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sakthi_l_u_c_i

Give some tips to get Motivated to do the coding.
I'm at my First Dev job and i feel like i'm a Imposter so what should i do to avoid that..?

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Ricardo Rojo

Don´t be too hard with your self.

I´ve been coding for 8 years and still feel the same some days. At the end of the day everyone goes to stackoverflow when we have doubts.

You don´t need to know every class. No one knows it. You have to take the time and effort to understand how the thinks work and learn how to resolve the problems.

Once you start to understand how the thinks work, start using what you learnt.

Copy code and modify it to add new functionality. Do that 5 times and it will stick with you. That´s how you learn, by practicing. The more you learn, the less you will feel as an imporster.

Your motivation. Don´t know. Earning money, feeding your kids, learning new things, becaming Neo.

Everyone has a different one. You have to choose yours.

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sakthi_l_u_c_i

Are you Java Developer.?
I'm new to java...
It's a total change for me...
so it has hard to change language..
do u have any effective way to study without unmotivated..
coz sometimes when i study i've been get demotivated like some error show up and i don't know what to do then i skip them..

so whats your thoughts about that any tips..?

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Ricardo Rojo

To learn a new lenguage.

Watch tutorials in youtube or any course in udemy or similar website. Don´t just look, build the same thing they are building in the course.

After that, start making small modifications in the code to learn how it works.

If something fails the best place to find help is stackoverflow.com.

Usually you don´t even need to go there, just copy/paste the error in google and google will send you to the answers to that problem there.

Don´t just ask. Say what you have tried, write your code and take your time to make it easy for people to help you. Saying thanks after someone has tried to help you is a superpower.

About motivation. That depends on you. Find a goal for you in 1 year. Find a goal to 5 years and work toward them.

Do you want to work and earn money? Do you want to become the next Elon Musk? Do you want to have kids and take care of them?

Find a goal, print it and place it in front of you so everytime you raise your head from the computer you can see your goal.

Good luck. I think you can do amazing things. Just need to find your goal and go for it.