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After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by NathanRice »

enraged_camel wrote: post #147
GuiA wrote: post #7

This is fantastic. Especially inspiring to me, more than the fact that she learned how to code, is the fact that she dove into something that she had no background in, and after 180 days she came out with a solid understanding of the basics of programming; enough to do stuff on her own (and, combined with her graphic design/illustration skills, probably enough to do freelance webdev or get a junior level position in…

There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…

I think you can cut a lot of the fat from this:

There are people who think life is something they do and there are people who think life is something that happens to them.

That being said, at what point is relaxing and enjoying yourself with random hobbies ok? If you take the hard and fast line you have here, people would just work till they die. A large part of the point to success is so you can enjoy leisure time comfortably.

I do agree video games and TV are in a in a sense "bad" and it would be better if people engaged in creative hobbies.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by omegant »

AznHisoka wrote: post #119
benihana wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All of those places have prohibitively high cost of living to make saving six months of salary very much not trivial. It's possible, but it isn't anywhere close to trivial.

I dunno why people always say NY is expensive... have you ever lived there? Live in NJ, rent a basement somewhere in Queens, or heck you can rent an apartment in Chinatown for $800/month. I know people who rent an entire floor, and then sub-rent it to their friends, so they end up paying $0.00 for rent. Don't eat out everyday. Bring your lunch everyday. It can be done.

Why is chinatown so cheap? How livable are those apartments?.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by nerfhammer »

enraged_camel wrote: post #147
GuiA wrote: post #7

This is fantastic. Especially inspiring to me, more than the fact that she learned how to code, is the fact that she dove into something that she had no background in, and after 180 days she came out with a solid understanding of the basics of programming; enough to do stuff on her own (and, combined with her graphic design/illustration skills, probably enough to do freelance webdev or get a junior level position in…

There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…

some people have a hunger for knowledge but find autodidacticism incredibly difficult

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by enraged_camel »

borkabrak wrote: post #175
enraged_camel wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…

The regular 9 to 5 is what some people want . And that's fine . They get their satisfaction in ways we may not -- (stereotypes coming).. a kid to play with, buddies at the bar, plunking a guitar, reading John MacDonald. This is not necessarily even a lack of ambition -- we're all allowed to aspire to whatever lifestyle we think will suit us best. You can't say one way is better without describing what better looks li…

>>The regular 9 to 5 is what some people want. And that's fine.

Yes, it is completely fine, as long as they are fully aware of the type of life they will have if they keep up their current habits. For example, if a regular 9 to 5 is what you want, good for you. Just understand what kind of life it will give you. This may sound obvious, but most people don't get it - they work 9 to 5 and complain when they lose their jobs or don't get the promotions they want or realize that the work they do is actually meaningless. What I'm trying to say is that, in the grand scheme of life, you reap what you sow.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by kens »

fein wrote: post #61
petea wrote: post #38

I don't know why she has never mentioned someone she worked with at all. I commented about this about her 70 days ago. --- So let's see her repository ( https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt ). This girl not only became a competent front end developer in 100 days, but looking at the Gemfile, she knows how to use capistrano, redis, capistrano, paperclip, omniauth and devise? She knows the best practices for Rai…

I've been a pretty hardcore PHP guy for 3 years now, and know exactly how long it would have taken me to do all of this: probably 200 days on my own. My biggest issue is stuff like this. Take a look at the JS from day 1-8, then look at day 9. Day 8: http://jenniferdewalt.com/more_drop_shadow.html Day 9: http://jenniferdewalt.com/bouncing_ball.html That's a pretty massive jump in coding proficiency in a delta of one d…

I know I shouldn't even get involved here, but I looked at day 8 vs day 9 very carefully and day 9 clearly builds on day 8 (e.g. the disableSelection code is carried over). The indentation that bothers you is feature testing code cut-and-paste from http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.cssHooks/. The additional JS code for the ball animation is totally reasonable for someone to learn and implement in a short time.

TL;DR: there's no red flag here.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by arvindravi »

scriptstar wrote: post #93

Jennifer, did you documented your journey? It could out sell some of the big names in the training niche. If you documented then would you like to share that with HN community please? Thanks.

She did: http://blog.jenniferdewalt.com/archive

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by enraged_camel »

ekm2 wrote: post #185
legacy2013 wrote: post #176

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Hey! I watch tv, play video games, and get drunk on weekends. I also have a girlfriend, friends, a new kitten to look after. Oh and I have multiple side projects I work on while having a full time job. Just because people do one thing doesn't mean they don't do other things.

Just because people do one thing doesn't mean they don't do other things. You are good.He is only talking about people who only do one thing.

Yes, thank you. It wasn't obvious from my post, but I'm not against having fun, per se. Rather, I'm talking about drifting aimlessly, with no clear direction or purpose. And that direction or purpose doesn't have to be work related, or even creative. I have a lot of respect for people who make their families the center of their lives, for example.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by wwweston »

chris_mahan wrote: post #74
GuiA wrote: post #7

This is fantastic. Especially inspiring to me, more than the fact that she learned how to code, is the fact that she dove into something that she had no background in, and after 180 days she came out with a solid understanding of the basics of programming; enough to do stuff on her own (and, combined with her graphic design/illustration skills, probably enough to do freelance webdev or get a junior level position in…

this reminds me of a quote attributed to Henry Ford: "Men become successful in the time other men wittle away."

This is good as advice, but it's also important to remember:

"The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time." (attributed to Willem de Kooning).

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by vdaniuk »

danielweber wrote: post #169
dionidium wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of "you should do this" posts on the internet can be summarized as, "people like me are pretty dang great."

People who judge others are the worst kind of people.

Recursively your kind is one of the worst kind of people. Or was this non-judgemental "worst" adjective? :)
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