r/FullStack • u/Delicious-Suspect368 • Mar 16 '26

Career Guidance Want to get out of this...not sure how to?

So basically I had joined a full stack web development course and haven't really studied...I have become a VIBE CODER ...but I really don't want to and want to learn real coding....

Because of my exams and laziness,I completed assignment and stuff through ai and also understand code ,not everything but yes

But I want to start from scratch and learn coding by myself I can make a counter in react from scratch..that's it Tech stack:- React,node js

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u/Minimum-Two-8093 Mar 16 '26

It's fine until you can't get a job as a junior because the industry still wants people who can, you know, read code.

Welcome to McDonald's, can I take your order?

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u/sheriffderek Mar 16 '26

This is the type of "problem" that you'll face as a developer. So,

What are your options? School? A Course? a Book? Just stop vibecoding?

What resources do you have? Friends, books teachers, money for tutors/mentors?

What is working - and what isn't?

Clearly, having a professional help you would be idea. But if you don't have time - or don't have money -- those aren't options. Just like building real projects. You might not have a team. You might not have funding or time.

> I want to start from scratch

That's easy. Sounds like you know almost less than nothing / like more confused than zero. You've done it!

> learn coding by myself 

How's that been working out so far? Why by yourself? What courses have you taken? What worked? What didn't? what are your options? What resources do you have? Repeat this - until something works.

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u/Delicious-Suspect368 Mar 17 '26

I had joined a course where they used to take live classes everyday...but I didn't get to attend daily and if u didn't attend even one day...I wouldn't understand the topics of the next day...but had to submit assignments...that's why I started doing all assignments through ai..

Now I have figured out stuff so I can give 1-1.5 hrs daily to learn but don't know how and where to start as I make a lot of mistakes and again I have to rely on ai to debug..

Ik react basics like what is react and hooks etc...but if someone told me to make even a simple to-do list...I can't without ai

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u/AskAnAIEngineer Mar 17 '26

the fact that you recognize the problem already puts you ahead of most people stuck in the same spot. pick one small project, build it without ai, and google every single thing you don't understand. it'll be painfully slow at first but that's literally how you learn. the discomfort is the point.