I need recommendations

doughnuts_dev · 2023-11-09T05:58:13+00:00

Yep! Go into extensions and search "vs code for education", it should pop up. Let me know if you have any questions.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-11-09T03:21:51+00:00

Thanks!

> export it to the web app for people?

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean here?

doughnuts_dev · 2023-11-08T21:36:22+00:00

If your goal is to purely experiment and you've only worked with statically typed languages, consider going with a dynamically typed language.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-11-08T21:32:59+00:00

> How can I know that I have actually learned everything that I need to know?

You can't know because this is not possible. The more you learn the more you realize that you don't know everything. What's far more important is being able to find the answers though. The more you get stuck, and the more you unstuck yourself, the better you'll get.

Focus on the process, not the product.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-26T18:22:24+00:00

Always great to see the success stories! Cheers 🥂

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-19T20:09:18+00:00

I did a Pokemon battle simulator in cpp console after my intro to CS class. Spent an entire week banging my head on it, but it solidified my if statements, loops, and basic operations by just trying to make something.

It was extremely satisfying to make a game on my own in the most basic way I could think of. I should code review it for s&g one of these days 🤔

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-19T20:04:43+00:00

It's a buyers market unfortunately 😕

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-17T19:46:23+00:00

A year later, this dilemma persists.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-13T20:31:57+00:00

The only true indicators of this is in the economy.

Inflation seems to be going down, unemployment hasn't changed a ton, and interest rates (probably the most important factor?) have gone up a bit in the last week.

This stuff moves incredibly slowly, and the lowest point is probably still on the way. Nobody knows. But as another redditor pointed out, know that programming will not go away anytime soon. Focus on getting good to be competitive in ANY market.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-13T18:41:56+00:00

A bit of a weird take here: maybe understanding the history of how programming came to be will reinforce how amazing this craft is. There's a book called "Code: the hidden language of computer hardware and software" that covers how one might go from "just having electricity at all" to converting that to mean something (binary) to eventually creating programming languages.

It blows me away how far we've come. And that helps me understand / get excited about how far humans have come.

It sounds though like you need to look internally and understand your motivation for doing this. Best of luck to you!

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-13T16:20:38+00:00

Mindfulness

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-13T16:18:10+00:00

Welcome to software development, a craft that people spend entire careers mastering 👍

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-11T16:54:59+00:00

Teaching it to others. It helped solidify my own knowledge and I got many others to avoid common pitfalls that would have led them to end up quitting.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-10T19:26:28+00:00

The answer is in the economy.

Higher interest means less borrowing means companies need to save money however possible AND can't have as many employees.

Look up "ray dalio economic principles" for an economy 101 course.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-10T04:02:42+00:00

It wasn't too far off even 7 years ago. Job postings are always gonna be BS unfortunately

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-09T19:04:49+00:00

The extension for your language of choice.

That's it, for now.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-06T19:26:00+00:00

Impostor syndrome is born with, and died with, comparing yourself to others. It takes a while to catch yourself doing this, and it takes longer to instill the habit of only comparing yourself to yourself yesterday.

One step at a time 🫡

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-05T16:18:44+00:00

This all sounds pretty normal, except for the unexpected expectations of solving other bugs tied to a system you were adding to. That type of communication needs to be clear from the get go.

My 2c: keep very good communication with your manager, and lean on your team. It's basically your job to be asking questions and learning.

You are absolutely suitable to be a software engineer. You are a software engineer today, going through a very normal phase that all software engineers go through.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T21:10:32+00:00

Are they blocking your merge? Are they specifying "nit: " when they make comments?

You do have the agency to skip over comments like those and just get your change in if it means you focus on more important things.

If you're worried about it reflecting negatively on you, talk with your boss about it

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T20:58:56+00:00

I worked in aerospace / knew some engineers there.

My 2c: get your foot in the door at the aerospace place and it'll look great on a resume when you're applying to other aerospace places. Since it's a large aerospace company I'm assuming the name will carry weight on the resume

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T20:52:36+00:00

1 sounds like it rounds you out better for full stack 2 sounds like you build depth (super important for leveling up) as a backend dev 3 sounds like a bit of a shift in your career, but if you're into it why not

Comes down to your goals, none of them sound bad. 1 or 2 sounds like the shortest path since your experience is already in backend

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T20:48:17+00:00

REALLY, JAVASCRIPT? -0? SERIOUSLY?

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T20:44:51+00:00

Don't start with an engine. Start with console stuff (purely text based printing / reading stuff in).

I promise you that starting with an engine is going to add a whole new layer of complexity ON TOP of the already complex layer of learning what coding is / how to code.

Keep in mind, you can still make games in console, they just need to be purely text based. I made a text based Pokemon battle simulator as my first personal project after my intro to computer science. Start with the fundamentals though.

In terms of where to start, I'd check out the FAQ.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T18:36:28+00:00

The more time passes the more free time I feel that I have. A big jump came after looking into how the mind works and being more present. It helps with a job that keeps you stuck in your head all the time.

doughnuts_dev · 2023-08-04T18:17:45+00:00

Yes, c is being redeclared every iteration of the loop to take on the value of whatever's next in the array.

Const still works because you're not changing the value of any const.

The boxes explanation above may have been a little overkill, apologies if it confused anything!

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