First off, pardon the title, I couldn't think of a more creative one.
Many of the developers I look up to always talk about making videos, teaching or blogging about code journeys in order to grow and fully cement the knowledge of coding (not the exact words), so by popular recommendation (read: hack Sultan), I will be blogging on hash node.
I couldn't find a more fitting article for my first blog post than talking about my own experience(however little). I started coding for real in December 2019, and despite obvious progress, I get imposter's syndrome every other hour and doubt my life choices of choosing to venture into frontend development.
Earlier this week, I uploaded a dummy portfolio to Heroku and it was aesthetically pleasing(kind of), then I checked the first portfolio I wrote in December 2019, and the other one I wrote in January 2020, and I felt proud of myself. I am absolutely not there yet, and that's okay. Baby steps, young coder.
I subscribed to 'Daily coding problems' in March 2020. I couldn't solve any of the challenges using javascript. I couldn't even figure out what to do. I would cry myself to sleep and wondered how I got my degree if I was so stupid. (LOL, dear developer, for real, STOP berating yourself). It's August 2020 and I solve daily coding problems each day.
I still get the imposter syndrome(we always will), and I still feel stupid every now and then but I do not cry myself to sleep anymore. I laugh at myself and push myself to do more. Do better, because I know I am constantly growing. I look at my first portfolio project, second portfolio project, the current one and some other pet projects and I know I am growing. Taking baby steps and that is okay.
Dear noobs, don't beat yourself up. Don't compare yourself to others. You are your only competition, and as long as you keep learning, keep growing, that is enough.
For laughs; first portfolio: blossom-babs.github.io/portfolio-one
Second portfolio: blossom-babs.github.io/portfolio-two
Latest portfolio: blossom-app.herokuapp.com (and it's not even done yet)
Happy coding.