StackLeague Featured Programmer

StackLeague Featured Programmer - Robert Regalado
By StackLeague Team / July 25, 2022 / features
StackLeague Featured Programmer - Robert Regalado
Programming takes a lot of effort and time. You also need to work through more and more challenging problems. That’s why never stop learning and don’t hesitate to make mistakes. Do not be intimidated by errors because only those who are bold, persistent and determined are most likely to succeed.

Being a devoted person, Robert never forgets to give thanks to God for all the blessings he has received. He also never forgets to pass along all of his knowledge to his friends and others, particularly those who are seeking employment or changing careers like him. To know more about our next featured programmer, let’s dig in!

**Position**

Career Shifter Professional

**What is the first programming language you learned?**

C

**How long have you been coding?**

2 years

**Walk us through your day. What's a typical day like for you?**

My day starts with daily devotion thanking and praising God for all the blessings that I have received. Doing exercise in the morning, doing house chores, and checking the status of the online store.  I’m attending online training and webinar related to my current stack tech. Making personal projects related to machine learning and deep learning.  

**How do you improve your programming skills?**

Doing real-world application projects, watching Youtube videos, StackOverflow and GitHub. I also enrolled in courses from Udemy and Coursera. 

**How did you learn about StackLeague?**

I learned about StackLeague through StackTrek - Talent Acquisition Training Program. 

**What was your motivation in joining StackLeague?**

I joined StackLeague to know more about programming skills and test my knowledge, to meet people with the same interests and passion in the field of computer science/IT industry.

**What are the benefits you've gained so far in joining StackLeague?**

Improved my logical and analytical skills by solving difficult coding problems related to data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, etc. Networking with friends who are also passionate about programming. Sharing this opportunity with my friends and other people especially those career shifters and job seekers.

**What are your league strategies that you can share which your fellow StackLeague contestants can learn from?**

Understand first the problem by reading 5 to 10 times. Make a flowchart or visualize what you understand in the problem then create a pseudocode. Then start coding. Try to debug your code by using IDE (Visual Studio Code). Optimize your code to pass the hidden test cases. 

**With young ones looking up to you as a programmer, what is the advice you wished someone told you about, and want to share to others?**

My advice is to practice a lot, but you must gradually solve harder problems, not just the easy ones. Get out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. Read books and implement them immediately. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you don't understand. "Fail Until You Succeed: The More You Fail, The Closer You Get To The Solution".
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