#Expectations vs Reality

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honest torrent
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First of all to the moderators reading this, I think a thread was the most appropriate place to send this, instead of the numerous help channels

I'm 17, I'm from the UK if that even matters, I was introduced to my first html page when I was 13, I've been learning programming ever since.
I've tried out python, c++ and javascript and javascript and typescript is the route I want to go down

In the summer I want to create a full stack webapp for a side project whilst doing a full stack web app for a school project

But the problem I'm having is every time I go to YouTube I see tutorials on how to make xyz, some really cool and complicated things

That being one factor with many others, I feel like I should be able to do more with code for my age, I feel like my ability is low

I've had conversations with 14 year olds (I'm 17) who have used various languages to solve real problems they faced personally, ive never wrote any code that actually solves a problem for me.

I'm not sure what type of response I expect from you, and I'm not sure what type of response I'll get, but I just want to know what type of things with JavaScript would you expect an aspiring 17yo backend developer to know

Any help is appreciated, im in a weird state in my head rn, feel almost like giving up in a sense..

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Once again I'd like to reiterate I'm not exactly sure where to post this, I really think it's valuable getting feedback from you guys in particular 🙏

rich jacinth
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Age is meaningless. Some people pick concepts up faster than others. Just go write code and stop worrying about everybody else.

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P.S. using videos to learn coding is rarely the right choice. See #faq for better resources.

honest torrent
honest torrent
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I'll learn react router using their docs. Might start today 👀

prime hill
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Lol I was like 21 before I even started learning to code. Was actually convinced I didn't like programming back in high school (I had never tried it so I have no idea why I thought that). Went with an EE major. 3 years in hated it left college went to community college and took a bunch of random engineering courses across a bunch of majors to see if anything interested me. Happened to take a programming course. And that was that.

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There are successful people who are in their 40s who changed their entire careers and having never previously coded in their life.

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Focus on yourself. Build your skills. It's fine to watch a video about building something, but don't think you've really learned to build it (I think there's a psych term for this phenomenon lol).

Build something and get stuck. Google, ask here, learn to read docs, whatever, fight with it, learn to debug and fix it. That sort of critical thinking and measured approach will cement knowledge in your head far better than passively watching a video or semi passively copy/typing code from a video.

honest torrent
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Thank you bro