7 months into smart contract security. still no findings. but I figured something out about AI that changed how I learn. I was stuck on failing Foundry tests for days. kept asking Claude to fix them. it would. then something else would break. loop never ended. then I stopped asking for fixes and started asking for explanations. suddenly I was actually understanding the code instead of just patching it. small shift. completely different outcome. if you're a junior using AI to shortcut the hard parts, you're shortcutting the only part that actually makes you good.
