Day 291 of writing every day.
As I mentioned yesterday, it’s really been a roller coaster at work but it really depends on whether I’m at a standstill trying to figure out why something that should be simple isn’t working. chat-GPT is a useful tool, but the way things operate, it’s like the go-to tool for everything rather than going through a proper training course.
When I feel like I’m getting something done by setting up a component that works as intended, I feel uplifted. If I’m getting something that only partially works, it feels like I’m getting there and learning something. If I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, then it’s time to stop and think about all the things that could be going wrong and also what I need to learn to workout the solution. Half the time it seems to be rephrasing what I ask chat-GPT and more recently it’s posting the code I have and asking chat-GPT what’s wrong with it or what to do with it so that it executes an order I want it to.
I survived my first week on an assignment, which to be honest, the bosses involved treated as training camp for new hires with no experience. It’s not much for the start of a new career, but I think experiences like these really can tell if someone is cut out for life as a tech worker.
Everyone has different goals, whether it be frontend or backend or something else entirely such as working on the infrastructure side of things. But I think everyone has to go through the hardships of impostor syndrome and just being able to make their way through problems they’ve never encountered before by proving to be resourceful enough to find a solution by themselves or a limited amount of support.
It’s finally the weekend and I feel like I can appreciate that sensation again after going to work for a whole week instead of being on standby.
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