Become a better programmer and grow

https://blog.webdevsimplified.com/2020-09/5-ways-to-become-a-better-developer/

Becoming a better programer

1. Challenge yourself with new things

Challenge yourself constantly with new and exciting problems.

2. Create side projects that interests you

"What projects should I build?"

3. Research advanced programming topics

Once you start to get familiar with your first language and framework you may notice that parts of your code are messy and not performant enough. This is when you need to start researching advanced programming topics such as refactoring, clean code, testing, deployment, and so much more

4. Never stop learning

5. Do other things besides programming

The final way to become a better developer is to spend less time programming. This may sound counterintuitive, but if you spend too much time focused on just development you will finally burn out. You will begin to hate the time you spend programming and that will suck away your enjoyment of your job and hobbies

Because of this, I find it crucial that everyone has hobbies outside of programming that they can commit to in order to make sure that programming is always fun. For me this includes things, such as, lifting weights, playing the guitar, and biking, but for you it could be anything you enjoy.