encouragement

I’m struggling through an assignment right now. This is nothing new. So, for all of the new developers out there, I have two words of advice for you:

1. Do not be afraid to reach out to people with more experience. Don’t have them solve your problems for you, but work through the problem together so you can learn the proper thought patterns to get to your solution.

2. Just because it’s difficult, doesn’t mean you’re not good enough for the field. Keep at it! One semester I did terribly in this particular course. I felt so badly about it. During the summer, I had an internship that applied the concepts I never understood in class, and wouldn’t you know it… I finally began to understand what was going on! You’re going to learn so much on the job. Things will start to click.





Good luck!