You Don’t Know What You Can Achieve Until You Try: My Journey from Technical Writing to UX/UI and Coding

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You Don’t Truly Know What You Can Achieve Until You Try

You don’t truly know what you can achieve until you try. It’s easy to look at something and think, “I can do this.” But when the moment comes to actually perform, you will realize just how much your thinking process wasn’t ready for what seemed simple.

When you try, you either continue or stop. That’s the essence of what I am saying.

My Journey: From Technical Writing to UX/UI and Programming

Let me give you an example. I started as a technical writer and ended in the cobwebs of UX/UI design and programming. I could have stayed a technical writer—studying website documentation, improving content, maybe replacing it entirely—but I wanted more.

I wanted to understand computer programs and workflows. And to write about something I didn’t understand, I had to learn it.

Starting with Front-End Development

I began with front-end development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript. At first, it felt overwhelming. The real challenge wasn’t the code—it was my own thinking.

I struggled to connect front-end with back-end; learning one seemed to erase the other from my memory. I nearly gave up.

What Kept Me Going

What kept me going wasn’t how easy it looked at first glance—it was consistency. Step by step, I pushed through. And now, the reward is real.

The knowledge I gained is invaluable. The principles of technical writing—concision, scannability, simplicity, comprehension—still matter, but applying them when writing for programmers and engineers requires more.

That “more” is where the fun begins, and that fun is what I am having.