No problem, Agata! I admire you for doing it alone, not everyone can! I know I for sure wouldn't have had the dedication to make it if it was just me. There are a lot of self-taught devs in the Twitter sphere though, so I'd encourage you to reach out on there if you feel overwhelmed! It's so easy to feel like 'I'm not clever enough for this', but that's absolutely not the case and one day... after a while... it will click. :)
Are you reading my mind? 🙈 I am really struggling, because I need more structure and I learn best in either 1-1 or classroom environment, and it's hard to achieve that when you're an adult working full time and only chipping away at the problem here and there after work. I'm really really burnt out at work as well (even admitting this makes me feel uncomfortable) so managing time and energy is even more important and even harder. And every mistake or hurdle in my self learning journey feels a lot worse when I feel tired and frustrated at work/in life than it does when I'm refreshed and hopeful. I hope the click comes and I hope it makes a bloody loud click to announce its arrival! 😁 Would you be able to give us here a list of 'absolutely must learn' or some projects or problems that really taught you something useful? I think having to decide what to learn and how to use it is a biggie esp. when you add to imposter syndrome and decision fatigue :)
// because I need more structure and I learn best in either 1-1 or classroom environment
This is me too; I'm very fortunate that I was able to quit and take a course. I can only imagine how much harder it must be to juggle everything alone! Remember that what you're doing IS hard, and you will make mistakes, and that's okay. Probably you'll have a lot of days where you feel like you made no progress at all.. but even trying to solve a problem is experience that'll help later, even if it feels useless right now. I was lucky to have my classmates, but my partner actually went through a couple of years solo learning, and he went through the exact same as what you've described above. I don't know if it's any consolation but you're definitely not alone in your journey. Try not to be too hard on yourself (:
// I think having to decide what to learn and how to use it is a biggie
Totally agree.. then you get stuck in tutorial hell and you've watched/read a bunch of info, but still stare at the blank page and have no idea what to do (or is that just me? :P) What kind of development are you interested in? I'll make a list!
ps I saw you're from north England, that's where I'm from too!
Well, at the moment I am aiming for web development, although my ambitions go a little beyond that :) Long story, I just feel like there's a lot to do in the industry and I also feel like I have some things I could bring and would enjoy doing, because of who I am and how I work.
Im claving away in Sheffield, but kinda itching to move, just don't know where my next stop would be and obviously I'd need to find work 😂
Where are you based?
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No problem, Agata! I admire you for doing it alone, not everyone can! I know I for sure wouldn't have had the dedication to make it if it was just me. There are a lot of self-taught devs in the Twitter sphere though, so I'd encourage you to reach out on there if you feel overwhelmed! It's so easy to feel like 'I'm not clever enough for this', but that's absolutely not the case and one day... after a while... it will click. :)
Are you reading my mind? 🙈 I am really struggling, because I need more structure and I learn best in either 1-1 or classroom environment, and it's hard to achieve that when you're an adult working full time and only chipping away at the problem here and there after work. I'm really really burnt out at work as well (even admitting this makes me feel uncomfortable) so managing time and energy is even more important and even harder. And every mistake or hurdle in my self learning journey feels a lot worse when I feel tired and frustrated at work/in life than it does when I'm refreshed and hopeful. I hope the click comes and I hope it makes a bloody loud click to announce its arrival! 😁 Would you be able to give us here a list of 'absolutely must learn' or some projects or problems that really taught you something useful? I think having to decide what to learn and how to use it is a biggie esp. when you add to imposter syndrome and decision fatigue :)
// because I need more structure and I learn best in either 1-1 or classroom environment
This is me too; I'm very fortunate that I was able to quit and take a course. I can only imagine how much harder it must be to juggle everything alone! Remember that what you're doing IS hard, and you will make mistakes, and that's okay. Probably you'll have a lot of days where you feel like you made no progress at all.. but even trying to solve a problem is experience that'll help later, even if it feels useless right now. I was lucky to have my classmates, but my partner actually went through a couple of years solo learning, and he went through the exact same as what you've described above. I don't know if it's any consolation but you're definitely not alone in your journey. Try not to be too hard on yourself (:
// I think having to decide what to learn and how to use it is a biggie
Totally agree.. then you get stuck in tutorial hell and you've watched/read a bunch of info, but still stare at the blank page and have no idea what to do (or is that just me? :P) What kind of development are you interested in? I'll make a list!
ps I saw you're from north England, that's where I'm from too!
Well, at the moment I am aiming for web development, although my ambitions go a little beyond that :) Long story, I just feel like there's a lot to do in the industry and I also feel like I have some things I could bring and would enjoy doing, because of who I am and how I work.
Im claving away in Sheffield, but kinda itching to move, just don't know where my next stop would be and obviously I'd need to find work 😂
Where are you based?