![]() An algorithm is like finding a name in a phonebook. In the process, I learned the most important lesson of my programming career.Ģ1. I once made a mistake that cost my company $10,000 dollars. And when it happens, it’s really freakin’ cool.Ģ0. You’re going to wake up in the morning thinking about code. This takes far less time than 10,000 hours.ġ9. In reality, you need to be good enough to know how to self correct and get back on track when problems arise. It doesn’t take 10,000 hours to be good enough to land a job. ![]() Nobody expects you to know everything right away.ġ8. When you land your first programming job, you might be inclined to “fake it till you make it.” Don’t. So when I realized that I could sneak a feature in before a teammate so that he/she had to deal with these instead of me, I was super excited.ġ7. Avoiding merge conflicts makes you happier. But once I did, I realized that there were a ton of developers just like me.ġ6. In the beginning, it was pretty intimidating to get myself to the point where I felt comfortable attending these. I never would have arrived where I’m at if I hadn’t stepped back and admired the awesome things I was building along the way.ġ5. If you’re not a “math person,” that doesn’t mean that you can’t be a programmer.ġ4. It makes you think about problems in a holistic way.ġ3. When you go through this process, you’ll often come across a solution without ever asking for help. Explain why you think it should be working differently.Explain exactly what is actually happening.Explain exactly what you think should be happening.And when you do, make sure that you do these 4 things: Everybody needs to ask for help at some point. You’re not writing a book that can’t be changed once it’s published.ġ2. But making improvements to your code is normal. I used to think that every piece of code I wrote needed to be perfect. Changing bad code is part of the process. There is no faster way to learn how to code.ġ1. Computers are so complex and there is so much to learn, and you’re never going to understand everything. In the beginning, I tried to chase down the “why” to every problem I encountered. ![]() Trying to understand everything is a lost cause. It took me a while to get used to noticing subtle differences between similar symbols, and it can be pretty frustrating until you get used to it.ĩ. There’s a BIG difference between a capital letter and a lowercase letter. The computer that you own right now is probably good enough to use to start programming. Contrary to what Hollywood might tell you, you don’t need an insane external monitor setup to be a programmer. When screwing up is such an integral part of the process, you need to be ok with making mistakes in order to grow.ħ. You’re going to see error messages on your journey to becoming a programmer. Talking about code and collaborating with other aspiring developers is a better way to learn for most people.Ħ. There are currently no videos available for Gingerbred LLC.5. ExoCorps is set to release on Steam Early Access in early 2020, where they hope to use player feedback to guide the game in further development and polish. In the past year a third developer, Sam, has lent a talented hand to help bring ExoCorps to market. With only two primary developers, ExoCorps has taken several years to finally be in a releasable state. A trailer featuring footage from an early version of the game was successfully greenlit in eight days on Steam Greenlight in 2013. HistoryĮxoCorps has been a dream project for Garin Mazaika since the early 2000's, prior to his experience working in the games industry (since 2006). Our first game released under Gingerbred LLC, ExoCorps is a hard sci-fi arena shooter where players battle in high-mobility exosuits over vast desolate landscapes with an arsenal of futuristic weaponry at their disposal. Now husband and wife, with two children, Gingerbred is proud to announce the Steam Early Access release of the multiplayer sci-fi shooter Exocorps in Early 2020. Founded in 2013, Gingerbred was formed by artist and desiger Garin Mazaika alongside engineer Rachel Fenn.
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