I would like to code for a living and to contribute to open source projects and things, but my coding skills are absolute shit after taking online courses and watching video tutorials. How can I learn to code for real?
What I would like to learn is algorithms, web development (“full stack”), how layouts work (both in like kotlin compose and HTML) and how to read other peoples code. Maybe thats more than I can chew, but its probably good for me to try out many things before getting settled on one.
Now I have been coding for a while already (~ 4 years), but I kind of feel like I need more guidance to be able to actually create code that works as intended intentionally, and not through trial and error / stack overflow. As for what level i am at, CS50 is probably my only qualification, I have played around with APIs (I.E. making discord bots), and made some html “apps” (horribly made, but things like the “genius” game and a calculator) and “prototype” react websites (as in, really bare bones, barely working).
I do plan on taking CS or something similar, but i’m not yet in college, and I would like to have a good head start before getting there.
Sorry for my bad English, and any help is appreciated.
Jeezus, you’re not kidding. I’ve been in the industry for more than a decade. Everything I write I make sure is covered by documentation in detail. Never know when I’ll be unavailable to address something that pops up. I get pings daily with people asking me how to do X with Y system, even on vacations. I’ve gotten into the habit of just sending them a link to the documentation that explains what they’re looking for. I get not wanting to sort through piles of documentation for a small thing, but holy hell it gets exhausting after a while. If people would even skim the manuals they’d have an idea of what and where to find stuff. Don’t know why I even bother half the time if nobody is going to read it.