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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Learning python update: I seem to have crossed some threshhold into "being able to google things"; after asking a lot of people a lot of questions, I now have a vague intuition for how coding kind of "works", which is making it *way* easier to figure things out myself.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Twice now I've asked other coders a question, they didn't know the answer (despite googling), and then I went away and figured it out on my own. This was *stupidly* satisfying (i'm not any more skilled, just put way more total time into it, but it feels SO empowering)
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
(er, to be clear i mean 'direct focused learning' as like asking people fast questions and demanding satisfaction to immediate curiosity to figure out solutions; I spent many more hours on my own "practicing", like fucking around with stuff I already kind of knew)
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Drew
@dstipson
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@Aella_Girl
Coding for fun, solving crazy problems, making new things just work, or even just designing something conventional but in an elegant, concise way... really can be a pure blast. Very lucky, I think, to also do it for a living
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@rohitshindein
I said "if anybody wants to help me learn, join a tg chat," and so i had a bunch of ppl who were answering questions i asked. it was very chaotic but I really loved it; each question I got like 4-5 answers from diff ppl at differing levels, and one of them usually worked for me
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Christopher King
@ripten3
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@Aella_Girl
On the other side of the coin, just remember that when the hopeless confusion returns (it will), it’s something that every engineer no matter their experience frequently feels. I found that fact encouraging as it kept from getting down on myself and feeling stupid.
Tyler
@tkozdev
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@Aella_Girl
It really is a great feeling 🙂 The one thing I find difficult with coding is going back and refactoring your code after you spent hours/days getting it to a point where it works, but is nowhere near ready for primetime.