"I don't want to be a Programmer like everyone else in the family!" These are the words that I had repeated countless times as I had grown up. I had always wanted to be different. I had dreamed of being many different things like a cop, a fashion designer, and a nurse.
When I got into 9th grade, I had a class called "intro to Programming". It was a required class so I had to take it. The first few days, I was so lost and felt like I wanted nothing to do with it. As time went on, I started understanding more things. I felt interest in the way it worked. After class, I would ask my dad questions about different concepts in programming. I had even started doing a Python course online. All of this was great, but I still did not want to pursue anything in tech so I gave up on the course overtime.
After I graduated, I picked my major as Nursing. As I was going through Nursing, I struggled many times. I felt like giving up and went back to it a couple of times. Even though it was great, it didn't feel right for me. I did not want to leave as I had already done a year and a half. I felt like it would be a "waste of time". Then, my family made a sudden decision of moving to Texas from New Jersey.
When I first moved here, I took a semester off to get settled in. Then, when I started applying to colleges, I realized that most of them are not willing to accept many of the credits that I had worked so hard to achieve. I did not want to start over so I decided to give up on it altogether. While this was going on, my dad had encouraged me to start doing some lessons online as well.
I started doing a html course and a python course online. I started enjoying it a lot and was doing it regularly. Then, after a few months, my brother told me to apply to Flatiron School. He had went to it and had loved it a lot. I applied to it, not expecting much and started doing LeetCode problems. After a little while, I got accepted! Now, here I am, doing what I love with people that I love!
With this story, I just want to remind people that no matter how many setbacks there are, you should keep going! You never know which setback is going to change your life forever!
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And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to tell a story. No villain backstory or overnight success to motivate people, but a slow burn that shows that it can be done and how exactly to do it.
Thanks for the quality content, keep up
Thank you so much Wayne!