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Discussion on: How To: Avoid (More) Common Mistakes By Junior Developers

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Amy Oulton

After my bootcamp's final project, I got burned out so badly I didn't participate in the demo day and didn't touch code for months.

I was concinved I hated it. But then a challenge kind of fell into my lap and I was given the opportunity to do a challenge for a possible internship. I wasn't ready at all, but I figured I had nothing to lose.

It was in React, what I primarly did my final project in, and what I was never strong at. I told the employer as much, and he gave me an extra week to watch tutorials and then attempt the challenge.

I built out the project but it was full of errors. Components were duplicating when publishing comments, but I made it.

I did a walkthrough of the challenge and explained the parts that didn't work, and what was wrong with them (not how to fix them). I ended up getting the internship with the comment that a week is not enough time to grasp a large framework like React but my ability to pick up stuff quickly and understand what was going wrong was what excited them.

TLDR: Burn out is real and even more so is the desire to give up completely. But sometimes that self-destructive voice is just that - self-destructive.

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Eric

Very encouraging! Thanks for sharing this experience. I'm still going through my full-stack course online. I've learned to just take it a little at a time.