r/selftaughtdev

Bonjour r/francophonie,

Après avoir beaucoup trop poncé les jeux quotidiens type Wordle, Lodle ou Pokedle j’ai fini par développer le mien : un jeu de géographie quotidien un peu plus nerdy 😄

Le principe :
Chaque jour, il faut trouver le bon pays parmi 7 propositions à travers 4 modes de jeu :

• MAXIMUM
• MINIMUM
• PROXIMITÉ
• IMPOSTEUR

Les critères changent chaque jour :
population, superficie, densité, couverture forestière, espérance de vie, médecins par habitant, PIB/habitant, etc.

Le projet a énormément évolué depuis les premières versions. J’ai réécrit, supprimé, simplifié et rétropédalé sur à peu près toutes mes idées initiales à un moment ou un autre 😅

Entre les erreurs d’architecture, les fausses bonnes idées et les retours des proches, ça a été un très bon terrain d’apprentissage.

C’est de loin mon projet perso le plus abouti jusqu’ici, même s’il reste encore plein de choses à améliorer.

Si certains veulent tester le jeu du jour ou me faire des retours, ça me ferait super plaisir 👇

https://terraequest.com/

Hey guys and gals,

I started learning coding around 2022, before AI tools were everywhere. Did a bunch of courses online and I’d say I have a pretty decent understanding of software architecture now.

I’ve worked with .NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, Xamarin/.NET MAUI, REST APIs, Identity, Entity Framework, and a bit of React. On the DevOps side I know my way around Azure, CI/CD pipelines, and Windows Server. I’ve also built a few websites and side projects for fun.

My issue is that nowadays I use AI a lot for the repetitive/boring stuff. I can definitely code on my own, but I still lean on AI pretty heavily during development.

Because I don’t have a SWE degree, I sometimes feel like a “vibe coder” (which I honestly hate), and it makes me feel weird about applying for dev jobs ( I currently work in tech support)

What’s the best way to realistically assess my skills and know if I’m actually ready to apply for developer roles?

This post is aimed mostly at beginners like me, except that I've been at it for 4 years, and still don't feel like I got the grasp of things.

 

Bottom Line: these days I found a really good program: Sunshine, and I loved it to death. They have 34k stars on Github and it's mostly related to networking. I've been picking up networking programming in C lately and I can't ever imagining myself being able to build something as good as that, that can transfer video data so perfectly.

 

The only programs I can build without bugs or that doesn't end up being a disaster are these super simple ones.

 

Also, at my workplace, I'm the worst dev, earn the least between all my coworkers, and I'm the only one without a degree. The only reason why I managed to get in was because I was 16 back then and they wanted a young dev that knew how to do some C#.

 

These past ~1.5 years I've quit programming hard due to being busy with C# at work and mental health stuff that I began fixing this year. I've gotten back lately and I'm looking up to learning much more intensively now that I'm finally feeling better, and see if this feeling of "never writing any big or useful" goes away.

 

TL;DR: DAE feel the way I feel? Like they will never be more than a code monkey despite being programming for quite some time?