On my way to becoming an self-taught developer, my boyfriend helped me a lot by encouraging me not to give up, no matter how hard times might be. I didn't have a job for over a year, so money was quite a issue. I tried to code every day, but we didn't know if I would make it.
Because of Covid, he wanted to leave our country for 2 months, and he wanted to take me with him. I wasn't convinced because of money, and I didn't have a laptop at that time, so when was I going to practice? We both really wanted me to make it as a developer, so I couldn't afford not to code for two whole months.
One day he came home with a MacBook 13'' M1 and said, "Let's go on this journey." I was happy, excited and anxious at the same time. Will I be consistent enough to code while on a road trip across the US for two months?
I was! I was so grateful that he had bought me a laptop and that I was able to have a great time overseas that I just had to acknowledge his generosity by coding every day.
When I got back home, I participated in a Hackathon where I got runner-up and started applying for jobs - 2 months later I got one :)
On my way to becoming an self-taught developer, my boyfriend helped me a lot by encouraging me not to give up, no matter how hard times might be. I didn't have a job for over a year, so money was quite a issue. I tried to code every day, but we didn't know if I would make it.
Because of Covid, he wanted to leave our country for 2 months, and he wanted to take me with him. I wasn't convinced because of money, and I didn't have a laptop at that time, so when was I going to practice? We both really wanted me to make it as a developer, so I couldn't afford not to code for two whole months.
One day he came home with a MacBook 13'' M1 and said, "Let's go on this journey." I was happy, excited and anxious at the same time. Will I be consistent enough to code while on a road trip across the US for two months?
I was! I was so grateful that he had bought me a laptop and that I was able to have a great time overseas that I just had to acknowledge his generosity by coding every day.
When I got back home, I participated in a Hackathon where I got runner-up and started applying for jobs - 2 months later I got one :)
Seems like your boyfriend is your biggest fan! 🙂