Everyone Is A Dev Until The Tutorial Stops

You know what's hilarious? Watching someone copy-paste their way through a React tutorial, feeling like they just invented the internet, only to completely freeze when the instructor says "now try implementing this feature on your own."

Following along with tutorials is like riding a bike with training wheels while someone holds the seat. Sure, you're moving forward and it feels great, but the second they let go? Face, meet pavement. The real learning starts when the video ends and you're staring at a blank IDE wondering why your code doesn't work when you changed literally one variable name.

Pro tip: If you can't build something without the tutorial playing in the background, you didn't learn it—you just watched someone else do it. Close the video, break things, Google your errors, and suffer a little. That's how you actually become a developer instead of a professional code transcriber.