Things People Learning to Code will Understand: Part 2


By Briana Marie
When you write code you can be proud of:
When you run your code for the first time, and it works as expected:
When someone mentions white board algorithms:
When you see brilliantly written code:
When you realize you pushed to production too soon, and it’s too late to fix:
When somebody actually spends their time trying to convince you that JavaScript isn’t worth learning:
When you get to sit down and code after busting through red tape of chores and other work:
When you get an error you’ve ever seen before:
When someone says “Oh, I can make websites too, I use (insert template building site here)”
When you FINALLY fix that bug:
When you FINALLY fix that bug, and then somehow, you didn’t actually:
Everything you hear about work/life balance in tech:
When — after hours of troubleshooting — all you to do was update a CDN link:
When everyone on your team disagrees about React vs Angular 2:
Why would you not use JSX?
When you hear “Women just make better designers than developers”:
When you force yourself to read documentation with a tired brain:
When you start talking about all the reasons you are learning to code:
When someone says, “Learning to code is easy!”:
When someone says “learning to code is hard, but worth it”:
Can’t get enough? Read part 1.
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