Is it normal to be slow at coding?

You might be a little “slow” compared to someone who has been programming for 5 or 10 years, but it all comes with time. You are probably doing things now in 1/10th of the time as when you were first learning, and it will continue to become easier.

Do you have to be fast at coding?

To be a programmer, you should be able to type without having to think too hard. This is when typing actually matters to being a programmer. Typing fast is not important in and of itself: you want to be able to type without interrupting your train of thought. That’s the crucial skill for programmers.

Is writing code hard?

No, coding is not hard to learn. However, like anything new, it’s not easy to start, and how difficult a time one has with learning to code will vary across a number of factors. The point is, learning to code isn’t impossible; or, it’s not as impossible as it might seem when it comes to getting your kids involved.

What should I look for when hiring a software developer?

If you use a code generator, really look at the code it generates; if you use database tools, take a look at the underlying SQL it generates; and so on. At your job, take a look at the code the senior developers are writing and ask how and why things were done a particular way. If you can, check out open source projects as well.

How to become a more competitive software developer?

Having a foundation on this will make you far more competitive software developer in any programming language. This will also make it easier for you to understand other people’s code, since you’ll quickly identify what design pattern they used on their code to better understand it.

What does it take to be an intermediate developer?

Much of what goes into being an intermediate developer is having a few concepts that you are really good at working with in code. For me, it is multithreading/parallelism, regular expressions, and how to leverage dynamic languages (and the last two are fading as I get farther away from my Perl history).

How long does it take to become an expert in programming?

Furthermore, becoming an expert does not always mean doing the same task for 10 years; it often means doing a wide variety of tasks within a particular domain for 10 years. It will take a lot of time and energy to become an “expert”; working as a developer for a few years is not enough. Want to become a senior developer in your early 30s?