I am at the beginning of my coding journey. This is a long-awaited and anticipated journey, five years in the making.
Why five years? Life just got in the way. The focus wasn’t there. But I’m showing up, right now. And I’m in it for the long haul.
My Background
Just to let you know a little about my background. I graduated from the University of New Orleans with a BS in Business Administration. I went from working in a corporate setting very briefly to later starting and owning a thriving business in the wedding industry as one of the top companies in my niche.
Currently I am still fully involved in my business. This was a perfect transition due to the Christian ministry I am involved in and my very unique family circumstances. It continues to provide much-needed flexibility.
Being in the wedding industry, I use the creative side of my brain on an almost daily basis.
But I’ve always yearned to tap into the right side of my brain. The part that is primed to organize and execute intricate problems. The part that improves logical reasoning. I’m a little intimidated about all of this, but my excitement for life and learning trumps all of this.
I love to read and learn new things. Language learning isn’t foreign to me. Over the years, I have had exposure to Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, which gives me a little confidence in my decision to learn some aspects of programming. I will put myself out there and hopefully encourage others to begin their own postponed learning journey.
Being able to document my progress, will enable me to visibly see how far I’ve come. I hope to share more information right here on my blog and possibly on other channels of connection.
I also hope that this can be a great reference point for beginners looking into the tech field since I am the ultimate, ‘wet behind the ears’ beginner!
I am a relatively private person but this blog has motivated me to share some of my experiences with the world and to not be an ‘island’. Community is really important for any endeavor.
Self-Awareness
Documenting my coding journey will encourage self-awareness. A self-aware person comes to realize their strengths and weaknesses and the emotions and feelings attached to these. This allows for mindfulness and reflection.
I understand that the programming world is full of noise. Lots of languages, lots of companies, lots of applications, lots of boot camps to choose from. But this is my personal journey and I have some control of the volume as I navigate through everything.
Show Up and Document
I will show up and document. It reminds me of an article I read by Gary Vaynerchuk entitled “Document. Don’t Create”. Just creating real-life, unfiltered content for your journey is what works.
My coding journey posts won’t be romantic, perfect, flowery, or specially curated. But they will be my personal experiences for that day or week. They won’t be your typical content creation type of posts but more ‘time-stamped’ style, showing my process.
The keys for me will be practicality and consistency as I embark on this self-taught voyage.
I’m excited to see what today, tomorrow, next year, and the next year…you know the rest.