Anniversary
Today is my 1 year anniversary of becoming a programmer.
After 1 year, I can say that I have learned so much…and have much left to learn. But this is a celebration, so I will reflect on how far I have come. Since this is also this blogs anniversary, I think it would be best to demonstrate my growth through words.
Words I didn’t know 1 year ago
- git/github
- devops
- font awesome
- travis ci
- terminal
- aws
- ecma
- asset pipeline
- DHH
- nginx
- bash
- heroku
Words that I thought I knew, but really didn’t
- rails
- ruby
- javascript
- programmer
- software engineering
- client
- service
- api
- check-in
- pair programming
- python
- scripting
Words that I did know, but took on a whole new meaning
- problem solving
- easy
- hard
- programming
- engineer
- hacker
- geek
- code
- teamwork
- sleepless
- perseverance
- impostor
- teacher
- maker
- writer
- curl
- gem
- migration
This is a small sample, but a good representation of how far I am from where I started. I have learned that you can accomplish a whole lot if you just keep on going. Even if you are bloodied and tired and gasping for air.
You won’t fail if you don’t quit.
My only goal now it to just be better than I ever hoped I could be (by next year of course).
