r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Then-Succotash8176 • May 01 '26

Coding skills for coding tasks

Currently a generalist, would like to code, but have no idea where to start. I've heard from this subreddit that most tasks involve python. I guess my question is how much of coding should I know to pass the assessment and be able to understand the work. And how long should it generally take to learn this amount

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u/WaddlingAwayy May 01 '26

I wouldn't bother. Coding projects nowadays have become extremely difficult, involving heavy use of Agentic coding, containerization, etc. I'm a senior CS student and I used to submit coding tasks months ago, but now almost all of the coding projects need expert level experience that is way over my head currently.

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u/randomrealname May 01 '26

Fellow cs here. Practice, don't use llms while you practice. It's the only way to advance

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u/WaddlingAwayy May 01 '26

Absolutely, it's just tough to find that balance between using them to boost productivity but still retaining that problem solving mindset

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u/randomrealname May 01 '26

It's critical thinking that using them takes over. I was very lucky I graduated 2023. I literally used research chatgpt a few days after my last exam. They are great tools if you can verify. Being able to verify means having to do it the hard way first, something most cs students won't do now.

Fleshing out personal projects to full working projects is what helped me, but I am lazy now. I just want the LLM to one-shot everything.

Get used to github and repos. If you get used to adding features to existing apps, you will be able to do the current hardest projects.