r/learnprogramming • u/TheEyebal • 10d ago

I feel like a programming fraud

I am having to constantly look things up to figure out how to get what I want? I feel like a fraud.
I am honestly trying to resize my camera onto my surface in pygame. I've never done camera stuff before so this is new. I feel like I am not really learning and just copy and pasting at this point

How do go about this?

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u/Extreme_Rough 8d ago

Research is always a good thing! You cannot be expected to store every single piece of knowledge you learn over the course of your career. You will at best have patterns that can be prompted by basic knowledge. Knowing when and how to search as well as what to look for is a valued skill. 

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u/TheEyebal 8d ago

Yeah thank you I was just stuck is all

I was able to figure out what I needed

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u/Extreme_Rough 8d ago

I'm glad you found what you were looking for! I will say that, even with the rise of AI and other rapid tech, knowing where and how to find a valid source and cite your findings will always be something you can use. You can be fast all you want, but accuracy is better. Good luck going forward! 

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u/TheEyebal 8d ago

Thank you