LolaCat@lemmy.ca to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoThe coding experienceb.l3n.coimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1842arrow-down156file-text
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minus-squareMajorHavoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoYes. I tell my mentees this all the time. Decades ago, as a new developer, I expected to stop getting stuck like this. Instead I get stuck, like this, on really interesting problems with really valuable solutions. So that was a fun surprise, I guess. Lol.
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 months agoI was stuck on a problem for six months, and after figuring that out I banged it out in an afternoon. If anything you get stuck for even longer
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoIf I’m stuck on something for more than a few hours, I ask one of the more junior developers on my team if they have any ideas. Sometimes, a new perspective helps a lot!
minus-squareStumblinbear@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoUnfortunately it was for a personal project and nobody else understands the system so, haha
Yes. I tell my mentees this all the time.
Decades ago, as a new developer, I expected to stop getting stuck like this.
Instead I get stuck, like this, on really interesting problems with really valuable solutions.
So that was a fun surprise, I guess. Lol.
I was stuck on a problem for six months, and after figuring that out I banged it out in an afternoon. If anything you get stuck for even longer
If I’m stuck on something for more than a few hours, I ask one of the more junior developers on my team if they have any ideas. Sometimes, a new perspective helps a lot!
Unfortunately it was for a personal project and nobody else understands the system so, haha