Things People Learning to Code will Understand: Part 2

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By Briana Marie

When you write code you can be proud of:

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When you run your code for the first time, and it works as expected:

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When someone mentions white board algorithms:

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When you see brilliantly written code:

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When you realize you pushed to production too soon, and it’s too late to fix:

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When somebody actually spends their time trying to convince you that JavaScript isn’t worth learning:

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When you get to sit down and code after busting through red tape of chores and other work:

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When you get an error you’ve ever seen before:

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When someone says “Oh, I can make websites too, I use (insert template building site here)”

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When you FINALLY fix that bug:

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When you FINALLY fix that bug, and then somehow, you didn’t actually:

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Everything you hear about work/life balance in tech:

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When — after hours of troubleshooting — all you to do was update a CDN link:

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When everyone on your team disagrees about React vs Angular 2:

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Why would you not use JSX?

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When you hear “Women just make better designers than developers”:

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When you force yourself to read documentation with a tired brain:

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When you start talking about all the reasons you are learning to code:

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When someone says, “Learning to code is easy!”:

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When someone says “learning to code is hard, but worth it”:

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Can’t get enough? Read part 1.

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