Link to Article: https://engineering.freeagent.com/2022/08/08/how-to-boost-your-confidence-as-a-beginner-software-engineer/

Key Points:

• Practice makes perfect
  • The assignments you’re given in school is probably not enough.
  • You’re going to need to push yourself to code every single day
  • Another thing to keep in mind is that people are different and some of them need more practice. So don’t compare yourself to others, because everyone learns at a different pace.
  • Resources: LeetCode, FreeCodeCamp, Codecademy, Youtube Tutorials are my personal favorite!
• The more experience the better
  • Work with people who have more experience than you.
  • Ask for help from those people! They won’t perceive you as stupid. Instead, they will perceive you as highly motivated to learn.
• Give yourself time to do the necessary research
  • Don’t worry about finishing the project on time
  • Copying code you don’t understand is a BIG MISTAKE
  • Accept that things will be confusing and you won’t understand it immediately. Programming is a field about learning and there is an endless amount to learn. Cut yourself some slack.
  • No one expects you to know everything from the beginning and you don’t have to figure out everything alone.
• Take a break
  • Being tired → frustration → worse thinking and concentration
  • Don’t blame yourself for just being tired!
• Don’t copy solutions without understanding them
  • Play with the code
  • You won’t find solutions by staring at code.
  • Test different implementations. Make mistakes and learn from them!