Elite Coders have it good, I'm envious...

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[Neo. The Only. The One.]

If you can adequately explain the issue you're having, maybe they won't. At least that's been my experience


Back in the day when I was terrible at asking questions, they would tell me to drop it in a codepen but now I just take a deep breath, write out a detailed question that outlines my detailed issue and copy and paste the specific parts of code that are causing my issue, and no one asks for a codepen anymore

It's all in the way you ask the question.

Oh and don't forget to detail what you've already tried that didn't work. They love that

 

[IIVI]

Dang, what are some coding discords for asking stackoverflow like questions?

 

[KingDanz]

NeetCode

A better way to prepare for coding interviews.

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[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Dang, what are some coding discords for asking stackoverflow like questions?

How do you define a stackoverflow question? I asked a React question in a React server yesterday cause I couldn't find the solution in SO. I just look for servers that deal with whatever I work with. I have Linux servers, React servers, security servers etc etc.

 

[UpNext]

The youtube channel is dope too https://www.youtube.com/c/NeetCode/videos

 

[Serious]

SQL jobs? i didn't think there are specific jobs for SQL I'm using Sequelize at the moment, first time using a ORM. Different from Raw SQL.

Yeah there are but, but the job description from hr will probably contain a bunch of fluff like:

- 3+ years of python,
-2 years of Qlik / Tableau.
-5 years of SQL

Just look out for job titles like: Data Engineering, Business Analyst or Data Analyst

 

[IIVI]

How do you define a stackoverflow question? I asked a React question in a React server yesterday cause I couldn't find the solution in SO. I just look for servers that deal with whatever I work with. I have Linux servers, React servers, security servers etc etc.

Ah I meant any question that has a good amount of detail such as:

Re-rendering Table component when parent passes new or updated data

I am transitioning from React Table 6 to 7, which comes with a lot of new changes as React Table 7 is now a headless utility library, built with lots and lots of hooks. This is much different from ...

stackoverflow.com

But yeah, makes send to check language-specific servers. I'm a member of a few myself, but was wondering if I was out the loop of another one everyone knew about as a stackoverflow alternate.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Ah I meant any question that has a good amount of detail such as:

Re-rendering Table component when parent passes new or updated data

I am transitioning from React Table 6 to 7, which comes with a lot of new changes as React Table 7 is now a headless utility library, built with lots and lots of hooks. This is much different from ...

stackoverflow.com

But yeah, makes send to check language-specific servers. I'm a member of a few myself, but was wondering if I was out the loop of another one everyone knew about as a stackoverflow alternate.

I see stuff more complex than that on Discord every day

 

[GooPunch]

Getting stuck on the problems is the best part. That feeling when I solve a frustrating problem is one of the top 3 feelings I've ever felt in my life

That's what programming is at its core. It's simply coming up with a solution to a problem. You have to rewire the way you think to be a good dev.

You also have to be committed though and like @Cereal_Bowl_Assassin said, you have to be willing to play the game and lose multiple times. But each time you lose, it gets you closer and closer to the winning solution.

I've been coding since I was a little breh and this is what keeps me in it.

People in my circle ask me to help them learn to code, but they can't get over this basic step. They run into the first signs of resistance and they quit instead of rolling up their sleeves. They expect it to just flow like a hacker in a movie in Hollywood and thats just not how it works.

A good problem will haunt you in the best possible way. Sometimes its all I can think about. That moment when it finally clicks is just something else. The worst is when you're not near a computer and you have a eureka moment and all you want to do is get back to a terminal.

Graphics development, particularly when writing shaders, is full of those moments. And you get the visual gratification. I find web development a bit more boring in this regard. It's pretty straightforward except for the infrastructure and boilerplate (and CSS which is just annoying).

 

[IIVI]

I see stuff more complex than that on Discord every day

Ok cool, what the fukk I been missing?

Sounds like I need to catch up on the discord game or at least pay more attention to the ones I'm a member of.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I've been coding since I was a little breh and this is what keeps me in it.

People in my circle ask me to help them learn to code, but they can't get over this basic step. The run into the first signs of resistance and they quit instead of rolling up their sleeves. They expect it to just flow like a hacker in a movie in Hollywood and thats just not how it works.

A good problem will haunt you in the best possible way. Sometimes its all I can think about. That moment when it finally clicks is just something else. The worst is when you're not near a computer and you have a eureka moment and all you want to do is get back to a terminal.

Graphics development, particularly when writing shaders, is full of those moments. And you get the visual gratification. I find web development a bit more boring in this regard. It's pretty straightforward except for the infrastructure and boilerplate (and CSS which is just annoying).

Yep and this more than anything is why I feel that not everyone can code. It isn't because they can't learn. It's because not everyone has that thirst, that NEED, to solve a problem. Not everyone is willing to put in hours or even days and keep going until they find a solution either through figuring it out on their own or searching and searching until they find it. It's an extremely rewarding feeling. I don't even think I could explain it to a regular person.

 

[GooPunch]

NeetCode

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I was thinking that we needed to start a new megathread and get the programming interview game going for thecoli. Being stuck on the 6 certs game is played out. These cacs and asians are killing the interview prep game right now and getting all the FAANG money. There's too few of us brehs on this tip. I've been the only breh in my whole damn department/company for the last 13 years now.

 

[kronix]

Why would you be envious at someone's who is elite at something? Generator speaking if youre in the top percentile in your career your likely to make hundreds of thousands or possibly millions. Whether you're a doctor, lawyer, engineer, trader, banker, programmer, entrepreneur, etc. The question is what are you willing to dedicate thousands of hours to.doing.

 

[Zime]

The closest I ever got to this coding shyt was when I created a bot for twitter that would post images, gifs and videos in realtime from a particular Discord server using Python. This Discord server was very active that there are people frequently sharing images, gifs and videos on there. I even included their messages on Discord that were attached to the media they were posting into the code. Because of this, I would get a lot of traction on Twitter since the bot was sending out stuff all the time. When I checked the stats and I had like millions of impressions on the tweets.

So much trial an error but it was a great experience.