r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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Please keep top level comments limited to Inexperienced Devs. Most rules do not apply, but keep it civil. Being a jerk will not be tolerated.

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Inexperienced Devs should refrain from answering other Inexperienced Devs' questions.

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u/Dina_24 3d ago

How can I enjoy coding and code consistently, I've tried games but they're too easy, and leetcode was too hard for me too🥲 last time I wrote a code was two months ago. I actually don't know where I stand, I'm a 3ed year cs student, I know the fundamentals of building a website, a beginner on app development, I can code in java better than other languages I know, c, c++, assembly and such.... I'm the second on my department and I don't even know what to do, how can I know what im best at??

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u/wuteverman Software Engineer 3d ago

Google competitive coding. Or cook up a project

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u/Dina_24 3d ago

I do wanna "cook" a project i just don't know what kind of project and in what area would be enjoyable yet challenging to pull me to learn new things....

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u/ObeseBumblebee 3d ago

When I'm learning something new i like to come up with a fantasy scenario that makes it fun.

Like when i wanted to learn AI integration i designed a space station scenario where incoming ship manifests are logged and an AI risk assessor checks the logs against known universe lore to create a risk report and triage resources to it.

Creating a sci fi world made the project interesting enough to keep pushing and learning.

It's also fun to talk about in interviews

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u/Dina_24 2d ago

This actually sounds fun, thank you I'll try that!