It’s completely normal to feel doubts when you’re starting something as technical as full-stack development, especially when you’re stepping out of your comfort zone. In fact, I’d say doubting your abilities is a healthy sign. It shows you’re engaged and truly learning, not just passively watching. It means you’re pushing yourself.
For me, the spark for programming was immediate. I knew from the start that I loved it because when I’d close my eyes and imagine what I could build, it would make my blood boil with excitement. That feeling of possibility, of being able to create, was incredibly powerful. And once I started learning, it became a continuous loop of wanting to learn more and more. Even when things got tough, that desire to keep trying and overcome challenges never faded.
So, while it’s okay to feel overwhelmed sometimes, remember why you started this journey in the first place: to gain technical skills and grow. That motivation is a strong foundation. Keep pushing through, and you might just find that same passion that drives many of us in this field.
this is the dream; invitations, learning, purpose, paycheck and more.
I kept a target of Monday-Wednesday being just applying to other jobs to try and get a higher paying job somehow, but things are pretty bleak right now, so I am just gonna fully dedicate it to coding now, I think that is for the best, what do you think?
this was next level, words cannot express how incredible this post was, an excellent mix of empathy as well as a reality-check wake up call kind of stuff.
thank you, I just hope that self-doubt doesn’t override the motivation, that this maybe isn’t really for me and so on, and this is quite a shocker for me, that doubting is a good healthy sign.
at the end of the day, who doesn’t want to improve themselves, but just that fear of unknown holds them back, like being wrapped in chains.
and that’s how I feel left behind from others and in life as well, that how others knew what to do so early on but not me, but really, what can be done about it now, right?
@hammad98 Learning how to learn is really important. I’m trying to learn coding with a brain that’s in its 40s.
Start with the Pomodoro technique, far better that stuffing hours of info into your head, it overwhelms the brain and you end up retaining very little.
Practice active recall at the end of each day on what it is you’ve learned that day. This will help solidify the information in your head. Keep what you’re learning in your head (obviously), but try to recall things while you’re doing other stuff like driving or cooking or whatever, it’s about neuroplasticity and forcing the brain to build new neural pathways.
And as with the Pomodoro technique, take regular breaks. If you can’t work a problem out after a while, take a break, do something completely different for 5 or 10 minutes, the brain will keep working on the problem subconsciously and eventually the solution with come. Good luck.
hey, thanks for the response, it has been quite hectic for me these past couple of days, both professionally, and personally, but I do intend to resume and finish of the Fullstack curriculum, no matter how long it would take me.
If this feasible though, doing good progress, immediately taking a somewhat long break, then resuming again, because that’s what happened to me.