"It's so easy for you"
I spent my entire life learning!!! I started programming when I was about 11-12. I basically have spent 10 years with programming...... Sitting in my freaking room 12-14 hours a day.
AND I am still struggling with so many concepts and finding work.
And people just come and say "it's so easy for you as a programmer", "it's so easy for you as a freelancer, sitting home in an underwear the whole day".
Yeah thanks, sitting alone the whole day at home, how cool is that? Spending my "free time" looking for work, making sure I send out invoices on time, keeping a todo list ETC ETC ETC.
If I work 8 hours a day then I spend a couple of hours on "business" stuff. This is how it works....
So I think it's a bullshit, if someone spends their entire life doing something then it's easy to make it look easy...
Hi David, thank you very much for your comment. I'm glad you mentioned learning an integral part of our job description. It is tough to find any other job to compare where you have to learn incrementally on a daily basis to be able to catch up with current technology stream. I can see my wife (she is also a developer) was so outdated after only six months of maternity leave, that she had to start to code before the end of maternity leave to be able to stay in shape.
Another thing which is specific for learning in IT is that fact we have to absorb most of the stuff ourselves. There is no "book" you can buy, read and immediately go to some exam, or classes you can take. There is such a thing if you're a beginner in some field, and need wind in a back for beginning, but indeed not trough whole career.
Yes and yes and YES. I HATE people like this
"It's so easy for you"
I spent my entire life learning!!! I started programming when I was about 11-12. I basically have spent 10 years with programming...... Sitting in my freaking room 12-14 hours a day.
AND I am still struggling with so many concepts and finding work.
And people just come and say "it's so easy for you as a programmer", "it's so easy for you as a freelancer, sitting home in an underwear the whole day".
Yeah thanks, sitting alone the whole day at home, how cool is that? Spending my "free time" looking for work, making sure I send out invoices on time, keeping a todo list ETC ETC ETC.
If I work 8 hours a day then I spend a couple of hours on "business" stuff. This is how it works....
So I think it's a bullshit, if someone spends their entire life doing something then it's easy to make it look easy...
Hi David, thank you very much for your comment. I'm glad you mentioned learning an integral part of our job description. It is tough to find any other job to compare where you have to learn incrementally on a daily basis to be able to catch up with current technology stream. I can see my wife (she is also a developer) was so outdated after only six months of maternity leave, that she had to start to code before the end of maternity leave to be able to stay in shape.
Another thing which is specific for learning in IT is that fact we have to absorb most of the stuff ourselves. There is no "book" you can buy, read and immediately go to some exam, or classes you can take. There is such a thing if you're a beginner in some field, and need wind in a back for beginning, but indeed not trough whole career.
Wow, This is so motivating to me as an intermediate, thanks mate.