4-step guide to solving coding problems (with JavaScript code examples)

My early career as a self-taught software developer can be defined by three distinct traits:

1. Absorbing and practicing everything I could, wherever I could, whenever I could, in order to understand my craft;

2. Feeling consistent urges to gouge my eyes out and go back to working at the United States Postal Service whenever a missing semicolon would break my program for six hours or more;

3. Suddenly receiving 6-10 daily coupon deals from local chain pizzerias once I started learning PHP and didn’t have the physical or mental fortitude to make dinner myself.

The first six to twelve months of learning software development on your own are brutal. Not only are you stuffing your brain to the point where it feels like it’s about to literally explode, you’re also perhaps competing with naggingly negative thoughts about your competency.

Nothing quite destroys confidence quicker than failing a so-called simple coding challenge, or having a hard time reading JavaScript examples from the Mozilla docs.

Going from Level 0 to Level 1 in this industry takes time, patience, and failing. Lots of failing. Leveling up here is more difficult than any other level. It’s also where most people who are trying to become developers not only quit — but stay quit.

If you feel like you’re at that level 0 and are ready to take a step forward, today I’m going to help you by showing a four-step process to assist you in solving any single coding problem.

Whether you’re doing coding challenges on places like Code Wars, figuring out a feature for one of your personal or portfolio projects — you could even use this technique at technical job interviews to really illustrate to your employer what a process-oriented thinker you are — save this video to a playlist and come back to it when you need guidance in solving a coding problem.

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