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# [Bricks Before Brilliance: A First-Year’s Journey From First Lines of Code to the Real Arena](https://ryodev.hashnode.dev/bricks-before-brilliance-a-first-years-journey-from-first-lines-of-code-to-the-real-arena?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When I first walked into university as a computer science student, I was full of hope. I had this quiet excitement bubbling inside me — the kind that whispers, “This is it. This is where it all begins.”I thought I’d be building big applications by th...

Jul 6, 2025 · 5 min read · ryodev.hashnode.dev  
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