I think the new beta features made it a lot better. Mainly Custom instructions and the code interpreter. Using them generates much better responses.

On reddit I mostly just upvoted stuff and commented on posts every now and then, but here I'm trying to talk more. Even created a niche community. Coming up with the words to speak about something is difficult, specially as a I'm not an English native speaker, but it's worth it to help lemmy grow

I started my studies in a related IT degree when I was 22. I earned my degree in 2021 and managed to get a job as a developer last year. I'd say you should go for it