The latest articles on DEV Community by Jennifer Alvarado (@alvjenn). https://dev.to/alvjenn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1058405%2F78ad3a3e-2d8d-4ec1-8a1e-9e254d31e71d.png https://dev.to/alvjenn en Jennifer Alvarado Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:00:20 +0000 https://dev.to/alvjenn/my-first-month-of-coding-127b https://dev.to/alvjenn/my-first-month-of-coding-127b <h2> Hi! I'm Jennifer Alvarado, a newbie to coding! </h2> <p>I'm 21 years old and work at Amazon. While working at Amazon, I also attended school online. Doing schoolwork and working full time, overnight, was really rough, especially during peak, but somehow I managed to do it. </p> <p>Every time I would get asked what I wanted to do, I would not know how to answer because I had no clue. I had no desires to move up at Amazon and soon enough life felt stagnant.<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--T4mmAyFB--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/o1505ywwycabejhomxe1.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--T4mmAyFB--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/o1505ywwycabejhomxe1.gif" alt="Squidward's stagnant life " width="460" height="345"></a><br> Once I finished my fall semester, I decided to look through the different programs that Amazon offered and I came across "Flatiron School Web Development (Dual Track)," as I read the description and looked through the website, I started to get drawn in. I was excited and motivated to learn something new but extremely nervous because I didn't know anything about coding.</p> <p>In the beginning, I had a hard time learning all the new terms and making sure I was fork and cloning the labs and submitting them correctly. So far I can comfortably explain the difference between HTML and CSS. Honestly, everything that I have been learning has been mind blowing, once I understand it, of course and it has been so exciting and rewarding learning new things. I want this blog to showcase what I have learned and to share my struggles, so besides it being an educational post, it will also be my monthly struggle post. In the best way possible, obviously.<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--0wxCnPCN--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/kj5gr6k45og2qq7nhgal.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--0wxCnPCN--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/kj5gr6k45og2qq7nhgal.gif" alt="Spongebob dancing" width="500" height="375"></a></p> codenewbie programming html css