Re:Ask HN: Why haven't you learned to code yet?
by AdmiralAsshat on Thursday October 15, 2015 @12:52PM
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I have learned to code. Just not very well.
That's sorta what happens when you don't follow things to completion. I have a "working knowledge" of C/C++/Java/Python/HTML/CSS/Javascript/jQuery/Bash/Powershell. The problem is I use very few of them daily within my job, and hence the only thing I'd consider myself truly "fluent" in is Bash, with C being a distant second on the level of "I can read it pretty well but I don't actually have to write it".
Hence, whatever else I scrape together in my free time is usually just examples taken from books or e-learning courses, but very few practical examples or projects to reinforce what I've learned.
That's sorta what happens when you don't follow things to completion. I have a "working knowledge" of C/C++/Java/Python/HTML/CSS/Javascript/jQuery/Bash/Powershell. The problem is I use very few of them daily within my job, and hence the only thing I'd consider myself truly "fluent" in is Bash, with C being a distant second on the level of "I can read it pretty well but I don't actually have to write it".
Hence, whatever else I scrape together in my free time is usually just examples taken from books or e-learning courses, but very few practical examples or projects to reinforce what I've learned.