I haven’t had one in programming yet

There goes my hope for a job that won’t make me go insane

Let’s hope this doesn’t end up like “emission credits”

I feel like sewing belongs here. And cooking, at least to some degree.

It’s easier to reason with a doctor than a computer. I can imagine you’d be in the system for good after such “evaluation” so it could mean slim chances of retesting

Thanks! Through these 4 months I haven’t found out anything, I got a temporary job as well so I haven’t had much of free time either.

One thing I saw is splitting the task even smaller than the usual. Things like"I’ll just open the document/ write one line and see how I feel" which might work sometimes.

I was concerned about doing the thing that’s already been done by other people but it dawned on me that when I cook (I love cooking), I’m doing the same thing. Using a recipe shared by hundreds of people, yet it’s still fun and has a personal touch. That one was really helpful.

It’s my las month at the job so I’ll be able to get back to coding soon and test the findings.

I’m using a similar API, I think IMDb wasn’t publicly available or something like this? I don’t remember exactly. I need Polish actors if that makes any difference.

Good idea with focusing on the main features. I wanted to try this at first but with web appinstead of the usual console app was a little awkward but I’ll look into this again.

Currently the number 1 issue is extracting actor names. They don’t come in json like an array or something, they’re only available via parsing a page so a string with html markup and stuff. There was some confusion because when I asked about that, I might’ve described it wrong because people on the server thought I’m doing web scraping? I’m not sure if it counts as scraping if it’s from an api though. I’ll have to clear it up probably but that last misunderstanding was really stressful.

I’m breaking the tasks down whenever I can and it really helps. This time it’s different because most od the time I don’t know the details, only find out as I go. That’s the trouble with being a beginner

I’m doing this and it really helps. For me the main problem here is that I don’t know all the pieces and time estimates are weird too. I guess it comes with practice but it’s a pain in the ass :P

Does the “not-ending” apply to really small things though? I think mine can have an end, it’s more of a demonstration than a serious thing.

I have my own meds and they’re a huge help but there still are some things that they didn’t solve but thats okay

That makes sense. I arrived to a similar conclusion so I’m switching the tasks up from time to time but I think I’ll reinforce that because right now it’s not planned out the best way. It can be improved.

Maybe, ironically, doing other tasks will actually help me accomplish more of the main one. I feel like it could work that way.

These are all very useful, thank you! The sense of urgency is definitely there, I’m trying to do things before my meds wear of. That’s a part of the reason why waiting for help is so difficult for me

True, although it’s very difficult to plan things when you don’t know what’s to be done;_;

Heh that’s clever. I haven’t come up with another project yet thoughhh

It’s a last resort. I don’t like using it and it’s a 50/50 anyway. One time it suggests reasonable things, the other time it totally misses the point. I’m not sure if the suggestions are following best practices too.

I only described it here for context, usually I focus on the functionality itself, unless the bigger picture is needed even though it’s a little difficult for me to tell which details are important and what can be omitted. Sometimes despite my best efforts there’s some confusion and making it right is consuming a lot of energy.

It works similarly for me with the motivation thing. I don’t have anything against learning things but I wish it was easier to find information about more complex things than just the most basic stuff. It’s the problem with all those courses. They’re great as a “starter” but after that point, you’re on your own in a weird void. The documentation doesn’t help much as well. Tutorial hell is a weird place to be in.

Yeahh I heard about it. But I have to tell people about it when I’m asking for help. I’m trying to do as much on my own as possible but there are moments where it’s more than I can deal with.

In a world where you must work, making jobs disappear is a death sentence. And don’t you start babbling about “new jobs being made”. There’s no guarantee they’ll pay as much and be as available as the ones lost. AI is not a thing to look forward to, judgning by how it’s used. It probably could’ve been used for good but tech millionaires aren’t good people.