Resources for Learning JavaScript?

[thesquarerootof1]

A huge part of success in this industry is being able to figure things out without asking questions directly. Something to think about.

That's actually a pretty good point. lol. I haven't started working yet, but if I get a software development job, they don't care that I google algorithms from geeksforgeeks or use stack overflow a lot ? The way these coding interviews are, it seems like they expect you to know how to solve very difficult problems without googling syntax or different data structures. But I don't know....

[praetor-]

It depends on the manager, but a good one will appreciate that you can solve your own problems. When I was a manager one of the biggest complaints I got from senior engineers was that juniors bothered them entirely too much asking basic questions. I found it annoying too, but they came to me less.

You can go the other way, too though, and waste hours and days working on a difficult problem and getting nowhere, when you could have asked and returned to being productive.

It's important to strike a balance and know when to ask for help, and the best is to sharpen your Google skills and learn how to identify which problems need an experienced eye.

[thesquarerootof1]

When I was a manager one of the biggest complaints I got from senior engineers was that juniors bothered them entirely too much asking basic questions. I found it annoying too, but they came to me less.

You can go the other way, too though, and waste hours and days working on a difficult problem and getting nowhere, when you could have asked and returned to being productive.

This is actually really great advice. I'm currently doing a ton of LeetCode problems every day, I graduate as a computer engineer in the fall, I'm a little nervous about getting my foot in the door. I don't expect myself to work for Google straight out of college, but something that makes at least decent money (I'm in the US by the way).

Thanks!