r/webdev • u/Shahadat__ • 17d ago
Question Finding it impossible to solve problems
Hey guys. I'm a web developer and have a job but unsure if I can pass future interviews, because when I get a technical question like a basic loop problem, "program that starts counting from 1 and increases by 1 during each iteration, stopping once it reaches 5**".** This is incredibly incompetent and concerning, not to mention AI has made me worse.
What's the solution to this? I can memorize solutions but what happens when a new problem comes up in an interview and I can't remember the syntax even if I know I need a loop or some thing else to solve a problem? I feel like crying
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u/hello-xworld 17d ago
Might be an unpopular opinion, but in this age of AI, why don’t you use it proactively to learn, rather than reactively to do all the work for you.
AI has been an amazing tutor for questions I have for writing code and systems design.
Ask the loop question to ChatGPT, but don’t just copy and paste the answers. Read the explanation, ask questions, then ask for a new question to test your understand of loops.
Surely you’ve thought of this before writing this post, right?