• MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes. I tell my mentees this all the time.

    Decades ago, as a new developer, I expected to stop getting stuck like this.

    Instead I get stuck, like this, on really interesting problems with really valuable solutions.

    So that was a fun surprise, I guess. Lol.

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      1 year ago

      I was stuck on a problem for six months, and after figuring that out I banged it out in an afternoon. If anything you get stuck for even longer

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        1 year ago

        If I’m stuck on something for more than a few hours, I ask one of the more junior developers on my team if they have any ideas. Sometimes, a new perspective helps a lot!

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          Unfortunately it was for a personal project and nobody else understands the system so, haha