Introduction

The reason for tech is that we are always looking for easier, better, shorter, and faster. Technology eases life. As humans, that’s part of the things our brains love, and because of that, technology is ever-growing, ever-changing, and constantly happening.

As a beginner venturing into tech in 2023, these things can be both good and bad, depending on how you look at them. One of the most consistent pieces of advice you’ll get from whatever platform you may be using for your learning is, “Make Stack Overflow and Google your best friends when you’re stuck!”. You’re reminded that getting stuck isn’t the problem (oh yes, love, that’ll happen so often you’ll think programming is the weapon fashioned against you), knowing where and how to get help is the real issue. All these things are true, but like I said earlier, technology is always evolving. From trying to get through that Udemy course you enrolled in, to trying to start building those awesome project ideas you have, there are still even more technological trends to catch up on—even when you already feel overwhelmed with how much you have going on.

One of those trends you’ll see buzzing on your timeline now is this ChatGPT of a thing. I know, I know, you already have a lot to learn and you’re laser-focused on finishing those tutorials first— but as a newbie who still has a long line of problem-solving and soul-frustrating nights to go through, ChatGPT could really be the game-changer for you on your journey. You don’t necessarily need to know all it’s about, but knowing what it can do for you could make venturing and navigating through your tech journey a lot easier than it was some years ago. Here’s how:

1. Given how you ask, with ChatGPT, you can have most of your tech-related questions answered immediately, with short and precise responses. You do not always have to rummage Google or Stackoverflow for hours first.

2. It can be your debugging assistant helping you with troubleshooting issues, debugging tips, and a step-by-step guide to possible solutions to your coding problems. It’ll help you understand your code and your errors better.

3. You can always get quick reviews and feedback on your code. This quickly helps you in enhancing your skills and guides you in creating better, more readable and efficient code.

4. As a beginner, one of the things you want to do as proof of the knowledge you’re acquiring is build projects, trying to put what you know into practice as often as you can. ChatGPT can be that guide seeing you through those projects from start to finish.

5. I’ve come to realise that as I’m learning, I often want short and precise answers and guides. I don’t want to have to always spend hours on a video before I can understand what it’s talking about. This helps me fight my procrastination. ChatGPT can provide you with as little or as much knowledge as you need, when you need them. It can go from explaining in-depth fundamental concepts to giving you short tips and guides as you need them to aid your understanding as a beginner.

6. When you do not understand all those tech jargon and languages flying about, ChatGPT could literally be that ally making you understand these things in the simplest of ways.

7. And of course, it can still provide or recommend other relevant resources and documents for you to further deepen your knowledge.

8. Occasionally, you’ll struggle with confidence or Impostor syndrome (I know I do. The best of them still do, so they say), but knowing that ChatGPT is just this tool that can also listen or help you boost your confidence without judgement could be a good thing. After you’ve sulked, it could help you fix your problem with you.

Conclusion

As you dive into tech, you’ll need a lot of arsenals for your journey through the thick forest towards tech mastery. Stack Overflow, Google, and Youtube videos have been around for years and are still so helpful. In addition to other learning platforms and methods, you need all of them to guide and put you through. In 2023 however, new technological trends have emerged to make your journey better, and knowing when to use them instead of other tools can accelerate your journey as a beginner. Harnessing the power of ChatGPT as a modern problem-solving tool could make you a much better and faster learner.