The latest articles on DEV Community by Gabriel (@apoc101). https://dev.to/apoc101 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%2F799417%2Fa101f72d-315b-40b4-99d6-06e28c1d7063.jpeg https://dev.to/apoc101 en Gabriel Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:41:59 +0000 https://dev.to/apoc101/projects-as-a-new-developer-18j5 https://dev.to/apoc101/projects-as-a-new-developer-18j5 <p>As a relatively new coder, I have noticed something problematic: </p> <p><strong>It's increasingly hard to find a time-worthy project to work on.</strong></p> <p>Let me elaborate a little bit:</p> <p>Projects are usually what developers learn the most from, not having restrictions for coding and being able to make whatever their knowledge and mind allows them to.</p> <p>This usually isn't a problem for frontend devs, seeming as websites are usually original and unique.</p> <p>But for some software developers, this becomes a big problem, since there are barely any programs/ideas that haven't been created before. Of course you can choose to recreate that program, but that usually contributes to imposter syndrome, which affects a huge portion of the programming scene. </p> <p>This isn't a problem for some software devs that have great imagination, but that sadly isn't everyone. </p> <p>I've been struggling with this ever since I got into software development, and it hasn't gotten better.</p> discuss beginners