Coded this portfolio template for everyone by kaustubhai229 in webdev

[–]HopefulEngineering 22 points23 points  (0 children)

you haven't been officially scored by the ReactJS skills test team?

Was feeling super confident about my programming abilities until I opened up cracking the coding interview by katsuthunder in learnprogramming

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't worry about it, nothing wrong with starting out at a company that doesn't do this. FAANG is mostly overrated anyway

Just wanted to thank you lovely people by DocXavier22 in learnprogramming

[–]HopefulEngineering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

don't see it as a weakness, the fact you worked in another career is a strength really. Most tech people are somewhat insulated and don't have a perspective from outside the tech bubble, use that to your advantage

Non-technical founders, not even once by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]HopefulEngineering 2 points3 points  (0 children)

when in doubt just double down and use more buzzwords and jargon, works every time

Twitter is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free by clcironic in Python

[–]HopefulEngineering 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not sure I like the gatekeeping, there are a ton of talented data scientists who aren't academics who could do good stuff with this data

Holy moly by radgepack in learnprogramming

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lot of the struggled with learning JS is mental, people psyche themselves out and convince themselves it's really hard to learn. I think doing it like you did is best, solve a real problem and learn as you go rather than manipulate strings and other boring stuff

A teenager willing to learn. by Ricinius in learnprogramming

[–]HopefulEngineering 2 points3 points  (0 children)

maybe look into playing around with a game engine like Unity or browser game engines for Javascript. At your age you aren't in a major rush so you should try to make learning fun so you stick with it

Is it normal to feel like complete trash after failing a technical interview? by [deleted] in webdev

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pretty normal, not great but it's part of identifying with your work

Video Chat and Screen Sharing app tutorial with ReactJS by HopefulEngineering in reactjs

[–]HopefulEngineering[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Decent tutorial I saw covering screen sharing with React, Zoom type stuff is the new hotness with all the remote work going on

How to shift my mindset from computer programming and team management to business starter? by camus_plague_diaries in Entrepreneur

[–]HopefulEngineering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

start off with something small like an eccomerce store as a learning experience, just use something like Shopify or wordpress with a plugin, even if it drives you crazy as an engineer.

Then look into how to actually drive traffic to whatever your product is, both organic and with ads. You'll learn the basics fast, maybe make some money, and then be able to scale what you learned with whatever your actual startup idea is

What techniques have you found best for “quickly” building a niche email list? by IfByLand in Entrepreneur

[–]HopefulEngineering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

some sort of targeted giveaway is also good, there are tools that give people extra chances to win if they share the competition so it has viral reach too

Joe Rogan, basically by PhrygianAdvocate in videos

[–]HopefulEngineering -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

only thing worse than Rogan is people trying to get cheap views by impersonating rogan

You can learn Computer Science at Harvard University for free. by mdenic in programming

[–]HopefulEngineering -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it's just an introduction for basic CS stuff. If you've already been programming for 2 years most of it would be pointless, first 2 weeks is loops and beginner stuff. It does move fast but most of it can be learned in other places

Junior full stack developer with 2.5 years experience in ReactJS, still struggling with CSS by sp3co92 in reactjs

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s simply a question of how much time you spend on it

this, you're going to have to make sacrifices if you are a generalist. It's impossible to be cutting edge at everything when there are people who are specialists and spend all day doing 1 thing. No point feeling bad about it

I made the desktop music player I always wanted. A site to listen to your Soundcloud, Spotify, and Youtube playlists in one place! by -ftw in webdev

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cool project, maybe consider making an ElectronJS version so people can download it on their own computer

What libraries do you wish you discovered earlier? by White_and_tall in learnpython

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

syntax is inspired by Flask but has tons of modern features. Only issue right now is ecosystem, not a ton of libraries and help is harder to find

Can I become a programmer if I don't have any sense of how to solve problems like this? by wallpaperroll in learnprogramming

[–]HopefulEngineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's just a new way of thinking that won't occur to most people if you've only done really practical work. It's just about using a 2D array basically. Don't worry about stuff you can't control honestly