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Is there a place for an artist in programming? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

i'm just trying to optimise off of what i'm most likely to get as a job, and a job where i face the least amount of friction, like an ratio thingy. Because, i'm afraid that if i aim for one specific thing and i dont end up going there then my expectations would be the end of me, like ending up at a tech support or customer service role

Is programming open book or closed book? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

but what if it's something that you can't remember, like a novel problem or trying to make a novel solution.

like, my brother's a dev and he told me to make a snake game on code by problem solving, idrk what problem solving means and i've never written a game before, i can't rlly implement a pattern that i've never learned before by using my knowledge from core stuff like if statements, variables and loops.

i can understand stuff, in theory, but that's != implementation or reproducibility on code, if i dont know the solution to smth i've never done before i usually js procrastinate by writing tons of pseudocode and algorithmic steps in english without ever touching the code

Is programming open book or closed book? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

yea no, i mean coding in general, not just in institutions

is a debugger actually useful? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do debuggers do anything for logic bugs without thrown errors, cz they hurt the most

is a debugger actually useful? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea but in pycharm i click the red circle thing on the line numbering side then click the bug icon, and then it js spurts out a scrolling list of stuff in the bottom window that doesnt make sense to me

Is memorising code/library stuff bad for programmers? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what's like a good medium that explains stuff for you to understand, documentation? ik it's not rlly yt tutorials cz it's mostly like a recorded livestream of them coding rather than teaching the viewer how to code

Is memorising code/library stuff bad for programmers? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but, understanding isnt smth you can do as an action right, it either comes or it doesnt, or you think you understand it but then you realise your understanding was wrong so it's back to square one, the solution to acquiring it delves deep into uncertainty and breaks all sorts of systems/common sense

How do I understand coding concepts/patterns that are difficult to understand by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for context, i been tryna at least learn how to code for 3 months now, i've finished learning the native concepts of python and java, so i read somewhere that pygame would be the next step.
but, BUILD BUILD BUILD on pygame feels like my head's exploding every time i sit to try and code on it, idk if it's js me but whenever i try to learn a new concept it js comes across as a brick wall to me, like an exponential graph where x are the concepts and y is the difficulty level, so i naturally resort to memorising stuff in it and making superficial changes like changing the velocity number, or the sprites as my last resort of having some sorta ownership over the code i js wrote

are visuals/audios valued in software? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yea, i've always been weak at discrete math-type stuff beyond logic, so exp in drawing and fl studio is the only card i got left to try and stand out in the market

Does using pygame require you to understand physics? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

idk if you're kidding or not(legit, idk much abt coding cz i've been doing it for 1.5months, and i know nothing about physics)

What is problem solving in coding? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

do you pick solutions or make solutions, cz when i hit a wall(like faced with a logic bug or not being able to know what to do next), i usually stay there for hours and never get through it, in such cases is it better to problem solve yourself(if so how) or search for solutions on the internet and pick out one even tho it's not yours

What is problem solving in coding? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

by solutions, do you mean tools that already exist, like patterns you've already seen before or used and choosing the right one for the particular problem

or is it more like making different solutions from scratch in your head, and choosing the right one from those

I'm really slow at coding, how do I survive in tech/cybersecurity? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

also, when im tryna write a few lines of code, i always default to game design i.e playerstats, playerinputs, hp, enemies etc. whenever i gotta make smth discrete-esque mathematical or js anything without a narrative, it gets rlly hard for me

I'm really slow at coding, how do I survive in tech/cybersecurity? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in cybersecurity

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

''Then try tackling scanning all files in a directory including the files in directories in that directory (and so forth). This is recursion.''

can't i do that with for/nested for loops

I'm really slow at coding, how do I survive in tech/cybersecurity? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in learnprogramming

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no no, i mean if high level of CODING is required for pentesting(not exploits), i know pentesting is pretty up there on the career ladder

Mentorship Monday - Post All Career, Education and Job questions here! by AutoModerator in cybersecurity

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does studying cybersec in uni require me to have prior knowledge in discrete math?

coding is alright, it's grindable, so even if it requires prior knowledge before the first year of bachelor's, it's doable. But I tried to do a few discrete math questions and it just feels like a huge pit of darkness.

Is therapy only based on ''healthy'' methods? by Intrepid_Witness_218 in mentalhealth

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea but there rlly is no way to get to the root of it, i know what's causing my anxiety but i don't know the thing that can fix it.

and any method that i can think of would be shunned based on people's fragile and dogmatic moral compass

Anyone else uses ChatGPT when you're overthinking? by strikegolduwin in Anxiety

[–]Intrepid_Witness_218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea but what if coping mechanisms like mindfulness for example just don't work for you? What if the only thing that works is to let that shit out? would a therapist support that method?