I need to remind myself of this sometimes because I often forget when staring at the problem on the screen not sure how I will ever figure it out. And then I do, and it’s euphoric. I Can Code Anything.
The first step in anything is yours to take. It’s yours because you know what the first step is and if you don’t take it, you’ll wish you had. No one said it was going to be an easy step to take. But you’ll make it worth it and never look back.
I have notebooks, probably too many of them, but I have lots. And I have a laptop. I write as much as I can, wherever I can. Sometimes it’s garbage (actually a good part of the time). Sometimes it’s great (I have my moments). But it’s always a great feeling when I do. It’s a cathartic release and worth every sometimes painful keystroke.
Code is meant to be broken, reiterated over, broken again and again and again until it cannot function anymore. That is what code is meant to do. It works, it changes, it breaks, it gets fixed, it works again. Welcome to coding! Let the everlasting Frustration and Joy begin.
Jumping into a new community is never easy – you don’t know anyone, but you might have a connective interest between you that can be the establishing point for something new. But you have to go through that awkward phase of figuring things out. And that’s never fun because the first thought that runs through your mind – “Here we go again, starting all over again.” – figuring things out for the first time -…