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Midas/XIV

I feel we need to be true to ourselves first, by that i mean always remember why you do what you do; If your true intention was to solve the problem then you should see this whole situation as "Hey, thank goodness I don't have to do this on my own; someone finally has solved the problem." and adopt the solution; basically have a positive outlook to this.
and yes we're all developers and we all want to contribute to the community; we may not be able to solve all the problems that we come across but as long as we keep trying we'll pickup the knowledge and tools required to eventually make an impact.
and you're just 20! and you have already spent 3 years in trying to develop something so complex, you may not have something that's as good as what these companies have but the thing is it doesn't have to be, what you learnt along the way is something that's never going to be wasted or taken away from you :D.

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Gerrit Weiermann

Yeah, thank you very much for your comment :)
Most of the time I start projects and I know that I won't finish them. I'm ok with that. I learn a lot, either new language or new toolset or I see how productive I actually can be.
I don't feel like I wasted my time on that specific project, but more and more I want to create something that you can use in the real world. I have 8-9 years of experience, but only build like two or three things you can actually use.
And I'm thankful to the companies that they'd shown me, that I need to let my project go :)
What also stressed me:
I have no one to talk or brainstorm about projects because all my friends have a skill way less than my...

Thank you again for your reply ❤

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Midas/XIV

"all my friends have a skill way less than my..."
you remind me so much of my myself, what I do is keep an eye out in communities whether it be dev or discords or just youtube channels ( some have their own discords and challenges/hackathons ) and eventually try and talk to a few and make more friends/networks.