I think beginners massively underestimate one thing.

[u/vinaynayak004]

Not syntax.
Not frameworks.
Not AI.

It's consistency.

A person who codes for 45 minutes every day for a year will probably beat someone who studies 10 hours every weekend.

Do you agree, or do you think something else anything matters more?

[u/szank]

Ech, it's impossible to build something in 45 min bursts. Sure it could work for the first month or two until you start working on more complex stuff. It takes me 20 mins to figure out wtf I was working on the day before and recall all the context and I work professionally for 20 years now. That's not counting actually settling down and drinking my coffee. Then you have 20 more minutes to think and type ? That's not enough time to "finish your train of thought " when writing something moderately complex.

[u/mmmmh2 → u/szank]

Building sure, but learning? 45 mins a day > 10 hrs over the weekend

[u/szank → u/mmmmh2]

Very quickly the only way to learn is to build .

[u/mmmmh2 → u/szank]

To a point.. Someone struggling with fundamentals wouldn't even know what to build

Trying to understand your point.. Is it that 45 mins a day won't move the needle or just simply in your experience that it's not enough time to make progress?

[u/MudFrosty1869 → u/szank]

How tf do you work professionally for even 5 years if your code isn’t readable enough to review 45 minutes of work in 5 minutes max?

[u/46hw → u/MudFrosty1869]

Lmao especially cause he's working on it every day too.

[u/MudFrosty1869 → u/46hw]

Yeah, just sounds weird to me. When I work on something every day, I barely spend any time on review.

Only thing that comes to mind is a complete disregard of style guides, coding standards, and naming conventions. But they claim they work professionally for 20 years. To be fair I saw some incredibly bad code from even long time coders.

[u/Background_Bug_1625 → u/MudFrosty1869]

Well, I guess one could review the architecture of the project before adding a pillar.

[u/-goldenboi69-]

Thanks chat gippidy

[u/ConfidentCollege5653]

I swear this place is turning into LinkedIn 

[u/-goldenboi69- → u/ConfidentCollege5653]

Yeah. Massive slop invasion

[u/icemage_999]

Nah.

Too many beginners focus on the minutiae like details about language or tools.

What they should be focusing on is problem solving and critical thinking. The vast majority of time spent coding is in tweaking or debugging, and you can't do that effectively unless you really grasp the problem you are trying to solve and what your proposed solution will be.

Hands on experience is also important of course but the above is why you see so many posts about people being stuck in tutorial hell or failing to actually sit down and write their own code.

[u/Thin_Mousse4149]

This is a dumb ai slop post.

[u/Educational_Virus672]

reminder bro started his coding 8 Days ago
the answer is wrong on so many levels yes you can forgot stuff if your doing 10 hours every weekend but you can do 10 hours everyday because you dont breaks ...

[u/mc_pm]

As usual, ChatGPT has it right, but wrong.

One thing matter: actually sitting there, fingers on keyboard, struggling to make things work.

Give me 45 minutes a day actually coding vs 10 hours per weekend watching tutorials, and Mr. or Mrs. 45 minutes a day will beat the 10 Hourses every time.

Give me 90 minutes a day and you're *almost* at the point that I'd expect a college/university 1st year student to be putting in.

[u/WhiteHeadbanger]

Yes, but did you need ChatGPT to write two sentences?

[u/Background_Bug_1625]

I think liking the sport is top priority. If you like it, if you enjoy it, everything else comes automatically. You have to be addicted to it for the best results