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

[JLova]

You gotta really be into it. I tried for a few years and a project of mine was actually recognized by a globally renown company but ultimately I just don't have the passion for lines upon lines of code


Tech in general is where it's at. I prefer IT much more

You certainly need to have a passion for it. Those who do and are good will never be hurting for a job.

 

[GooPunch]

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.

Breh, I used to be giving motivational speeches to my friends on some "If I can do it you can do it" bullshyt like that one scene in Save the Last Dance.



Pretty much everyone I've ever tried to teach quits immediately because they don't have the patience to sit down in front of a computer for long periods of time, don't like learning in general, and don't like getting stuck. Being smart or wanting the money aint enough.

Now when people tell me they want to learn to code, and I know they don't have the temperament for it, I just hit that

and keep it moving.

 

[IIVI]

I'll say this, as someone who loves grinding Leetcode, I think the best way to interview a candidate I've ever heard someone mention:

The team comes up with a working repository/project:

1. They fill it with bugs and code that needs improvement whether it is code that is unreadable/brittle/messy.
2. The whiteboarding is actually a paired programming session to get the team working with the interviewee.
3. Team asks interviewee to fix the bugs and see if they can refactor the code. At this point Space/Time complexity questions are asked about their solution.
   1. During refactor you can see if they know of design patterns that can be applied (object-oriented, S.O.L.I.D, functional programming, etc.).
   2. It gives a peek into what their strengths may be and what team or microservice they'd best fit on.

This gives the team an idea of who they're going to be working with. It's also cool because you can make the fake repository be reflective of the company's current codebases, that includes some pain points and sees if the prospect knows how to navigate through it.

Apparently the guy said they've been doing this for years and haven't hired a bad software engineer during that time, and it's someone the team vibes with.

I really wanted to try this out for our company.

 

[chkmeout]

So no one gonna post the discord servers....

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

I'm currently stuck on deploying a django app. My changes aren't showing.

- rebooted the instance
- cleared browser cache
- cleared pycache
- restarted nginx
- restarted uwsgi

Still now showing changes Not fun at all.

Logs?

 

[KingDanz]

Logs?

no errors in the logs both nginx and uwsgi

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

no errors in the logs both nginx and uwsgi

What is it hosted on? I assume nothing changed with your firewall or security groups Because it was working before, right?

 

[Busted_Toes]

 

[KingDanz]

What is it hosted on? I assume nothing changed with your firewall or security groups Because it was working before, right?

AWS EC2 Instance

i push changes to gitlab

ssh into ec2 instance, go to directory

sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu .
git pull origin master
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
sudo systemctl restart nginx
sudo systemctl restart uwsgi

This is what i always do, now out of the blue changes aren't showing

 

[AQz]

If you want to get into coding. The only thing holding you back is you.

I just gave someone I casually speak to some tips. They are doing a bootcamp now after getting started with some free resources. In no time they will be good.

 

[IIVI]

So no one gonna post the discord servers....

I don't really know of many off the top rather than the main language-specific ones like the Python Discord:

Join the Python Discord Server!

We're a large community focused around the Python programming language. We believe that anyone can learn to code. | 415189 members

discord.com

There's also some recommendations here:

The Best Discord Servers to Join for Coding

Coding Discord servers are helpful communities where all coders can work together. Find the best coding Discord servers to join in this article.

careerkarma.com

Another thing you can do is usually find some on the language's subreddit. I'm still new to the whole discord scene though, so my bad if it seems real general.

 

[Matt504]

I want his life

His work/life balance is much better than mine. Most of these "day in the life of a software engineer" videos do not come close to any reality I've seen and I've been in the field for 7 years now.

 

[KingDanz]

how did i not know about discord

Just joined Django and Nuxt servers..

 

[Spatial Paradox]

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.

That dopamine hit when you figure out a solution for something you’ve been struggling to figure out

 

[UpNext]

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.

Bro it took me years into my career to know that people were just gaming interviews and weren't really like that when it came to coding. Once I figured that out it was a done deal