Reddit Experience · 2026 Q2

Do you people actually remember syntax?

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I've been working professionally for almost 2 years now, and at college ad at work I've used so many languages such as Java, Javascript, Typescript, powershell, C, kotlin, python etc. While I'm workin

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I've been working professionally for almost 2 years now, and at college ad at work I've used so many languages such as Java, Javascript, Typescript, powershell, C, kotlin, python etc. While I'm working with a certain language I use it without thinking too much about the syntax, but at the beginning, when I just get on the project, I get stuck so easily and feel like I got Alzheimer or something lol There are way too many things to remember in a language, and I can't really see how a person can remember them all. For example which language use nominal typing? which structural typing? how do they handle calls by value and by reference? what about null values? etc etc. It's crazy. The problem is also that they are all kinda similar but all different, and it makes you even more confused. I don't feel comfortable adding to my resume "I know powershell" when i used it a long time ago in some projects but now I barely remember how to type a for loop without looking up the syntax lol how do you guys handle this?
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