I Was a Nerd from the Start (I Just Didn’t Know It Yet)

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My dad used to sit behind a wall of screens, lines of code flying by like a language from another planet. To me, it looked boring, technical, and way too serious.

So naturally, I rebelled.

I got into music — DJing, producing, chasing creativity in all the loud and unpredictable ways code wasn’t.

Anything but sitting quietly behind a computer.

And yet… here we are.

The Plot Twist

An ear issue forced me to quit music. I suddenly had to rethink everything — identity, career, future.

That’s when coding found its way back into my life. Not through a university lecture or a textbook, but through curiosity.

A friend told me about a free bootcamp called Turing Society, where people were learning frontend development.

No grades. No pressure. Just the joy of building.

I joined. And the first time a small JavaScript script worked, I felt it — that spark.

It wasn’t about math or syntax anymore. It was about making something come alive.

The Moment of Realization

That’s when I realized I’d been a nerd all along — just one in denial.

What I’d dismissed as “technical” was actually deeply creative. What I thought was boring was full of problem-solving, experimentation, and flow.

Coding wasn’t about logic vs. creativity. It was both.

From Rebellion to Resonance

Fast-forward a few years and I’m leading a dev team, helping others find their own path. And every time I mentor someone who’s unsure if they belong in tech, I smile — because I’ve been there.

I’ve tried to escape this world, only to find out it’s exactly where I was meant to be.

What This Taught Me

Your path doesn’t have to make sense early on. Sometimes, rebellion is part of how you find direction.
Curiosity is the real compass. Follow what feels alive, even if it doesn’t look “strategic.”
Identity evolves. You can be a creative and a coder, an artist and an engineer. Those labels don’t compete — they combine.