I deal with this regularly. My family isn't very supportive about me learning how to code and trying to find a job. Lately they are putting pressure on me to quit coding and go back to teaching. When I'm around my extended family, they don't seem impressed with my accomplishments. Last time I was around my extended family, they had no interest in what I had to say and just said "Oh do you get paid?" when I talked about App Academy publishing one of my posts on their blog.
What I do is just ignore them and instead surround myself with people in the tech community. Tech communities have made up for the support I don't get from my family. I rather surround myself with the right people who get what I'm trying to do and help me where I want to go than people who tell me to give up. When I'm around my family I just acknowledge what they say and any bad advice they do offer me (i.e. I once had a relative tell me I don't need a portfolio to find a tech job), but I continue doing what I know is right and what people in my industry advise me to do.
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I deal with this regularly. My family isn't very supportive about me learning how to code and trying to find a job. Lately they are putting pressure on me to quit coding and go back to teaching. When I'm around my extended family, they don't seem impressed with my accomplishments. Last time I was around my extended family, they had no interest in what I had to say and just said "Oh do you get paid?" when I talked about App Academy publishing one of my posts on their blog.
What I do is just ignore them and instead surround myself with people in the tech community. Tech communities have made up for the support I don't get from my family. I rather surround myself with the right people who get what I'm trying to do and help me where I want to go than people who tell me to give up. When I'm around my family I just acknowledge what they say and any bad advice they do offer me (i.e. I once had a relative tell me I don't need a portfolio to find a tech job), but I continue doing what I know is right and what people in my industry advise me to do.