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.
๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐; ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐. But if you trust the process, you will reap tenfold, eliminate poverty from your life, and you will never regret it.
๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ. 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.
๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. You cannot focus enough to learn on an empty stomach.
๐ฏ๐. 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.
๐ฏ๐. 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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