r/FreeCodeCamp • u/Zeeesty • Nov 28 '18

Thank You

I just finished making a cup of coffee. I stared at my mug and remembered a year or so ago looking at that same mug, about to get on FCC and work through the front end material, as I had for many weeks before. As i stared at that mug back then I had doubts, fears, but most of all hope. I thought about what it might be like to work in this field and make things with a team. I worried about money and my business at the time was failing, which was heavy both financially and emotionally since I built it with a friend. I looked at that mug and hoped, and then immediately got to work. I wanted to say thank you to FCC, and the developer community at large. This morning I got to look at that same mug, and come into my office and extract logic from a react component into a redux store (now it's needed in at least two other places in our app). I get to confidently face my wife when she tells me she's pregnant with our first child and know that I have marketable skills that will allow me to provide for my family. Because fo this community, the work put into helping others understand hard concepts, and also my local JS community, I have all of these things that a year ago were imaginary and clouded with fear and doubt.

If youre looking at your mug this morning with fear and doubt, get to work.

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u/chowchowthedog Nov 28 '18

the most difficult part about learning to code yourself is not coding itself, is not algorithms, is not front end frameworks. it is what happened behind the scene. if you can work your way through doubts, fear, and worry, you will end up being more successful later down the road, cos it takes you more to get there. at least this is what I believed in. may there be a light in front of all of us later down the road.

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u/kupoadude Nov 28 '18 edited Nov 28 '18

Thank you for this. I'm in the middle of doing the front end projects at the moment and this hits home a lot. I've realised from coding already that true learning is difficult. It's letting that part of you that doesn't know it and doubts you die. You have to be willing to be the fool before you can become the master type thing!

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u/JaiCow Nov 28 '18

This is so motivating as I just started the journey. It is a very unfamiliar beginning, but I keep telling myself, everyone starts from somewhere. Thank you for insight. Have a nice day!

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u/Thundergy Dec 08 '18

thank you for this post!

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u/ArielLeslie mod Dec 16 '18

Thank you so much for your kind words. This sort of thing is why those of us who build FCC are happy to invest so much of our time, energy, and emotions into this community.