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Nočnica Mellifera
Nočnica Mellifera

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Being a programmer... is pain

I set up my camera and streaming rig yesterday to film some easy Javascript coding. I ended up making incredibly loud static for reasons I couldn't figure out.

The reality is that when you're trying to expand your skills, there will be times when you hit a wall. Trying to do something and being bad at it is painful, and it's human to withdraw from pain.

As a developer you face this pain more often than you would in other jobs, and in the video above I talk about why that is and what to do about it.

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Michael Tharrington •

And I thought programming a drum loop with an already built DAW was difficult, haha! I feel your pain and hope you overcome that static issue.

Thanks for sharing this! I'm not a programmer but can totally relate to what you're saying. Loved all the advice — taking a break is a must whenever I get stuck.

Side note: the beat drop at about 5 minutes in was awesome!

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Nočnica Mellifera •

Awww thank you! The beat is from the YouTube library, with some tweaking to make it work a bit better for bg

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Dana Ottaviani •

Are you following the BlenderGuru donut tutorial? That's what got me started in Blender. I'm now working through CG Cookie tutorials. It may seem like an information overload at first. :) I made at least 30 mugs to get muscle memory and get used to working with mesh objects after I finished the series.

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Nočnica Mellifera •

Yes! Love my donut 🍩

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Oscar Nevárez •

Hello! I just asked you about this on your CDK talk but I couldn't find any result. Do you have the name of the drawing? Google Images doesn't throw any result except your blog