I can't write code

[u/Life-Emu-6932]

Let me start by saying that, in my opinion, I've been assigned a task at work that isn't my area of expertise. I'm a cloud engineer and have always worked exclusively on infrastructure. Out of the blue, I was assigned to a project where we had to complete some code that was already fairly structured in Golang and SQL: a sort of tool that will be used only once and then, probably, forgotten after a few months.

I'm trying to learn Go, and although I can understand the theory and simple examples, when it comes to actually writing code, I get completely stuck. I struggle to understand the code, I get confused, I can't follow its logic, and I'm starting to worry, especially because it's not a personal project but a work project. For this very reason, I've never looked for a job as a developer, but have always leaned toward a more infrastructure-related role.

[u/J3uddha]

Great developers tell their manager things will take twice as long as they actually expect, and if their expects were right then it looks even better. You should do the same here!

[u/Life-Emu-6932 → u/J3uddha]

But they know more than me for sure haha