It's not programming per se, but what really made things "click" for me as a software engineer was to really be diligent about making sure I was very clear on t

It's not programming per se, but what really made things "click" for me as a software engineer was to really be diligent about making sure I was very clear on the problem I was trying to solve, and making sure that I focused on actually solving that problem. That helped me get past not knowing where to start, not focusing my efforts properly, and building for the sake of building (unless that was the goal!).