Full time medical doctor and part time coder. I'd started out learning Python for use in working on all the data from patients then decided to branch out into developing mobile apps with Java.
I felt compelled to sign in and comment even though I ought to be off home by now. As someone just at the beginning of the journey learning to code, I've definitely fallen into the trap of just copying from Stack Overflow. But I've walked away from this seeing that actually I learnt and achieved nothing that way. Ultimately I became frustrated when blocks of copied and pasted code didn't do what I wanted because I didn't have a solid foundation. As you say: "wax on, wax off"! A great post. Thank you for sharing
I am a developer with a passion for testing. I've been coding for 14 years and I want to share my experience and learnings with other developers to help them write better software.
I felt compelled to sign in and comment even though I ought to be off home by now. As someone just at the beginning of the journey learning to code, I've definitely fallen into the trap of just copying from Stack Overflow. But I've walked away from this seeing that actually I learnt and achieved nothing that way. Ultimately I became frustrated when blocks of copied and pasted code didn't do what I wanted because I didn't have a solid foundation. As you say: "wax on, wax off"! A great post. Thank you for sharing
Genuinely pleased that it is helpful.
I'd advise any dev starting to just stick at it. I've got a degree in history and had to completely retrain.
Took me about 9 years to get decent at it. Now after 12 I've still got a great deal to learn.
Keep going and keep pushing.