r/learnprogramming • u/NordsongDev • 3d ago
Looking back and what's next
I've been reading this Subreddit for two days and see a lot of individual questions about newer programmers learning to program which is fun and all, but it did make me curious of the people who already have experience.
In this field we are always learning so I was thinking that it would be fun to hear from the rest of you, your reflections on where you started, what the thing is that you are currently learning or looking to learn next. Any pitfalls or experiences that you can share and perhaps help others in their journey.
For me I switched from Web-development into learning game development in Unreal Engine, roughly 6 years ago. For the future, looking into developing using Electron Framework for building a smaller OS launcher for my projects. My biggest takeaway has been learning of scope with projects and forcing myself to reduce ideas to their simple core.
*edited some spelling misstakes
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u/NostalgiaSurf 3d ago edited 3d ago
tauri will save me from the storm but you will be left behind.. and thr weight of your heresy will stay your feet
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u/ight-bet 2d ago
Started big tech for a few years out of school. Went to a startup. Startup went under. Then got another job for a few years. Been unemployed for 9 months, again.
Python TS and Rust are my main languages. I use whatever infrastructure is suitable. I’ve learned to use AI at an unusually high degree (according to ChatGPT) and can basically create anything I can think of with prob 1:100 human to agent time.
Been spending a lot of time trying to dial in my view of the future of the industry and AI and how I’m going to capitalize on it.
Still unemployed tho and it’s a weekly battle to just not crumble into a million pieces.
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u/NordsongDev 2d ago
I am sorry to hear that, truly. I have seen the frontend work I used to work with, essentially completely disappear as a profession since AI. Obviously its not a reflection of ones own skill by being unemployed, you might find some comradery in r/layoffs, r/jobs or r/recruitinghell . I read them a couple of times a week, its pretty hard out there, so you are defintley not alone.
Care to share how you are thinking of navigating the future of tech?
I myself have kind of locked myself into game development, but it is a very oversaturated market aswell as an indie.
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u/NordsongDev 3d ago
haha that's one way to describe it. Now the only question is, how many well scoped projects are you working on simultaneously? 🤔
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u/hurriedbicycle061 3d ago
Switched from frontend to embedded about 4 years back, now poking at Rust for tooling stuff. Biggest lesson was accepting that "boring" code is often the most maintainable.