u/Caravaggio91

Just curious, but as a solo developer or working with a team when you go through your projects codebase do you remember what everything is, why you made the decisions you did, or what everything does? Or do you have to relearn some of the code you implemented in your project?

Also, have you ever completed a project and still feel a little clueless on how you got everything to work like it did or feel a little foggy on areas of the code?

I’ve recently become more curious about EE. So my education is: B.F.A (Bachelors of fine art), MBA, and working on a cert from The University of West Florida in AI & Cybersecurity. I have been a self taught web developer for 5 years (primarily front end) working with the MERN stack.

I have always been interested in building things, discovering, and problem solving. I know the field of EE is huge, but given my interest it seems that IoT or embedded systems (maybe both) is a good route.

However, my question is, how likely is it for me to bridge into the EE field with my current background? I would like to gain most (if not all) of my learning from actual hands on projects. And I’m not looking for the transition to be in a year or 18 months. I understand it takes time. I just want to know would it be better to focus on real application of EE (building stuff) or getting credentials and education?

I was just curious, but I am a self taught solo developer. I do freelance work but have never directly worked in the tech industry. If I find myself needing to look up answers for simple basic concepts every few months am I still considered a programmer? Is that what most of the real world application of a software developer is? Mostly just finding the answer, not necessarily being the best coder who remembers everything about coding? Just curious.