Programming Confidence Tip – Never Doubt Your Ability
Have you ever doubted your ability to get a job done? As a coder I have been there many times. I have had countless jobs and projects where I had absolutely no idea how I would ever finish the job. Things usually seemed to work out. The most important piece of advice I learned over the past few years is that to never ever doubt your abilities.
When I first started writing code professionally I had absolutely no idea what I was really doing. I never gave up. I studied the source code of the applications and I read a lot. Whenever I didn’t understand something I researched the topic and usually learned something about it. It takes a long time to master different technologies.
After a few years writing computer code is fairly the same it’s just the technologies that may be different. As long as you understand how to lookup and research issues (even as a beginner with zero experience) you should be able to survive most jobs with minimal difficulty).
Sunday, October 19th, 2008