I feel like my problem solving and programming abilities are drastically improving day-by-day due to the frequent problems I encounter and solutions I come up with. This iterative process accumulate and leads me to try new approaches and read more and more, thus increasing my skill.

Not only that, bad approaches to programming such as trial-and-error coding that juniors / new engineers often rely is, I hope so, slowly fading away. Upon encountering a problem, I try to carefully plan out the possible solutions, either that be through journaling (i don't know the term of writing your thoughts down while brainstorming and this is the term i found on the top of my google search page), or jotting down some sort of diagram of components affected and what should I change.

Additionally, I realize that I'm able to articulate my thoughts better and convert it into words much more clearer.

I know this isn't much compared to the experience some of you readers have accumulated through many many years of experience, but I'm excited to know that I'm slowly improving everyday.