I am making a roadmap thread to become software dev

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Title. I'll detail on every resource, evrything I learnt along the way, reflecting on my mistakes, my fallicies and my entire journey from 0 coding knowledge to winning competitive coding and hackathons one after another and scoring multiple job offers. I promise you it's going to be one of my best threads ever. There's nothing an iron will can't conquer.
 
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Why?
 
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I want to give some value to this forum before I leave. My days are numbered. Once I get my surgery and I start working full time again I doubt I'll be as active
 
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Can you give me a tag when you create that thread?:unsure::unsure::unsure:
I would like to read
 
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I want to give some value to this forum before I leave. My days are numbered. Once I get my surgery and I start working full time again I doubt I'll be as active
Are you leaving??:incel::incel:
 
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Title. I'll detail on every resource, evrything I learnt along the way, reflecting on my mistakes, my fallicies and my entire journey from 0 coding knowledge to winning competitive coding and hackathons one after another and scoring multiple job offers. I promise you it's going to be one of my best threads ever. There's nothing and iron will can't conquer.
yeah do it definitely
 
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I want to give some value to this forum before I leave. My days are numbered. Once I get my surgery and I start working full time again I doubt I'll be as active
Damn, @ me in the thread then I’m interested
 
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I want to give some value to this forum before I leave. My days are numbered. Once I get my surgery and I start working full time again I doubt I'll be as active
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Title. I'll detail on every resource, evrything I learnt along the way, reflecting on my mistakes, my fallicies and my entire journey from 0 coding knowledge to winning competitive coding and hackathons one after another and scoring multiple job offers. I promise you it's going to be one of my best threads ever. There's nothing an iron will can't conquer.
Looking forward to it, unfortunately I'm gonna assume barely anyone is going to fully go through it let alone implement anything :lul:
Tag me though I'll be one of the few
 
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Self-learning beyond learning a programming language and doing coding problems on like Keetcode, Kaatis, USACO guide etc is a terrible idea and horribly inefficient. I'm not going to elebarote on that. If you really are serious, then you should just get a degree.
 
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good thread. ill add some of my experiences as well
 
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Self-learning beyond learning a programming language and doing coding problems on like Keetcode, Kaatis, USACO guide etc is a terrible idea and horribly inefficient. I'm not going to elebarote on that. If you really are serious, then you should just get a degree.
i got a software job a year after graduating from high-school
 
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but generally getting a degree is a good idea
 
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Self-learning beyond learning a programming language and doing coding problems on like Keetcode, Kaatis, USACO guide etc is a terrible idea and horribly inefficient. I'm not going to elebarote on that. If you really are serious, then you should just get a degree.
most of the stuff I learnt in my CS degree I don't even put them to use. CS degrees are mostly there to follow a structured path to learn and understand give you a high level overview om all the concepts in Computers. If you specifically want to study to become a coder, embedded systems engineer or sysadmin and only do things specific to one IT role you can complete the entire syllabus in just a few months. A lot of the shit you learn in CS like formal languages etc you don't even use in real world. This is one of the reasons I think CS degree isn't too important to become a great coder. I've known people who never went to uni but are still great coders but a CS degree helps for sure. Ask any devs here and they will the exact same opinion @mvpisafaggot420 @thales20
 
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Title. I'll detail on every resource, evrything I learnt along the way, reflecting on my mistakes, my fallicies and my entire journey from 0 coding knowledge to winning competitive coding and hackathons one after another and scoring multiple job offers. I promise you it's going to be one of my best threads ever. There's nothing an iron will can't conquer.
tag me when you make it, lion 🙏
 
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most of the stuff I learnt in my CS degree I don't even put them to use. CS degrees are mostly there to follow a structured path to learn and understand give you a high level overview om all the concepts in Computers. If you specifically want to study to become a coder, embedded systems engineer or sysadmin and only do things specific to one IT role you can complete the entire syllabus in just a few months. A lot of the shit you learn in CS like formal languages etc you don't even use in real world. This is one of the reasons I think CS degree isn't too important to become a great coder. I've known people who never went to uni but are still great coders but a CS degree helps for sure. Ask any devs here and they will the exact same opinion @mvpisafaggot420 @thales20
How good of a set up do you need to learn & practice this?
I don't have a PC but I want to get one and start making money off of it.
Would a basic setup work or would I need a powerful PC?
 
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most of the stuff I learnt in my CS degree I don't even put them to use. CS degrees are mostly there to follow a structured path to learn and understand give you a high level overview om all the concepts in Computers. If you specifically want to study to become a coder, embedded systems engineer or sysadmin like OP and only do things specific to one IT role you can complete the entire syllabus in just a few months. A lot of the shit you learn in CS like formal languages etc you don't even use in real world. This is one of the reasons I think CS degree isn't too important to become a great coder. I've known people who never went to uni but are still great coders but a CS degree helps for sure. Ask any devs here and they will the exact same opinion @mvpisafaggot420 @goonee23 @thales20
A computer science degree gives you a solid foundation to pursue whatever career you want, whether it’s software development, DevOps, data science or ML, embedded systems, etc. It’s not meant to teach or specialize you in one area to the fullest extent. It’s not necessarily required to get a job (assuming we’re hypothetically factoring out the degree and internship requirements and going purely off knowledge), but I still think it’s the better route because most people need the structure, organization, and resources that a school environment provides. With self-learning, you never know if certain materials will be paywalled or unavailable later on, which can mess everything up. Yeah, it depends on the specific course or curriculum you’re using, but I’m speaking in general. I remember seeing a report about a self-learning curriculum where around 100 people started it, and only 2 or 3 actually finished. Most people fail at self-learning tbh.
 
How good of a set up do you need to learn & practice this?
I don't have a PC but I want to get one and start making money off of it.
Would a basic setup work or would I need a powerful PC?
 
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Just learn on the job jfl if you sacrifice your free time for this nerd shit

but tag me anyways
 
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Just learn on the job jfl if you sacrifice your free time for this nerd shit

but tag me anyways
Doing this for school, a job, or an internship is fine, but spending your free time learning boring crap like this is painful. Doing programming puzzles in your free time is fine because it’s fun, same with reading or journaling. But slogging through a poorly designed course filled with the most mind-numbing content imaginable, while also having to figure out how to set up your environment and overcome technical roadblocks, is just awful..
 
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Doing this for school, a job, or an internship is fine, but spending your free time learning boring crap like this is painful. Doing programming puzzles in your free time is fine because it’s fun, same with reading or journaling. But slogging through a poorly designed course filled with the most mind-numbing content imaginable, while also having to figure out how to set up your environment and overcome technical roadblocks, is just awful..
Programming puzzles have nothing to do with the actual job tbh they don't help you at all.

Would also never do a course in my freetime, just ask your company to pay it for you and do it during work hours.
 
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Programming puzzles have nothing to do with the actual job tbh they don't help you at all.

Would also never do a course in my freetime, just ask your company to pay it for you and do it during work hours.
Yeah, but it’s kind of fun and dopamine-inducing when you get it right. It also helps with interview questions. if you have a profile that tracks the problems you’ve solved, you can show it off when networking.
 
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Yeah, but it’s kind of fun and dopamine-inducing when you get it right. It also helps with interview questions. if you have a profile that tracks the problems you’ve solved, you can show it off when networking.
I agree its fun and yes, if you are good at it you are typically also good at real programming, but thats only because usually the two interests align.

But these coding challenges never follow any clean code principles and are way too complicated and convoluted to be actual useable code that you would see in any productive system.

Coding interview questions are an american company thing tbh, doesn't happen in Europe.
 
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Tag me in final thread
 
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Is the industry really cooked rn like all the normies have been claiming the past few years? Apparently you need a masters just to get entry level dev roles nowadays jfl :fuk:

And is AI gonna be an issue in the near future, or is it mostly just hype?
 
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Title. I'll detail on every resource, evrything I learnt along the way, reflecting on my mistakes, my fallicies and my entire journey from 0 coding knowledge to winning competitive coding and hackathons one after another and scoring multiple job offers. I promise you it's going to be one of my best threads ever. There's nothing an iron will can't conquer.
Do I need to go to school? Is it possible without a degree like some claim?
 
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most of the stuff I learnt in my CS degree I don't even put them to use. CS degrees are mostly there to follow a structured path to learn and understand give you a high level overview om all the concepts in Computers. If you specifically want to study to become a coder, embedded systems engineer or sysadmin and only do things specific to one IT role you can complete the entire syllabus in just a few months. A lot of the shit you learn in CS like formal languages etc you don't even use in real world. This is one of the reasons I think CS degree isn't too important to become a great coder. I've known people who never went to uni but are still great coders but a CS degree helps for sure. Ask any devs here and they will the exact same opinion @mvpisafaggot420 @thales20
Do I need to go to school? Is it possible without a degree like some claim?
 
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Tag me plz bhai
 
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tag me in it, bhai
 
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I want to give some value to this forum before I leave. My days are numbered. Once I get my surgery and I start working full time again I doubt I'll be as active
Thats very noble of you bro. Tag me in the thread too.
 
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Title. I'll detail on every resource, evrything I learnt along the way, reflecting on my mistakes, my fallicies and my entire journey from 0 coding knowledge to winning competitive coding and hackathons one after another and scoring multiple job offers. I promise you it's going to be one of my best threads ever. There's nothing an iron will can't conquer.
I will read every single letter. Pls ping me when you do I want to become a better coder and hacker overall
 
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