This might be different to consensus, but write a lot of code. Each time you end a project look back on how it worked and what could be improved. I am believe

This might be different to consensus, but write a lot of code. Each time you end a project look back on how it worked and what could be improved. I am believer in learning by mistakes. That way you get to appreciate how you failed and how you improved your understanding of the problem(s). At higher level you don't think how func_a() needs to be implemented (thats easy and well defined) but you focus on modularisation and proper layering of data and responsibilities. Its also good to have some work buddies/mentors that you can talk about writing code/design.