The day I stopped writing code on paper first

I spent 3 months in a bootcamp handwriting pseudo code before touching the keyboard because I thought it made me look more professional. Then an instructor watched me do it and said "you are just wasting time" and showed me how to jump straight into VS Code with small comments. Has anyone else been taught a workflow method that just made no sense for actual coding?

3 comments

3 Comments

thomas.river12d ago

Read a study once that said most devs only plan for about 10 minutes before typing.

the_faith13d ago

Those bootcamps really push some strange habits on people.

victorhernandez13d ago

Bootcamp spent 12 weeks teaching me to write full test cases before writing a single line of actual code. I tried it on my first project and wasted 4 hours debugging pseudo code that didn't even match what I ended up building. @the_faith you're spot on about the strange habits. Jumping straight into VS Code with comments is way more practical for real work. Honestly, most of those bootcamp rules feel like they were made up by people who haven't coded outside a classroom in 10 years.