You are smart enough. You just need to be stubborn enough.
public class Main public static void main(String[] args) System.out.println("Day 1 of the rest of my career."); java from zero to first job
Your first job is waiting. Go get it. Have questions? Drop them in the comments. And if you follow this roadmap and land a job, come back and tell us. It fuels the next person. You are smart enough
But here's the secret that no YouTuber tells you: staring at an IDE
Every senior developer remembers being exactly where you are right now – confused, staring at an IDE, wondering if they're smart enough.