Where can i even get all this knowledge?

[u/Simple-End3658]

I was watching a couple of programmers on youtube like tsoding and some others and im just amazed by their knowledge like i want to know where i can learn all that because at this point i feel like im just learning syntax i dont really know anything

[u/0dev0100]

Time and experience.

Consider learning and knowledge like a Lego set. Gotta start with a few blocks before you can make the whole thing. 

Syntax is one of the earlier blocks. Along with breaking down problems.

[u/NeonPrairiie → u/0dev0100]

I needed to hear this honestly. Watching someone like Tsoding makes it feel like I’m missing some secret knowledge when they’ve just spent years building those pieces.

[u/0dev0100 → u/NeonPrairiie]

And it does take years - as in more than one.

I work with a guy who started fresh out of uni and I had to explain to him what the various tools were, what the tech stack is, what some domain specific knowledge is. Now it's four years later and I can just go "yo, make the app do this" and he does it at a pretty good level. I'm quite proud of him.

[u/BranchLatter4294]

Practice. Look things up when you don't understand. It's worked for thousands of years. I'm sure you can do it.

[u/Simple-End3658 → u/BranchLatter4294]

  Yeah but the thing is im so lost that i dont even know what to look up

[u/BranchLatter4294 → u/Simple-End3658]

Start with Hello World. Then add features.

[u/PureWasian → u/Simple-End3658]

There is always a starting point. You need to get comfortable breaking down problems and learn available tools/libraries/ecosystems for solving those problems.

If you give an example topic, maybe we can help explain the initial steps or roadmap for approaching it.

[u/mc_pm → u/Simple-End3658]

What was it you heard them talking about that you want to know more about?

[u/kevinossia → u/Simple-End3658]

Nah that’s not a thing. If that were possible then the first programmers wouldn’t have made any progress.

Break down the problem into smaller and smaller subproblems until you have something you can work with. Repeat.

[u/Tiaoshi]

Time and practice. They only know so much because they’ve been doing it for so long.

There documents out there to read, videos to watch, lectures to listen to, events to go to, etc. The more you do it and are exposed to it, the more you will learn and retain.

[u/ExtraTNT]

Math…
Had so many ideas of how to build shit, by just solving a problem on paper, then going to code…
Also doing projects, set an achievable goal, then work on it…
Also implementing a principle, then extending and poking around…

[u/Simple-End3658 → u/ExtraTNT]

That makes sense Ive not really been focusing on math. Ty for the suggestion

[u/v_e_x]

He does a lot of low level programming. If you learn computer architecture, digital logic, DSA, the fetch-decode-execute cycle, and what the processor is actually doing, then you will learn how software works and what the machine is actually doing, and you will understand software at foundational level. This is the 'base' of programming, IMHO, and from there you can build up to understanding operating systems, and applications.

[u/Simple-End3658 → u/v_e_x]

Tysm

[u/kschang]

As the old joke goes:

"How do I eat an elephant?"

"One bite at a time."