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Trae Zeeofor
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Code Your Way to Freedom: A Hard-Earned Guide

P/S: Originally published June 11th 2024 on LinkedIn and Facebook

Based on my experiences and the battle scars I've earned, this would be my June 2024 advice to aspiring programmers/software developers just writing their first "hello world" today.

๐Ÿญ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†; ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜. But if you trust the process, you will reap tenfold, eliminate poverty from your life, and you will never regret it.

๐Ÿฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ. The bar has been raised recently. The level of knowledge that would have been sufficient for a full-time job five years ago is insufficient now. You would have to know twice as much, so learning takes twice the time to achieve. I would estimate that time to be 1 to 3 years currently.

๐Ÿฏ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. You cannot focus enough to learn on an empty stomach.

๐Ÿฏ๐—”. If you are a student or recent graduate being taken care of by your guardian, excellent. Make sacrifices and cut out all distractions so you get to the finish line quicker.

๐Ÿฏ๐—•. But if you are taking care of yourself, love and do not joke with your day job. Outside work, you need to make sacrifices. Cut out all distractions so you can get to the finish line quicker.

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