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Why you should face your fears and doubts, as a developer.

DeChamp on January 21, 2019

TL;DR I'm in shock with the response I got from my article 25 years of coding, and I'm just beginning, admitting my fears and how I was ...
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Abdu

I have been downed many times, because I use English as second language. It's not that poor, though. I earned IELTS 7 band two years ago. It happens that sometimes I do not understand an article or respond into comments in a way that others do not get it, and then the bad things begin. I have gone through imposter syndrome as well. It really hurts, but there is no way other than keep running.

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DeChamp

Well the fact that you can speak more than one language is a awesome feat itself! So just let people know that you are speaking a secondary language, so they know. If they give you a bad time, ask them how many language they speak? :P Most of them only speak 1, so maybe it'll make them think twice!

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Abdu

This gave me waves of laughter. Yes, I'll implement your suggestion next time. Cheers!

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Hamida

I already commented on your other post but I am reaching ou here too to say thank you, you gave me a push to write my first post here in dev.to and push my work to github and start committing.
Thank you

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DeChamp

That is so great!!!! What is the project so I can check it out?

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Sitta Simanjuntak

thanks for sharing :D (I actually did what you suggested lol)... as many people test the same water, well me too. I was kinda dissatisfied with my current state, I dont know specifically what tho.. Reading yours and Ilona's just like pats on my back. So, thanks!

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Jeff Weiler

Congratulations on putting your fears aside!

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DeChamp

Thank you, Jeff!

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Maniflames

Not sure if you have noticed but you were trending on hacker news as well! Congrats I'm really glad your story helped all of these people 😊

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DeChamp

Wow I had no clue! this is awesome. It's crazy to see the difference in responses from one site to the next. It seems a lot of people read it in a entire different light. Thanks for sharing!

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Mujahid Bappai

Great work DeChamp! Thanks a lot for sharing your years of hard work and struggles with us. It really means a lot.

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DeChamp

Thank you so much. I'm glad you could find something of value from it.

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Abdulfatai Suleiman

The other post really teach me something about personal project and other stuffs, thanks for sharing once again

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EveRainbow

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It really helpful, though might seem obvious.

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Abdulfatai Suleiman

thanks for sharing!