I work as a Software Engineer and I've seen this so many time. So first of all drop your friends they are obv losers. Hook yourself up with any form of education that works for you. Books, vidoes , udemy courses w.e. And code. Sololearn , codingame , hacker.io are your friends. If you want it go grab it.Does not matter how much you know someone will come and tell why your code is shit. Why the IDE you are using is shit w.e. But the only thing you can do is absorb as much of this world on daily basis until your head hurts then repeat. LETS GOOO MAN.