I see study open source code and read good code, but what I think is more effective is contribute more to open source. Coding is one of the few professions in t

I see study open source code and read good code, but what I think is more effective is contribute more to open source. Coding is one of the few professions in the world where some of the leading experts give away great samples and advice on a regular basis in the form of open source. Start an open source project for a need you have or submit a PR for something you've always wanted in a project you've used. Generally the comments on PR's are a great place to learn about ways people think through problems and how they're implemented. My best piece of advice if you take this road though is that you need to check your ego at the door. The only way to truly learn to be better is to take criticism learn from it and keep moving forward. Don't be afraid to submit PR's because of scrutiny because it will only prevent you from learning. In my experience as a dev the solutions that you think are so simple and maybe even hacky sometimes turn out to be just steps away from a far more elegant solution than anyone else has thought of and you're hurting yourself and in many cases others by not sharing or by being too timid to share and willing to open yourself up and put yourself out there