Ask HN: What boosted your confidence as a new programmer?
When anyone starts out in a new craft, even after grasping the fundamentals of the tools they are quite shaky and low on confidence until they have a significant experience in doing something that ultimately ramps up their confidence in their craftsmanship.
Similar things happen with novice programmers when they start out.
Then they read a beautiful codebase which they can fully understand and replicate, or build a project from scratch, or read a book or take a class on a subject. And their confidence is tremendously boosted thereafter.
What was it for you? How did you gain this confidence to take the first step from being a tinkerer to being a skilled craftman?
Similar things happen with novice programmers when they start out.
Then they read a beautiful codebase which they can fully understand and replicate, or build a project from scratch, or read a book or take a class on a subject. And their confidence is tremendously boosted thereafter.
What was it for you? How did you gain this confidence to take the first step from being a tinkerer to being a skilled craftman?