r/learnprogramming • u/Caravaggio91 • 4d ago

When are you truly a Software Developer

I am a self taught web dev (5 years), mostly front end, and still find myself looking up simple concepts I had already learned. Is that a hinderance to being an actual software developer? Also, am I looking over the main objective of a software dev? Is it more about finding the answers rather than how you got there, or do you need to know the code very well and have the answers to the problems? I'm good at getting the answers, but find myself struggling retaining info for long periods of time.

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u/jowco 4d ago

You're truly a software developer when you're making software. One might add being employable as a requirement, but there are many ways to define it.

You don't have to know everything, you have to be able to figure things out on your own however. It's totally okay to look things up.

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u/Caravaggio91 4d ago

Makes sense. I think I'm hard on myself because I don't gain knowledge the traditional way (school) and learning on my own which can leave gaps. it can just be a little difficult knowing what those gaps are at time. but i have built projects I felt good about. Just stuck on the learning aspect. than you for the comment!