Today is a new Day
I know this may not be a lot, or even useful to everyone who reads it. However, you gotta start somewhere and here is where I'm starting. I'll layout my (brief) journey into where I'm at now in web development, software, and data analytics.
1. 2015 - Found codecademy.com I did this with python until I got stuck on a final solution. This took me about 3 weeks. Maybe more? I forget. However, I do remember having fun building and following along with my coworker. But I got stuck. And that was that. I didn't know where to turn. No help. Frustration. Then I gave up.
2. 2016, 2017, 2018 - nothing Zilch. Didn't pick up or do anything with coding. It wasn't until a co-worker of mine (that I despised) said he was starting to code. And my competitive spirit jumped into play. I'm gonna f$%*ing outdo that guy. F#%^ that dude. (ps - I don't swear that much)
3. (September 2018) youtube.com - youtube.com/channel/UCfzlCWGWYyIQ0aLC5w48gBQ Python and Data and Machine Learning master. Dude was great. 8-12 minute videos. Always feeling like I accomplished something. Later I learned that he basically took the information off the docs websites and did it on his youtube channel. I don't care. He's great. I understood. He deepened his learning. More people used Python. Everybody wins.
4. Sep. '18 - October 2021 - youtube.com I logged hours and hours of tutorials. Didn't participate in discussions, just tutorials. Every. Day. One. Or. More.
5. Early 2020 - Swift and iOS Paul - uh.... his twitter is @twostraws hackingwithswift.com and he's a genius. A bit neurotic, but a great guy and great coder. Learned a lot. Coded a lot. Taught 45 minutes online (pandemic) and then coded by myself (45 minutes). I made like 30 projects by following his tutorials.
5. Late 2020 - cour(don't use them)sera.com I found Coursera in 2018 maybe. Did the Machine Learning with Andrew Ng. Copied my code. Finished it. Understood what was happening, but didn't code. Liked it. But in 2020, I jumped full force into Coursera.
6. Oct. 2021 - quit Coursera After a message exchange that they said "sorry, you need to pay another $60 to get your certification ONLY IF SOMEONE ELSE REPLIES AND CHECKS YOUR WORK! No thankyou. Too much great free content. @freecodecamp is great.
Oct. 2021 - NOW freecodecamp.com and twitter.com/florinpop1705 are my main go to's. I dug deep into learning and creating something every day for 30 days. Some days I failed. Some days I succeeded (mostly). Love Twitter for the community.
I feel like I've accomplished more in the last few months with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript than I had finished in 3-5 years with Python. Crazy.
Bye!