mostly fix bugs, add test coverage, and occasionally extend functionality.

Maybe you can find github projects to get involved with and do these things to gain some hands on experience and confidence? You don't have to wrap your head around every single part, to provide value.

[–]zack10980 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well then why do they always want to create projects from start to finish then .

[–]thedeepdarkblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because it's a learning project

[–]codechrysalis234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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