- Helps me write LinkedIn recommendations for friends (after I give it context)
- Helped me write other official communication
- I’m learning Java, it helped me solve a one-to-many relationship problem. I would have struggled to articulate the problem in a Google search.
- I hardly use stack overflow these days, unless when chat-gpt is down. (I’ve been try to pay for the subscription for a few days, I don’t know if it has to do with my location)
- I wanted to design simple schemas for a microservice, for learning purpose. And it created all the tables for me. In tabular format!
I don’t. When reading an interesting article and have to do something else. I convince myself I will get around to it some other time. But deep down I know it’s a lie. If it is important. I will find it when I need it.
For projects you can do. Start with a simple todo app, an e-commerce app and a real time chat application. I find that building and deploying these will cover most general knowledge required to land an entry/mid level role.
Words of encouragement: this is the best time to be a developer. The demand is huge and growing.
Get a personal laptop if you use your work machine for your regular internet surfing. I find that turning off my work pc and keeping it out of sight... in a drawer, helps me switch off after a while.
And every morning, I perform my morning rituals as if I’m commuting to work, before I pull out my laptop.
- Helps me write LinkedIn recommendations for friends (after I give it context)
- Helped me write other official communication
- I’m learning Java, it helped me solve a one-to-many relationship problem. I would have struggled to articulate the problem in a Google search.
- I hardly use stack overflow these days, unless when chat-gpt is down. (I’ve been try to pay for the subscription for a few days, I don’t know if it has to do with my location)
- I wanted to design simple schemas for a microservice, for learning purpose. And it created all the tables for me. In tabular format!