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If you have programming skills, you can look for another job since you are pretty new on the job market.

Otherwise, you may learn a lot from the code you are copying and pasting from other people. You need to have more experience before you can land a more decent job.

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Thanks for the info! I try to make at least some of my free time productive with free online courses/material. I have been at this job about three months. The job I was at before I was developing big data systems (actual development), so I can code. Many internships/coops before full-time kicked in as well

Good. You are very capable, so don't worry about the next job.

One thing I'd like to mention is: as a software engineer, we are looking for more than programming. Online courses may teach you a lot of knowledge with examples, but they cannot provide real industrial experience. The same for internships, you may be part of the team and partially exposed to the software product or system.

So keep looking for good opportunities, you will be more competent.

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