The latest articles on DEV Community by Sarp Atasever (@antidev). https://dev.to/antidev https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3096700%2F0c9eb93c-8915-40b2-9003-e28531f0940c.png https://dev.to/antidev en Sarp Atasever Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:26:04 +0000 https://dev.to/antidev/is-college-usefull-4cmb https://dev.to/antidev/is-college-usefull-4cmb <div class="ltag__link"> <a href="/antidev" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__pic"> <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3096700%2F0c9eb93c-8915-40b2-9003-e28531f0940c.png" alt="antidev"> </div> </a> <a href="https://dev.to/antidev/am-i-doing-the-right-thing-11hc" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__content"> <h2>Am i doing the right thing?</h2> <h3>Sarp Atasever ・ Apr 27</h3> <div class="ltag__link__taglist"> </div> </div> </a> </div> discuss career learning Sarp Atasever Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:34:59 +0000 https://dev.to/antidev/am-i-doing-the-right-thing-11hc https://dev.to/antidev/am-i-doing-the-right-thing-11hc <p>I've been seriously into software development since around 2021 — or at least, I <em>would</em> have been if I had focused on building a solid foundation instead of project-hopping, distro-hopping, trying to make a game engine without knowing how to use CMake, and generally not saving any of my work.</p> <p>You know what they say: "Projects die, experience lives." (Okay, no one actually says that — but they should.)<br><br> At least I have <em>some</em> foundation to build on. Honestly, I feel like I’m still better off than someone who just finished a coding bootcamp (I hope).</p> <p>To make things even messier, I’m also studying for the YKS — Turkey’s university entrance exam — because I have this stubborn dream of becoming a “real” software engineer (how naive, right?). Surprisingly, I’m getting pretty good at practice exams. But if there’s one thing I’m known for, it’s messing things up exactly when they start going well.</p> <p>Long story short:<br><br> While still preparing for <strong>THE</strong> exam, I decided to start building a game engine — but using a higher-level language this time. I actually liked it!<br><br> Then I got sad thinking about my probable future screw-ups, so I tried switching to Rust. Even though I’m not native to write native code, I still found Rust way better than C++ for memory safety and package management. (Of course, it's still <em>perfectly</em> possible to waste tons of time making nothing productive with it.)</p> <p>Also, I made a live wallpaper to count down the days left until the exam:</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F8h3inrb3huctnk49ceg9.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F8h3inrb3huctnk49ceg9.png" alt="Totally unique, modern idea that's *definitely* not just a distraction from studying" width="800" height="450"></a></p> <p>There's less than 2 months left. Goddammit.<br><br> Why can’t I just focus on studying and leave the “next-gen concurrent programming language” for later?<br><br> Maybe it’s not a bad thing, though — all universities kinda suck anyway (!).</p> <p>So, first impressions?<br><br> Do you think I could actually create my own programming language or a full game framework someday?<br><br> Or will I just sleepwalk through college, doing the bare minimum?<br><br> Leave your comment... or don’t.<br><br> Either way, this is a precious little archive of my journey.</p>