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Can't start with programming except being into computer science (suppo.fi)
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Ive been interested in computers for 4 years or so. And I love computer science concepts and free software. I know design difference between X11 and Wayland protocols, garbage collectors and other random facts i remembered.

But i have never done any serious programming. Only some little attempts at python, godot, c++, kotlin and so on. Idk why but when i have to do the actual programming i just dont know how, documentation feels unclear and those youtube programming courses also do not ensentivize it.

If someone here had similar problem, how did you solve it?

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ve been programming for about 20 years but initially I wasn’t able to get into compiled languages like C, C++, etc. I learned Ruby on Rails pretty easily (still my main language) then moved on to the “uglier” more complicated ones.

I’m self-taught so maybe the high level languages were simply easier to get started with since it didn’t require inventing every little thing. I still shudder at a lot of that original code I wrote though now.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The difference between a senior and a junior is how long it takes before you feel embarrassed of your code.

    Once someone is no longer embarrassed by their code, but can explain it in terms of compromises necessary to get a project to completion on time and within budget, and what they wanted to do at the time but circumstances didn't allow — I'd say that person is ready for a team/tech lead position.

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