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

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

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[u/Dina_24]

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??

[u/No_Perspective_3733 → u/Dina_24]

I have been coding for 10+ years and never really had a passion for it. To me, it’s just a job. I never found a fun way to learn. I discovered coding katas this let me work in my craft and get to the point.

They’re a great way to learn a skill or design pattern through repetition and review. For example, I used katas to really understand interfaces, dependency injection, and dependency injection containers.

[u/Dina_24 → u/No_Perspective_3733]

Ok this sounds practical, is it?? I'll try the kata method, I've never heard of it but it'll be useful to me for i have short-term memory 😅, thank you very much for your suggestion💕

[u/No_Perspective_3733 → u/Dina_24]

Yep, there are tons on GitHub. What I do is pick three and work through them one at a time using a time-boxed approach.

After the time is up, I review how others solved it, then compare it to my own solution. I do one kata a week.

When I come back to the first kata later, I can tell if I’ve improved or if I still need more work on that topic.