This week we presented the 'Hello World' version of our projects in the Develop Carolina apprenticeship. This was mainly to demonstrate we have our chosen tech stack assembled and at a base level, working. This is a great time to reflect on my coding journey so far. It still feels so unreal.
Generally, I've always loved tech but didn't know what path I wanted to take. Then I found programming. I was spending my free time learning after work and even weekends. That's when I realized this is what I genuinely ENJOY and decided that I would pursue this as a career.
Thinking back, my actual first experience with code was playing around with mod scripts for games I played when I was younger. Of course I wasn't really writing things from scratch then, just editing values and seeing what happens. Even that was mesmerizing to me. I changed something and something happened! Many times that 'something happened' was 'its crashing' but at that time, still really cool 😆.
Its just wild to think back to times like that. I genuinely didn't think it was something I could do for a career, I didn't feel 'smart' enough and didn't really dedicate myself to it. As of today I completed a full stack development boot camp, was accepted and currently participating in the Develop Carolina apprenticeship which has given me the opportunity to continue learning and gain real world experience with an internship at a leading tech company. Again, I could have never imagined I would be in the position I am today. As I mentioned in my intro, it still feels so unreal. I am so excited for the next few months continuing to learn and build new things with Develop Carolina and in my host company.
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