I never wouldβve thought that upon dropping out of college, I would ever find myself in the position of taking up a 15 week software engineering, Boot Camp, but to my surprise, it turned out to be an experience that has truly shaped so much of my world. Since my early high school years, Iβve had this inclination to learn how to code, and Iβve never properly attended to until recently weeks.
As I continue to navigate through my experience of identifying what career path I want to take seriously as a recent college dropout, I am very grateful that I took this leap of faith towards some thing that is now coming to a close. The were many things that brought me to the point of realizing it was fine time for me to act upon this inclination, but a few months ago I was awakened to the idea of education in the a restructured context.
As much as I wish, I wouldβve finished out my degree sometimes, I very much understand why the sort of schools can be so helpful for individuals like myself, who may not always have the mental expenditure to grasp a large scope of course materials the likely never touch once they graduate. I had no idea what to expect, and, for some reason was very lucky to have made my choice at the very time that I did, because not only did I finally find some thing I could easily spend all of my hours doing, but
I also found a community of individuals who will always hold a very special place in my heart. there is something beautiful about what brought us all together, perhaps it was boredom, or maybe dissatisfaction with where we were, and a drive to explore some thing that might enable us to enter a career path that might allow us a sort of freedom, both financially, and intellectually.
I canβt speak so much for everyone else in my cohort, but I most definitely can say the individuals I had the pleasure of learning software engineering with our extremely driven people with many of the same ambitions I have. moving forward from this point in time in which my time in Boot Camp is now done, a scary next step is marked in front of me, one which Iβm not sure exactly how I will strive towards.
Regardless of the state of the tech space both now, and in the near future, I know that engineering of all kinds will be an extremely valuable asset, and now that I can understand how many of the websites and interfaces we all interact with on a day-to-day basis or structured, I have a much deeper understanding and appreciation for the many developers, who work so hard to build and maintain the fundamentals of our Internet world.
I think what I find most amusing about my undertaking of this schooling is, perhaps the idea that my initial intention was actually to study cyber security. I know in time I will likely come around to this as now that I have some of the primary development fundamentals locked down it should be much easier for me to get to know other code, bases and languages, but there will always be a part of me that might just love software engineering most of all.
Now Iβm not sure whether this is because I can build a full stack application myself and the money ideas for future projects are always popping into my head, or because my experience in an in person, Boot Camp was so comforting to me following a time, where I wasnβt sure what my next move was going to be, And given the circumstances of recent years, I didnβt see many people and wasnβt very inspired to expand my Netwerk or to try to crouch in spaces in which I donβt belong. Some thing I have most definitely understood about the development community is how wonderful it is to be in the presence of individuals who have such a wide span of interests, yet still, there is a common thread, and a desire to constantly learn and evolve within every one of them. This could be taken into many different contexts, as Iβm sure you could imagine, and I think itβs incredible that the different skill sets and knowledge we all have outside of coding only enable us to build more imaginatively.
The my 15 weeks in a software engineering boot camp likely will not set me up for success right off of the bat without any further investment of my time or expansion of my knowledge, it has most definitely open my eyes up to the idea of taking risks and venturing into the unknown with hopes that it might facilitate some further understanding of oneself or furthermore, the greater context of life overall. I wrote a blog post when I first started Boot Camp about my observation of life through code, and now that Iβm at the end of those 15 weeks, those understandings have only become even more realized.
No I am still a baby dev and have quite a long road ahead of me, Iβm grateful that I can at least understand my limitations, as well as areas where there lies great room for improvement. One of my biggest ambitions with making development a primary focus for myself, is to hopefully reach a point in time where I can do what I love as a job, as well as maybe even do it outside of a traditional work environment. I was introduced to many developers in my initial on boarding into the Web3 space, and found this sentiment to be shared among many of them.
Though I know my journey is my own, and thereβs no guarantee how it will pan out, I am very excited to take the next steps in advancing my understanding of what I have just learned, as well as continuing to take the very skill of learning, how to learn into every other context of my life. what I have learned most of all is that there is no one way to approach a situation to the point of resolve, and for many of us, finding our own groove as we learn through failure might just be the best way to get there anyway.
In synopsis, I couldnβt be more grateful for my time in Boot Camp, and will forever look back at the last 15 weeks I was one of the most transformational periods of my 21 years thus far, and I will further more carry everything that I have learned into the greater scope of my life, overall as it continues to unfold.
Thank you for reading this, in whatever way you found it, and in whatever form it might have been a value to you, peace out I am grateful for this community of developers and wonderful individuals who consistently and continuously make great efforts to help one another understand many of the difficulties we all face in our pursuits to build an evolve as developers.
I hope that in some way, this has sparked a flame within you to consider a new perspective, and I appreciate you taking the time to take a step within my mind. If you have any questions, or would like to be in touch, feel free to message me, or comment below.
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