Very well written. Very long, but you had a lot to tell us. Kudos on your journey, your success, and even your failures.
I am no longer old-er, just old. But, I love to code. I started self teaching my self code when BASIC was king and the IBM PC was the edge. 640K went a long ways then. Learned C and tried some others. But, my needs to take care of my family put those things on the back burner. Done a lot of programming over the years, just all in industrial situations.
Finally decided to make myself a goal of being able to sit down and write what I want to as a coder. Started when the pandemic hit. Now, I can say that I can code in JavaScript, React, C/C++ (my goto), and C#.
My motto is "Dave does not do pretty", which is why front end for me is likely a stretch. I can manipulate CSS, but have no idea how to choose the right things.
So, maybe some day I'll get to work in what I like. I did earn two degrees on the way to here, but I will agree with you. It's more about initiative, determination, and stick-to-it-iveness than anything that makes us good at what we do.
Really agree! And I am with you on CSS, which was a surprise to me. Definitely agree the mental model/determination and extended exposure and practice are the critical pieces for success in this field
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Very well written. Very long, but you had a lot to tell us. Kudos on your journey, your success, and even your failures.
I am no longer old-er, just old. But, I love to code. I started self teaching my self code when BASIC was king and the IBM PC was the edge. 640K went a long ways then. Learned C and tried some others. But, my needs to take care of my family put those things on the back burner. Done a lot of programming over the years, just all in industrial situations.
Finally decided to make myself a goal of being able to sit down and write what I want to as a coder. Started when the pandemic hit. Now, I can say that I can code in JavaScript, React, C/C++ (my goto), and C#.
My motto is "Dave does not do pretty", which is why front end for me is likely a stretch. I can manipulate CSS, but have no idea how to choose the right things.
So, maybe some day I'll get to work in what I like. I did earn two degrees on the way to here, but I will agree with you. It's more about initiative, determination, and stick-to-it-iveness than anything that makes us good at what we do.
Really agree! And I am with you on CSS, which was a surprise to me. Definitely agree the mental model/determination and extended exposure and practice are the critical pieces for success in this field