Build, build, build, and build some more, then build, oh and you should build more.
It's taking on a challenge big or small and seeing it through no matter what it takes. You'll get stuck for hours, days, sometimes weeks, you'll get frustrated, tired, annoyed, but you just refuse to give up and eventually get it done.
Those are the moments that bolster your confidence and you realize you are capable of achieving seemingly impossible things.
That confidence of "sure I can figure it out" is what you need to feed and grow as a programmer and probably in many other professions.
Best way imo is to pick reasonable small contained projects, and slowly ramp up and take on bigger challenges. If you take on too much, shelve it, do something smaller, then return to it later.
It takes a lot of time, effort and perseverance, but as long as you keep going you'll get there in the end.
It's taking on a challenge big or small and seeing it through no matter what it takes. You'll get stuck for hours, days, sometimes weeks, you'll get frustrated, tired, annoyed, but you just refuse to give up and eventually get it done.
Those are the moments that bolster your confidence and you realize you are capable of achieving seemingly impossible things.
That confidence of "sure I can figure it out" is what you need to feed and grow as a programmer and probably in many other professions.
Best way imo is to pick reasonable small contained projects, and slowly ramp up and take on bigger challenges. If you take on too much, shelve it, do something smaller, then return to it later.
It takes a lot of time, effort and perseverance, but as long as you keep going you'll get there in the end.