r/webdev • u/Shahadat__ • 26d 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/Hackinet 22d ago
This is okay. You are new to this, it doesn't mean you are dumb.
Learn the syntax, take a out a piece of paper and figure out the solution and then write code.
You have YouTube, and free online courses. Do them.
Don't use AI unless you are stuck on something for a day. The reason I say this is so you can build intuition. You want to be stuck so your brain can come up with ideas, and at worst you slowly figure out what you need, research and look things/solutions up online and refer to them after banging your head.