As a Software Developer, there are times when we feel lost and have the feeling that we are not as good as others. First of all, having this kind of feeling when you enter the software industry as a fresher is very normal. We look at our seniors who are in the software industry for some time and we feel that we are not good and efficient as them.
We should embrace this feeling. Here are some points from my experience that can help other people.
1) Have a growth mindset -
You cannot become a better Software Developer if you don't have a growth mindset. There is a lot to learn in the software industry. Having the curiosity to figure out things, search on the internet, looking into the documentation or the source code and debugging things on your own will help you to learn a lot and progress steadily.
2) Reaching out to senior developers -
There are times when we feel that if we ask a certain question to someone senior than us, than they would laugh at us or think that we don't know this concept. But asking question is important. Don't be hesitant in asking questions in the initial stages of your career so that you can progress faster.
3) Learning by doing -
Most of the freshers do this mistake of getting stuck in the tutorial hell and when it comes to actually implementing something, they fail. Instead, start working on some project, don't try to figure out everything in the beginning. Just start and as you develop some application, you will eventually figure out things on your own when you get stuck somewhere. We often make this mistake of trying to learn everthing in the beginning and then only we think of making some project, but because of this we always remain stuck and never progress. So get your hands dirty, start working on some projects and figure things out in the way.
4) Documentation -
Documentation is a very important thing for a developer. Always document your learning, your mistakes and your thought process for any problem or project that you are working on. It will help you better when you come back to revisit your work or to showcase to someone your skills and your learnings. Documentation will also help you to write clean and efficient code
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