You actually need proper documentation, though. I've had to read source code to discover or figure out how to use cli flags way too many damn times. (I'm not a real programmer, I just work on infrastructure).

[–] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry to tell you this but you are a real programmer.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck

[–] NovaOG@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh yes you are a programmer!

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess I shouldn't have switched from CS to IT when we got to recursion (I can read it, but I can't write it to save my life)

[–] NovaOG@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thats totally fine for someone learning. Some really good coders i know still cannot explain complicated data structs or complicated topics. Nobody can "measure" you as a "real programmer" anymore, try as they might to replace us with LLM AI. You wrote code? You've been thru it? You've learned a good amount? You're a programmer.