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Looking back, my zero-tolerance for coding errors was holding me back
When I first got into coding, I thought every line had to be perfect right away. I'd spend an evening on a small program, and if it had one bug, I'd just trash the whole thing and begin again. It felt like I was failing every time something didn't work. But over time, I saw that messing up is just part of how you learn to code. Now, I keep those broken programs and try to fix them step by step. It's actually more satisfying to solve a problem than to avoid it. For anyone starting out, I'd say don't be scared of errors, because they help you understand how things really work. I guess I changed my mind about what it means to be good at this.
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the_caleb1mo ago
Oh please, @fisher.terry, acting like coding is some perfect art form. If I tossed every program with a bug, I'd never finish anything. Last week, my script to sort names kept crashing from a simple mistake. Fixing that showed me how strings really work. Learning from errors is how you get better, not by avoiding them.
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fisher.terry1mo ago
But what if that perfectionism is what builds real skill? Settling for errors just makes you sloppy.
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