most CS students don't lose confidence because coding is hard.
they lose it because they're comparing their day 1 to someone else's highlight post.
your X feed is not showing you the average CS student, it's showing you that one guy who got a remote job and won't stop posting about it.
you're comparing your daily struggle to someone else's best moment and that's never going to feel good.
confidence doesn't come from consuming, it comes from shipping.
even the ugly half broken projects count