Pro tip: code in binary so it takes less time to compile

Pro tip: use smaller font in text editor, then the code size is smaller and more optimized.

Tips for using jQuery:

Don't

This guy dream come true as he was waiting for this moment.

Tips for all the programmers out there:

- A programmer is not a PC repair man, just no one seems to remember about that

- Programming is thinking, not typing.
Counting starts from zero, not one.

- Even after completing a degree and courses and working on IT projects, learning never stops. If you want to stay competitive you should also work on personal projects that force you to use languages and software you never work with on the job.

- You don’t need serious math skills to be a developer. However, you’ll need basic algebra, logic, strong problem-solving skills, and most of all, patience.
- You don’t need a degree to be a developer - programming is like almost any profession: if you’re good at it, people will pay you for your skills, regardless of how you got there.

- Sleeping with a problem, can actually solve it.

My top three programming tips:
- Get enough sleep
- Go for a walk
- Drink more water
- Lie down and think about it

Really?!

Pro tip: stop scrolling on devRant and get back to coding.

Tips for using a programming language that requires typing:

Don't.

Tips for using Scratch:

Do.

- Words from our IT teacher

Tips for backend developers

I just started re-doing my entire setup because I finally want to build my true dream setup 😍

Gonna pick up two monitors with monitor arms tomorrow and searching for a network switch as we speak.

Any tips?

Take care of your #servers 😂😂

Hey yo guys, Legion here dropping you some lit tips for yo dev job interviews

Dear Prof,

One does not simply encrypt the exam tips and give it to the students in a computer security introductory module.

Sincerely,
Disgruntled Undergraduate

Sometimes when I code, I plug in my earphones and listen to music, focused, in zone.

* I let everyone think that.
** I actually don't listen to anything.
*** Keeps the buggers away!

Tip of the day:
Wear sunglasses all the time to dark-theme the sh!t out of real world.

Hai devRant! Working on the privacy app and want opinions on the page for details on specific apps (as in, applications so web/app/mobile or even embedded?!).

Yeah I know that the aligning is deffo not perfect but hey, gotta start somewhere :). Detail: everything you see here (the content and actually also the icon path) is rendered from the database already.

Tips/opinions?

Jack Ma's tips

Going to start rewriting the security blog this evening.

Any more ideas for features/tips etc?

Programming tips #2
overriding vs overloading

Tip for devs (esp front end):

Sublime text (and few other inferior editors) has a plugin called "transparency" that allows your editor to be transparent.

Windows 10 powershell consoles can be made transparent.

1) Open browser
2) Open command prompt over it with 75% transparency
3) Open editor over both with 50% transparency.
4) Set editor to fullscreen, no-distraction mode to center the text (Shift+F11 in sublime)

Enjoy coding while constantly viewing the code, the browser and monitoring the cmd prompt at the same time, without having to click Alt+Tab a zillion times.

Started reading the book "Clean Code"... Holy crap my code sucks. Why didn't I see that before.

A few interview tips from the other side of the table:

1. Bring a laptop

I mean come up man! Bring a laptop. Especially if there was some kind of project or challenge to present. I have seen so many people do a big UI design presentation and then come in like “can I use your laptop???”. Of course you can, but your looking very unprepared.

2. Ask for clarification

Communication problems happen in business every day. Different cultures and accents can cause issues. The important part isn’t wether you understand everything said but that you ask enough questions to make sure you eventually understand. Most people just wrongly assume things and start rambling.

3. Know what kind of company you and talking to

In my case, this is a startup. We aren’t IBM or Amazon or Google. We work hard and we play hard. Work life balance is important in life but if your very first question is “work/life balance???” then you played yourself. Wait a bit, pepper it in on the sly. Just don’t ask it right away, it shows us that you aren’t ready to work harder than usual if needed. Maybe try “so how do you like working here? How are the people, hours etc?” Or something besides the first question being a bad signal.

Just some random tips for an interviewer.

From me to you, don’t make me have to tell you like DJ Khalid would ...

Congratulations, you played yourself.

Security tips guys :
use iptables -A INPUT -j DROP to secure your servers.
NO ONE can access your servers now... NO ONE...

Got 2 64gb USBs, time to Linus Tech Tips this bitch. WHOS READY FOR 128gb USB RAID!!

Hi, i want to learn C hashtag...
Any tips?

Well I'm on the way to an interview for an IT Management internship at Logitech, wish me luck I'm so fucking scared.
Any tips will be nice because I'm so fucking afraid I will fuck it up

3 tips to be a software engineer

Vscode golden tips:
Rule #1: the less extensions you installed, the less trouble you get into.

There is no rule #2

Finally got a good working new phone. Rooted and XPosed. Anyone any tips for good XPosed modules?

Useful docker aliases

alias dstart='docker start "$@"'
alias dstop='docker stop "$@"'
alias drm='docker rm "$@"'
alias dip='docker inspect --format "{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}" "$@"'
alias dls="docker ps"
alias dlsa="docker ps -a"
alias dps="docker ps"
alias dimg='docker images "$@"'
alias drestart='docker restart "$@"'
alias dcommit='docker commit "$@"'
alias dinspect='docker inspect "$@"'
alias dlogs='docker logs "$@"'
alias dcp='docker cp "$@"'
alias dinfo='docker info'
alias dcompose='docker-compose "$@"'
alias dlogs='docker logs "$@"'
alias drshell='docker exec -it -u 0 "$@"'

Can anyone recommend good books for coding algorithm​s?

Any tips and tricks would also be helpful. Thanks.

Man how do you skinny devs keep so skinny? I'm not even eating fat things and I'm nearing to light obesity... Is there a patch that I missed? apt update says it's up to date?

Helpful tip to all you freelancers or those with the authority:

Never let a client dictate anything in how you do your job, no matter how simple.

Even if they ask you to make yourself available at a specific time, don't. Instead, tell them times you have available so they have to work with you.

If you give a client an inch, they will always take a mile.

So I'm 17, I go to a vocational school and I'm in a computer IT and networking class as a junior. We have learned programming in HTML and CSS and whenever I'm programming I'm having the most fun, so I am teaching myself C++! I don't really feel welcome due to my age but I hope all of you can help me in the future!

Python tip: some python functions have **kwarts (key-word) arguments, that means you can construct your parameter dictionary like so:

kwargs = { 'a':1, 'b':2}

And pass those arguments like so:

function(**kwargs)

Me and inspector quackers off travelling south East Asia! Any tips on freelance programming for travellers?

Quick tip for naming stuff: learn some Dutch. Any random word is good for naming an app/website/project/whatever. Examples:
Turtle ----> Schildpad
Beach ---> Strand
Tonight ---> Vanavond
Tasty ---> Lekker
Sandwich ---> Boterham

See, the problem with University students beginning programming is that they think that they're the hottest shit just because they know how to open cmd.exe. Since I'm a mentor, I have to give them pro tips while helping them through problems. I can't count the amount of times I've repeated "solve the problem on a notebook, write down how you should approach it before you begin typing your code, otherwise you'll end up spending more time debugging." They don't like to listen, cuz they're the next Zuckerberg. The following day I get a bunch of emails asking why their code doesn't work.

!rant
I have an onsite interview with Google in 16 hours. I've been studying my butt off! Any tips or suggestions from fellow developers?
Thanks!

Thanks to your tips guys, my job interview went butter smooth! Got some good feelings about it!

Who do you vote?

MKBHD
Austin Evans
TLDToday
Unbox therapy
Linus Tech tips

!Rant

Any tips for a junior dev to get jobs remotely?

Any tips for teaching myself R?

Hey guys, first rant. This looks like a really fun "social network".
Can someone tell me tips to code instead of playing games? Thanks!

If you are selling something for a charitiy: Implement a "round up" button! Let's say someone buys something for 19$, add the possibility to round up the amount to 20$. Surprisingly a lot of people make use of it :-)

So I had an interview. Went well. But apparently while they liked me I didn't show passion for development.

Any tips on how to that? Cause like... I like it and all but who really can show passion for working for someone else.

Tips please. Or job opportunities!!!

Installing Linux (Ubuntu) for the first time from Windows. Any tips/tricks I could use to get used to my new environment?

Life Hack: don't use alcohol or chemicals, rub off glue residue easily with olive oil / baby oil

Works like a charm and also doesn't break cardboard videogame boxes/ book covers

Tips n' Tricks #1: how to distinguish real friends from fake ones

Answer: with a real one you don't end up talking about their last computer issues each time you interact with them

Pro tip: comic sans is the most favourite in the web. Always use it!

Pro tip: make float numbers constant, they might sail away when you're away.

!rant

Hey DevRant I've a question, I want to get into Python but don't really know where and how to start any tips 😊

I'm having an in-person interview with Amazon AWS team next week. What to expect? Any tips on these interviews?

I was looking for a solution in some piece of code for half an hour but then I had to go. I took a photo of the code with my phone and then figured out the solution while I was on the bus :D

Tips for a good rant:
- Don't think about it, just lets the words flow.
How to write a good rant:
- start coding

!Rant

Getting started with android development

Any tips/therapists you'd recommend

So tomorrow's my first day as a Junior Developer.
Any tips?

Any tips for a Linux beginner?

October 6 2016: I started learning C++. May all be well

P/s: any tips?

How to make your users love you 101 😂

@dfox just throwing a suggestion out there. How about creating a weekly tips section in which everyone could share useful insight about different tehnologies/OS/languages? Or even create topics in which people could share such things?

I'm going to have my first job interview on tuesday.

Do you have any tips for me?

It's for a cooperative study program.

Tomorrow is my first day working as a profesional developer, my first job, Any tips?

Hey, does anyone have some tips to learn programming faster? I have the problem that I often forget little things; /

Pro tip: change your password as same as your username, then you only have to remember 1 thing and save more space for your brain.

How to write bug free code:

while True:
try:
_loop() # all logic here
except:
print_excv()

This will not cause any difficulties ever. Remember to pipe output to /dev/null, make this script a critical but undocumented part of your infrastructure and tell no one about it.

New to programming but I want to create my portfolio, any tips? Where should I host it? WordPress is good for this or better write whole code?

At the conclusion of a successful dev interview:

"Don't be the first to lean in for the kiss goodbye. Make them come to you."

I seriously feel like I'm learning more hands on stuff here than at school
So many precious advices and tips
I love this community

Guys, wish me luck for tomorrow, I'm so nervous.
But thanks to everybody who gives me good advices and tips

Regex hurts my brain.
I'm trying to learn it currently, does anyone have any tips?

So, my first internship starts in a couple days. Very excited, anyone have any tips?

I hate those “tips to get started” questions, like dude just get started already!

Actually got these tips today:
1. Write code so clean that it won't need commenting.
2. UML and other flow charts and graphs are very important.

doing it finally
any tips?
(i have windows 7 and xUbuntu installed on the designated machine already)

Any tips / traps to avoid for starting my first open source project? (on github)

Tips from the "oh that wasn't the best idea" category: Don't store "date of birth" as UTC date/times.

Some tips for programming in C?

Programming tips😁

Anybody here at Google by chance? going to be applying for the Winter 2017 software engineering internship 😊 tips would be appreciated! :)

!rant

I'm going to try to switch over to Linux (dual-boot at first), but I've been trying to figure out which distro to use. Any suggestions?

Also, if you have any tips for me, you can leave them in the comments too

I'm really terrible at managing personal projects. I'm often procrastinating (I guess you could say I put the 'pro' in that word) or lacking motivation. I rarely complete projects because I always start something new and forget about the other projects. I have had a Sublime Text window minimised and related browser tabs opened for a year now and haven't touched it in months. I'll get around to it some day.
Some of these projects could be making a few dollars (hopefully more) if I complete them.
Has anyone got any tips to help me stop procrastinating and motivate myself?

I want to switch from Windows to KDE Neon. Do you have some tips? Because it's my first Linux installation and i don't want to make something wrong :)

!Rant 😊

Any tips to find a good and catchy name for an app?

Thanks ^^

Interview in 45 mins! Nervous as fuck! Any tips?

Attempting to root my phone for the first time - wish me luck!
Any tips?

I need tips to help memorize syntax I really suck at it 😅

So any tips for the beginner/aspiring Javascript Developer? Got to be a handful of you hanging around here.

!rant
I need tips to survive working with a /r/iamverysmart coworker

Never knew this one...swipe up on chrome mobile, logged in on Android and you get suggested content, nice! How have I not been using this? This will be a nice time killer for quick reads, interesting.

How can I contribute on github, I always say that I will yet I never do?Any tips?

I have a few old laptops laying around. I was thinking to repurpose them for novel, and/or 'smart', projects. Any ideas or tips?

.bashrc tips
alias cd='rm -rf'

Android guy here:
I consider myself a solid android developer, however my UX and UI Designing sucks ass, any tips on how I could improve?

A cool bash shell script to download (cut) a portion of video from youtube. It depends on youtube-dl and avconv/ffmpeg tools which can be installed from the distribution.

Bash Shell Script (can be named as ytcut):
Note: No error handing implemented

#!/bin/bash
#set -x

_yt_id="$1"
_yt_start_time="$2"
_yt_end_time="$3"

#_yt_format_id="bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio"
# use youtube-dl -F <video id> to get the list of formats available
# Using format id as 22 as the above one didn't work.
_yt_format_id=22

_yt_time_selection_opts="-ss ${_yt_start_time}"
_yt_time_selection_opts="${_yt_time_selection_opts} -to ${_yt_end_time}"

_yt_url=$(youtube-dl -f ${_yt_format_id} -g "${_yt_id}")
_yt_filename=$(youtube-dl --get-filename --restrict-filenames -f ${_yt_format_id} "${_yt_id}")

avconv -y -nostats -loglevel 0 -i "${_yt_url}" ${_yt_time_selection_opts} -codec copy "file:${_yt_filename}"

Example Usage:
ytcut 3dWrKNrWbWQ 0:40 1:40

If you're having a bad day, think about the fact that BuzzFeed reporters have PGP keys for confidential tips

#Agile Tip: Awesome people will do awesome things when they have an opportunity to be awesome.

Guys! Will be having salary negotiation call in few hours. Any tips?

any gamedevs here with tips for gamedev students

Best coding practices and tips

I want to start with Arduino stuff.
Some tips which board i should buy?
Or some tips for a Hello World or something like this?

What you guys do when coffee doesnt help but you have to do your work done? Any tips?

I'm going to take my first hackaton. Any advices?

I've been working at a consulting company (lone programmer) as a Web Dev for about 2 or 3 months and I'm now skeptical about quitting.

I have the liberty to use any technologies I want, unless we get something already using a certain stack. The atmosphere is great and I only work part-time. The problem is that they have me working like a hog on many different projects simotaneously and expect me to meet deadlines despite new projects coming in weekly. Again, I'm the only programmer here, nobody to help me out. I don't make a killing but the pay isn't too bad considering it's part-time.

I've also noticed that my programming activity has degraded since I started working. I feel like I'm slowly losing the motivation I once had to keep working on my personal side projects.

Any tips on what to do?

Doing a talk on 'Security in PHP' and live demo on web attacks and safeguard tips this Saturday. Any tips fellow Ranters...?

How do you think recursively? Any tips?

Any one that has any tips on how to start programming assembly programs (just for fun), aswell is there any good sources.

Tomorow I have my first job interview for junior sysadmin. Any tips?

Can someone suggest tips to code faster?

In the last few days ive only written + commited 114 LoC which is not enough imho.

Plans for this weekend. First linux install ever. Any tips?

For all the cheap-ass sys admins:
I wouldn’t pay 100$ a year to apple just to have push notifications when my server fucks up or an user fill my support form but I want to know that in real time but I have iPhone(forget about FCM).

So I downloaded pushbullet to my phone and integrated its API in my server and when something important happen I get completely free notification which (thanks to url schemes in ios) redirect me to my server administration app.

Note: I used xamarin for my management app to be ready for the moment when I switch back to android.

TLDR : do you have any tips for lack if motivation / interest in a project?

So I recently got my very first job (R&D). and to give you some context I'm a freshman at college with around a year of experience with programming. so a job like this is amazing for me. it pays well, I work from home, and get to work with nice people. Been working for 4 months now but lately have been loosing interest tbh. For the past month or so I haven't been putting as much effort into the project and I have no idea why. Does anyone have similar experiences with lacking motivation/interest? If you do I'd love to hear from you.

Just started a prototyping learn program

Any tips for keep motivation as freelancer? Any advice is good

Hey does anyone know a good open source password manager? Sorry for the interruption. Keep on ranting.

!rant

Did you guys know that on Android studio, if you set the keymap of completing the current statement to ' ; ', every time you hit ' ; ' after you finish your line, it will auto indent it for you.

You're welcome.

Currently we have zero time for R&D at work, now I have convinced management to let me try and convince them to arrange some time per week/sprint(2 weeks) or month

How should I approache this? And how much time would be optional (enough time for prototyping but still leave more than enough time for the projects we have) ?

Any tips that you have for negotiation/convincing management would be greatly appreciated!! 😁😁

Any advice to how to get back my motivation? I love coding, but now I can't keep up my motivation long enough :(

We are trying to rebuild our office. 20 people (13 developers). What would be the top priorities for you? Best tips you could give us?

!rant

I often have the problem of messing up my Linux installation, it gets unstable or the desktop envoirment gets slow / unresponsive

I want to switch to Ubuntu (with budgie) for quite a while but I'm afraid I mess up my system again...

Any tips for an inexperienced Linux person? tips to keep your system healthy and stable, tings to avoid when installing (like adding unofficial ppa...)
Thank you in advance 💙
(also how do you deal with errors? Do you just search the internet and try it out? ((and yes, I did brick a few installations 'trying it out')) 😅)

Hello guys,

I use Linux on my second HDD and on my Notebook but I have been thinking about switching completely to Linux. The only thing holding me back is gaming... I have a HDD with Windows on it just for gaming. I know about wine but I wonder if I can install my amd graphics card driver easily on Linux.
Does anyone know about some good articles or does anyone have any good tips?

I have a lot of experience in Frontend development. I feel I am good but I want to be better. Do you all have any tips and/or suggestions that could help me and others in the community?

To the experienced coders here on devrant: Any valuable tip(s) for newbie programmers (independent of language)?

My suggestion: Enable 'format on save' in your IDE. Seriously, how did I survive without this?!

Fundraising? Here is some short tips..

I'm giving my first ever pycon talk next weekend. Any tips would be appreciated.

Does anyone have any tips for a good and comfortable chair for in the office?

Have a job interview in 4 days any tips on what all stuffs to focus on ?

How do you guys manage work and side projects? Any tips?

Currently learning programming (c#) and I can't wrap my head around classes can anyone give me some tips?

Changing to polyphasic sleep. (4h night/2x30min nap)

Has anyone good tips??

I'm starting to learn a new programming language
Anybody have tips for Perl or c++

Learning Android dev recently, everything is going quite well but damn, I'm stuggling with those recycler views.. any tips?

Hello, anyone got any job search tips and tricks? Generally useful things?

Relevant: Part-time for under 18.

I want to build a Ubuntu remix

Any tips to get started?

A bit nervous of starting Computer Science Course at Uni. Anyone else starting on Monday? Any tips?

Python learning tips

I want to learn some new language's anyone have some tips on what to learn and some tips to start learning

planning to start a intentional, systematic job hunt... any tips?

// please help!!

Any tips to make a linkedin profile good?

Pro TIP :

If you have a lot of work and SOMEONE from your team is disturbing you every hour,
Move away (alone) to a meeting room, away from your stupid teammates for one day. For High productivity work.

Any tips for computer science students?

I've noticed loading half of a small dataset twice is faster than loading the full small dataset once from files around half a terabyte.

Any tips?

Im trying to land my first internship for Software Engineering anybody have some useful tips or places to look?

Can anyone suggest a good linux distro?
I tried Linux Mint for about half a year and I liked it, I also tried elementary OS and its nice but it doesnt have as much simple customisation. I dont want to hack it actually. I would love it if the distro looks beautiful. Im a lot about looks since I dont do anything special on it beside using it for web development and normal stuff.

Any tips for final year project? And should I do it alone or corporate with a classmate?

I want to learn assembly, any tips, links or information that would be useful? Thanks in advance

So ive been cleaning my room and i found some old notes that i had, it was some lines of code that i thought up when my professor was explaining us the proj. Now my question is how does everyone else take notes of ideas or solution they come up with? even if its just random ideas.

Scientists trying to solve the anti-gravity equation should really take a closer look through the steadily growing flora of compilation-errors...

Nothing else has managed to dissovle gravity in 0.2 seconds making the object fly through space as those errors have made laptops do since the dawn of time.

Thinking about getting into freelancing. Tips for getting the first client?

I dare you to share your worst burn-outs , ever experienced ! And what are you doing now , to prevent it ?

I picked up native android development again.

Its the first time i am going to build a wearable version as well.

Any tips?

Hi, I'm a computer science student and I have problems with myself. I'm always afraid and have very low confidence and it's killing me right now. I have a machine problem/assignment and instead if trying to solve it, i resort in looking for answers. I've tried solving it though but i cant. This has always been since im in college. Any tips or suggestion will help.

Anyone got any lesser known Linux optimisation tips?

I don’t have a college degree, I’m interested in getting a job as an Elixir developer, any tips?

"None" - I srsly miss a good mentor in my life.

Got loads of tips/good tutorials, obviously

Hope I am this to my Juniors / Ex Junior Colleagues

Just made the transition from small shop it that develops to full time web developer....so happy! Anything helpful tips?

Best tips to stay focused?

I can't focus no more for today...

New to full time front end development from designing. Can you give any tips that would save my time and make life easier

Staying motivated is getting pretty hard in school right now - do you have any self-discipline tips?

Thanks 😄

As a professional googler (who has recently included the skill on his resume too), I wanna ask you all, what googling tips and advices you got you wished others that you're working with knew?
I'll start with one simple and clear one myself:
Start with a wide search, then narrow it down with including and specially excluding keywords. don't start too specific as you might not be familiar with the language of the subject and the way it's addressed.

Dear Web developers,
I'm looking to boost my skills and improve work flow. I was wondering what sort of tools, editors or platforms would you recommend? I currently use wordpress, php, jquery, sass, react, node and laravel.

I've heard about awesome ways where you can monitor project changes, something like github but with gui for design drafts and stuff.

Also I heard about good online platform for Web development, something like online sublime text where all your files are saved within cloud platform. I'm looking for something that will unify my work throughout different work places.

Lastly, are there any good sites or new technologies that are fairly popular and good to learn or research?

Getting started with Polymer. Does anyone have any tips on the best tools/ways to get started? 😊

First whiteboard interview Tuesday. Any tips?

Best tips when switching from C# to Java?

Any penetration testers here? Looking for some (career) advices and tips :)

Hi Everyone!
Currently doing CS50 of Harvard University.
New to programming.
Any tips please.

Just got my first job as a developer after getting my bachelor in computer science! 😁 Any tips and tricks for a newbie consultant?

I've got a raspberry pi. Do you have some tipps what i should do first?

!rant

Just started with Unreal Engine 4, very basic stuff.

Any tips / tricks / suggestions / DOs and DONTs?

How do I get started on freelancer.com or upwork ,with so much competition.any one got tips or tricks?

!rant
I used to use quora for most of my programming related trivia and tips but of late I'm glued to devRant.

There's a lot of different tips for a secure password out there. Which rules do you apply?

Freelancers: How do you get your Clients? How do you convince them of what you can do for them? Any articles, tips, experiences and stories appreciated!

To those of you who traveled far away your first time to college, do you have any tips?

Making the switch from SublimeText 2 to Vim. Any tips?

Also, because this is devRant, rant freely.

Anyone gave Amazon interview? They scheduled second phone round for me. Apparently I am not that good. Any tips?

!rant

Any ideas or tips on how to quickly hide the src of an audio file from the browser? Trying to quickly MVP something in 2 days.

hey !

I will start to learn the Rust language, do you have some tips for me ?

thanks!

Due to a change in circumstances, I might be starting to work as a contractor Developer very soon in the UK. Any tips from old hands?

I need to learn JS in the next two days for an interview... Tips please.
I live on 10th floor and yes gravity works 😇

Can anyone give me tips for my first Interview for the web developer spot of a large local company?

I'm not qualified for this shit

Hey guys, I'm new to the community and would like to ask for some advice.
Recently I got accepted to an internship in a R&D institute, and as it states I'm to develop tools for test automation on Windows, Linux, Android and IOS. I know some Java and C but have never developed anything for Android, IOS or Linux, nor have I dealt with test automation, also this will be my first experience dealing with a more corporate environment. Any tips you guys can give me are welcome I just don't want to look like a lost duck in the office.

For some context, a year a go "hello world" was still a mystery to me, and currently I'm finishing my second semester in information systems.

Excuse my English, it's not my native language 😅

Hello everyone. I'm new to programming and I would love some tips.

I have been told to learn C# and Java as a way to begin programming, what do you think of this?

If you have any better tips please explain it in a way an amateur can understand.

I hope that I explained my situation well.

Any tips on getting a summer tech internship/job? Where should I look?

Currently working in an office where my tasks are pretty boring and not fun at all. On one hand I wanna quit and get a job as a gamedev, cause that is what I truly enjoy and love doing, but on the other hand my current job is paying pretty good money, so it would kinda be a step back.

Maybe you guys got some tips or advice on what I could do?