Pushing Through
When I first started programming, every week I would bump into something that seemed ridiculously complicated. The next week/the next month the content that I looked at as complicated became simple and I had a very good understanding of. This happened for months even up till today sometimes. What I’ve noticed and kept pushing me through was that everything that I thought was complicated months before, was now something that came easy and natural to me. I learned that not giving up; staying persistent will eventually get me to a point of proficiency.
It started with the basics, I remember things being difficult initially and now I understand them. I continued to run into these problems through the course of me educating myself. From my early stages of going through this I learned to push through. No matter how complicated or overwhelmed something was. Knowing I’ve been there before and one day soon if I stick to it, I will understand it completely is what keeps me pushing through any complications I might run into. I also learned to come back to things later if I’m spending too much time on it. Try learning or mastering a smaller parts of your problem. Sometimes understanding the smaller pieces helps you put together the entire puzzle at a later date.
So I stopped worrying about things I didn’t understand and just focused on understanding them, and the correlating parts. One last thing to leave you with is that for months and years understanding how to code, and how the common parts work together takes years. You have your ups and downs during your time learning, but it comes a time where everything begins to smooth out and all the new technologies, languages, and innovations become a lot easier to pick up and learn. It’s all part of the process and you can learn to do anything as long as you have the time and the resources. The tech industry is vast and have so many connecting parts. Take your time, stay persistent, positive, and hungry.
MOTTO: “Slow progress better than no progress, Some progress better than no progress”
This mind-set push me to put in as much work as I can; whenever I can. If it took a minute or all I had/have is a minute I will find a way to better myself. That mindset pushed me to work when I probably didn’t, because I tried to not allow excuses for why I couldn’t push myself closer to my goals not matter it be one step, half a step or 100. Progress is progress no matter the amount, and progress is what I seeked. It’s a habit that helped kept me persistent all these years.
