So I have been stuck in tutorial hell for about a month. I was warned and I did my possible best not to get stuck but it happened evidently. I have gone through some of the materials twice in the last two months and I still very incapable of building anything myself. The ingenuity that comes with the creative expression of one's knowledge is lacking. It is one thing to know something and another knowing how to apply it in different situations. I was hoping to get head with my javascript, which I believe will help me more complex tasks (honestly, I am tired of making fancy webpages), but that has taken the backseat even after I purchased a course on udemy.
The only way around this is to practising--regularly. My girlfriend who started knitting a couple of months back has almost perfected the art now, to the point she is selling some of the things she has made. I am jealous. I took that clue from her to practise more because it is the only way i can get better. I really cannot bank on remaining every single syntax i have lent over time but we regular practise I can become more familiar with the basic and functional things I need to know.
Yesterday I woke up early to do some practice. I created a clone of the Microsoft official website, with the help of Traversy Media who is my go-to guy for projects to work on. This is my work:
https://codepen.io/nonowrites/pen/gOrjWWd
It feels awkward calling it my work because I copied everything by simply following steps and guidelines. However, I did commit to the process which took roughly 3-4.
So what did I learn?
Well for the first I used Jquery for something and that is to prompt the menu-bar of the webpage. Also, I used font-awesome for the first. I probably will explore it more as I haven't used it before this time. I had heard about it but I never deemed it fit to find out more. I also played around with the grid setup. Still need to work on my mastery of flexbox.
Today I will try to build a Netflix landing page and possible play around with bootstrap. There is still a lot to learn and explore.
Gone through my flexbox tutorials in the early hours of today. The best time for learning if you ask me. It is cold and I need to get more sleep (or maybe not).
Yesterday I was speaking to a friend who is also learning how to code. He suggested that we work on a project together and I stylishly turned him down. The thing is: I have never felt like I know enough to do anything. This is one of the reasons I have been stuck in tutorial hell for quite some time. Plus, I find it difficult to finish most of my code-alongs and projects, so there is hardly anything to show for the 3+ months I have committed to my coding journey (well, except the knowledge I have gathered). They call it imposter syndrome. I think I have it-- most young programmers struggle. Even those who have been in the field for quite so time struggles as well because they're just a lot to learn.
On a lighter note, I came across a post yesterday on twitter. Someone put out a job offer requesting for the services of a full-stack programmer with 4years core experience. The pay is $200 per month and I just couldn't stop laughing. Even as a prospective front-end developer with no working experience I would think twice before taking that offer. It just goes to show how people's skills and services are appreciated in this part of the world. I honestly do not think any full-stack developer would take that job. The people who posted it has taken it down as he ought to because it is outrightly ridiculous.
Anyways, guys, I have to get some sleep now so I can wake up in an hour or two to continue practising. Cheers!
