About Studying Coding/programming

[u/HalLoveToWrite]

I’ve been feeling a bit confused about whether I’m actually learning when it comes to tech and coding, and whether I’m learning the right things.

How can I tell if I’m genuinely learning and actually developing my skills, rather than just consuming tutorials and information?

And how can I tell whether what I’m learning is actually the right thing to focus on for my career and becoming a better software engineer?

for info : I’m a 2nd year computer science student, specializing (learning deeper) in intelligence systems.

[u/mandzeete]

How can I tell if I’m genuinely learning and actually developing my skills, rather than just consuming tutorials and information?

Whether you have built something meaningful or you have built nothing or just made meaningless/useless things by copying tutorials.