DEV Community

Discussion on: What helps build developer confidence?

Collapse
 
ben profile image
Ben Halpern

Looking back on old things is a big big big one for me. Just thinking about where I used to be and how far I've come since then is always a big one.

Collapse
 
mabla0531 profile image
Matthew Bland

One main thing I realized one day when I was struggling with learning c++ data structures is how long I went practicing c++ without even knowing what a pointer was (this was junior high and early high school). It's interesting to realize how easy the concept is and yet how hard I thought it was back then.