ReLIFE: I Hit The Restart Button On My Developer Life

I've always had this feeling of incompleteness about myself as a Web Developer. I've been building sites for quite a while now and there have been some cool projects (according to my standards) that I've worked on. With all these, I still felt that I had gaps and I could do better, I could've done better if I had a proper start.

Heyo! How's it going? I'm Jannatin Naim and I'm a high schooler and a passionate Web Developer. I'm going to share a bit about my life and my future plans in this post. I know some of you might've had similar experiences (or so I'm told by my seniors) so, I hope you find this relatable and support me along the way. ;)

You see, I got into web development when I was initially trying to learn Python after a senior of mine showed me what some basic programming is capable of. I did that and got my programming basics from there like variables, data types, functions, loops, conditionals, etc. Then when I was looking into the marketplace, I found out that Web Development is a very demanding skill.

I set my mind on giving it a shot as this seemed pretty fun as the web is pretty much embedded into our daily lives. Thus, my journey as a Web Developer began, and just like anyone else, I was lost. I did what any normal human being would do and went over to YouTube and searched for 'web development courses'.

I got suggested FreeCodeCamp's videos and other creators' videos. I took the FreeCodeCamp route. I got my hands dirty with some HTML, CSS, and a tad bit of JavaScript. On their website, they provide certificates to those who complete their curriculum. I took the Responsive Web Design course and completed it (for the first time).

Some time went by, and I still don't feel satisfied with what I can do (though what I've learned is pretty basic, you can do pretty cool stuff with just HTML and CSS). I thought, "Yeah, I should do the course again."

I did that, I re-did the course for the second time now and a year had already passed as I didn't fully commit to web development yet. I was hooked on the Linux hype and started exploring the rabbit hole Linux is. After spending way too much time on distro ricing, I finally picked up my pace in web development and I was back in business.

That didn't last very long either. I was quickly demotivated as there were just too many things to learn at first sight and that overwhelmed me. I still kept practicing my JavaScript with Node and fiddling around with Discord bots so I hadn't left the coding train, but just been sitting there without much activity. And you know what the fun part is? I did the FreeCodeCamp's Responsive Web Design course once again. :) That makes it my third time doing that same exact course doing the same exact tasks and assignments with no visible outcome.

I started learning things from here and there, bits and pieces scraped from videos, blog posts, and god knows how many courses that I started but didn't finish.

Now, I've come to a position where I'm not really sure where to go and what to do. So, instead of giving up hope, I am going to hit the restart button on my web development journey. For this time, I'm going to make sure that I don't end up like I always do, lost. So, I've put together a plan (work in progress) that I'm going to strictly follow, and this time for sure, I'm going to make it work.

Here's a Notion Document which is going to be my journal in this journey.

The DEV Logs section will carry my daily reports on the things I've done and posts similar to this will keep anyone that's interested in knowing how this journey progresses can stay updated.

I really hope that I can finally get that "inner peace" that I've always been searching for. ;)

HIT DAT RESTART BUTTON!!!

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