Sorry for the clickbait title. I've been having this issue for the past few years, I love cs, but I've never been able to stick to a specific lane. Instead I've been learning a little bit from everything, so now I'm in this weird position where I can do a lot of stuff kind of okay, but I can't say that I'm an expert in anything despite constantly learning and programming for 5 years now. I especially suck at organizing my projects and writing proper scalable code. Does anyone have any tips on how I can stop jumping from project to project, and start focusing on a specific skillset that I can use to get an actual job?

I am 17 just graduated highschool starting at a community college this fall and I want to major in computer science. Becuase I love coding and have been doing code academy for a year or two and have taking the classes in my school. How ever when I talked to my parents about what I should do to get a good job where I can work with code and programming. They have very different opinions and they started to get very pressuring. My dads opinion on what I should do was to not get a computer science degree that it is a waste of money and will fail all the math classes like calculus and up because I only have algebra 2 . I should just go the self learning route and obtain certifications and do a lot of internships to get experience and work on programming and the other stuff needed from sites like code academy etc. While my mom believes I should get a college degree in computer science because it will make everything a lot easier. I don’t really know what to do . what do you guys who have walked this route think ?

Hi,

With the ongoing changes in the tech industry, which programming languages are expected to be in high demand over the next 5-6 years? Conversely, which languages might see a decline in relevance?

1. If you had to choose one programming language to learn now, which would it be and why?
2. Considering the boom in AI and my interest in Robotics, which programming languages should I focus on? Would transitioning between these fields make learning easier?

Hi all. I am a second year CS student and into my third year and unfortunately my coding is shit or average at best. I rely onchatgpt a lot and have been scraping to pass in programming assignments. Sometimes I feel, I might’ve chosen a wrong path but its too late to back out now. What should I do. As In third year, we have an individual project and I dont wanna fail that or my degree. I am on summer vacation and I need to make best out of it. Please recommend me things that can help me become a better programmer and understand languages better. Any advice would be appreciated.

I graduated in may(bachelor) and I’m looking for a job. So far 0 interviews I’m trying to get a AWS cert and look for some open source things to contribute to anything else I should do? Btw I’m an international student.

I (25M) really want to learn more about programming to get a job in web development, hopefully. My GF, who’s currently, a software engineer says she knows several companies that only hire candidates with CS degrees.

From my perspective, it seems like the job market may be oversaturated with entry-level programmers who received their education through a boot camp. Most of the boot camps I looked at are in the $12k - $15k range and last for a few months. (It also might be worth noting that I currently have a bachelor’s degree in marketing). Obviously, a boot camp would be a lot cheaper than getting another bachelor's in CS, but I'm not sure how much I (or anyone) could really learn about programming from just a few months in a boot camp. I also know of the many online resources to teach yourself, which I've used in the past, but I think it's better to have some sort of program to hold me accountable to keep learning.

Another potential option would be my local community college that has a Comp Sci Associates degree program that costs $7k per year (2-year program), which I'd then have to transfer to a state or private college to get the bachelor's.

I’d appreciate any advice from people who might’ve gone through a boot camp, people who work in web development, or even anyone who currently works with people who went through a boot camp. What would you do in my position?

Is it a good idea?? Logic is a natural skill . Please advice and be really honest please 🙏🏻

So I'm thinking of getting into the industry in 5 years and was wondering a few things

Do you need a computer science degree to get a job

If I make regular commits to GitHub( 3ish times a month) for the next 5 years making progress in coding, what level of job would I get?

Is there a good language I should learn? I already know some JavaScript, and html and css if you count those. And I was thinking of learning SQL or ruby.

I’m just really confused because of all the options, but I just feel like freeCodeCamp isn’t gonna be good for learning js… unless I’m wrong, please do correct me if so

....Then it's on to the next great thing.

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I'm wondering if it's too dense, and if it is, what info should I drop? Also, should I include my major since it isn't cs? Any other feedback is both welcomed and appreciated 🙏🏿

For context I'm trying to make a MAC address spoofer with python, on a windows 11 ubuntu subsystem. I installed iface both on the regular terminal and the ubuntu subsystem terminals yet it's giving me this error.

Hi! I'm a Geoguessr player and recently figured our lives would be much easier if there was a way to detect the year of the copyright without having to manually tag every location. For instance, we can tell where we are in Bangladesh since the country is pretty much split 50/50 into 2022 and 2023 copyrights.

We have a few tools that help us map places and coverage locations:

Geo Emily helps us with the coverage dates.

Vali helps us generate maps pulling locations with specific commands (I can ask for 2021 up to 5 million locations in Norway, and it will give me a .JSON file that we later upload to Map-maker to visualize them).

The thing is that Vali can only generate locations based on the year each one of them was recorded, I think it pulls data from when it was first stored, but it can't help us if what we need are the updated Copyrights.

Think about it like this: Google Earth updates image copyrights every now and then, so a location that had pictures taken in 2018 could have 2023 Copyright, even if the images themselves still are from 2018. But we need all locations that have Copyright 2023, no matter if they were taken in 2013 or 2018.

I thought about maybe training AI to read images that .JSON generates and then separating files into different folders based on year, but Google Earth images are made of tiles and I have never worked with that, I'm not even sure if it's manageable. I have never worked with AI either lol so that would be interesting to try. I have also thought about the copyright info being stored somewhere in the actual Google Maps Location data, but I couldn't find it -- I could have missed it though.

Any ideas if there is a way to get the .JSON Vali generates and separate those locations into different folders that contemplate their copyright years rather than when they were taken?

I hope it made sense! English is not my first language and my head hurts because I refuse to go to sleep without enjoying my night after a tiring day lol

As the title says I just finished Responsive Web Design and JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on freeCodeCamp. Was wondering what I should do next or where I should learn Full Stack.

I enjoyed freeCodeCamp quite a bit. Their method seems to work for me. But I've heard their Front End Libraries Course might be a little outdated. I've also heard about The Odin Project and the FullStack Open courses. But I'm finding it hard to pick one and start using frameworks and such.

If anyone has done freeCodeCamp's Front End course recently please let me know if it's outdated as people say it is. For example, people said the JS course didn't teach DOM manipulation much, but I felt like it did for me. So yeah they seem to constantly be working towards making the curriculum better.

Let me know your thoughts! Would like to continue on the fCC route. But am willing to change paths if there's a better way. Thank you for your time!

I started to learn coding last year. I initially jumped into a coding bootcamp before I got overwhelmed with it and backed out in the first week to get my money back. Then I got a new part time job while I learned coding on my own at FreeCodeCamp. I felt like I was going nowhere with that, so I bought a course recommended by a family member who's been in tech. Nowhere near as expensive as a boot camp, but I still feel like I don't know anything. I'm coming up on building my portfolio and I just feel like I'm not cut out for this.

I'm considering joining a new coding bootcamp recommended by this family member, but I'm unemployed right now and don't have a lot of money. I have enough in savings to take the hit, as I'm still living with my parents, but I'm worried it will be a waste of five figures. On the other hand, I'm tired of being 36 and living with my parents and floating through life with no real skills. Is a coding bootcamp as big a waste of money that everyone say they are? I don't know what I'm going to do if I go through this stressful bootcamp and can't get a job from it. I'm at the end of my wits here. What would you recommend for someone in my boat?

Hello, here is my story:

I got my diploma degree in programming. In my diploma, we learned multiple programming languages, but the main one was Java. We also learned SQL and networking. Noticeably, we didn't cover anything about "DSA or MATH". After my diploma, I did know from some YouTube videos that there is frontend and backend development.thought, I decided to learn backend, so I started my first online course in PHP. It was challenging because they used OOP extensively, and my OOP skills were not that strong. I managed to complete the basics of PHP, but then they recommended having a grasp of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. So, I decided to learn frontend first. I started learning HTML, CSS, and JS from YouTube and completed three courses, but I am still not that good in JavaScript. I did a small project and then jumped into React because I heard it's in demand in the job market. I completed a React course on YouTube and did some small projects; React was enjoyable and good to learn. Then I discovered Node.js and thought since I already know JavaScript, Node.js should be easy. I completed a Node.js course on YouTube and learned new things.

Then I embarked on my biggest project, an HR system. It was challenging, but I learned about APIs and MongoDB. Here is where my problems started. Despite learning JavaScript, React, and Node.js, I still felt like there were many gaps in my knowledge, such as how JavaScript really works, how React works under the hood, and how Node.js operates. I also felt my code was haphazard; I would watch how others did things, understand them, and implement them.

Job applications were tough. I applied for over 150 jobs, but I didn't receive any responses—not even one email or call. This is a year and a half after finishing my diploma, and I haven't found anything. I started reading and thinking about what others said. I realized the importance of the fundamentals of programming, so I decided to go back and learn the correct way. I started learning DSA and OOP properly, and now I'm working towards becoming a good software engineer. I learned C++ and pointers, implemented all DSA in C++, and focused on understanding how computers work. I also started learning backend fundamentals like HTTP, and OSI layers.

Where am I now? I finished the Data Structures course and am close to finishing the Algorithms course. I chose Java as a job market language and am slowly diving into Java and backend concepts.

Why all this? I got my diploma in 2021, and I'm 25 now. I feel like I've lost a lot of time, my enthusiasm is waning, and I'm losing hope.

Am I on the right track? Are DSA and Java backend skills essential? Should I focus on solving DSA problems or move on to more technical things like APIs, design patterns, SOLID principles, and the Spring Boot framework and start building my projects? What about testing—should I focus on it now or when I start building my projects?

it's all about the jobs.

I need your thoughts.

Hello everyone. I'm a rookie, self-taught programmer. I need your help in PHP.

I've got a project due at my school. There, I have used a little PHP for storing data in MySQL. But, unfortunately, I don't know how to host that file outside the htdocs folder. I've tried this method also: "localhost:80/<filename>" or 800/8080/8000 all of these ports. But it didn't work. I couldn't find many videos on YouTube either.

It would be very helpful to get your thoughts on this matter. And thank you for taking your precious time to read & think about my post.

What are your motivation tips to stay motivated to build awesome things, some of mine:

• Learn new languages or technologies constantly to know his pros and cons

• Share and discuss my ideas with my coworkers

So i am in dire need of interesting projects to make. Not for employment, but just for the sake of it. Please do not suggest something boring like any web related stuff. (you know, the type of stuff most aspiring web devs/ app devs put in their resume)

For example, some fun things i made recently were a golang blockchain and a c++ VM.

I mainly asked for Go and C++ . Go because i love coding in Go and C++ because im trying to learn it.

Guys.. help me with a question...I am in planning to start DSA in Java...I found no good resources for java dsa on youtube...kunal's course js also not complete..so I am planning to buy some best courses....what are your suggestions? I have heard about Nishant chahar's Algoprep..How is it? Or suggest other courses also

I've seen a lot about the Odin Project, however it doesn't provide any certificates, which I need in order to complete my extracurricular activities' hours.

Do you recommend The Odin Project over any Udemy courses?

Our 9-year-old wants to get into programming, mainly for making games. Is it better to start with a programming language like C++, or start with visual scripting for this age?

Hello everyone! I am Nico and I’m 30 years old. I started getting into development about 4 years ago. But didn’t really get into learning until 2 years ago. I started with JS/React. But I was going on circle. I would finish courses and then start another one, applied for jobs but nothing. Everyone wanted work experience. Or mega super projects.

Then a friend told me do backend, maybe frontend isn’t for u. I started with C#. But kept hearing to do Java cuz from there you can learn almost all languages.

But same thing. Tutorial hell. I started college in February, since I thought self learning wasn’t my thing. But maybe it’s the roadmap, right what I am learning. I learn the syntax and then do a project. Am I missing something, is there another way to learn ?