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Self-taught? Your strengths and weaknesses

St3l on November 26, 2018

Hello everyone ! Today I was thinking about an update of my resumé and I started to ask myself, as a full self-taught, what are my three...
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Lucas Olivera • Edited

Hi Estelle! While reading your article I realized I have the same strengths and weaknesses as you:

-Fast learner: I exactly don't know if I'm a fast learner, I just go for what I think will make me understand and that's all. Because of that I also have poor technical language.

-Independent: I never really liked being told what to study so whenever I come across something that catches my attention I don't stop till I know everything (or at least the minimal amount to feel satisfied). The last thing I learnt was React ;)

-Motivation: This is my greatest weakness. I start very excited on any subject and I lose interest really fast.

It's not easy learning by yourself but I think it is very fulfilling C:

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St3l

I'm glad you shared your experience ! I am, sometimes, feeling alone in this world because I am junior and also because I only know "academics" developers.
I also agree with you about motivation. I can lose it very fast and when you have to learn a large subject by yourself it can help to have a teacher to motivate you when you are not anymore :)