SPEED KILLS
When you start your coding journey, you are often very excited. You spend hours, which you should be sleeping, at night having vision of yourself being the best programmer in the whole world. The energy and anxiety are at their highest when you start off and midway when you find new technologies and frameworks.
However, you must remember that there is a natural order to everything. A car doesn't start off as a car. Even you when you were young, you weren't the same as you are today. It took you time to be able to stand up and walk. However, if you were born walking, then you may close this blog and carry on with whatever you were doing as this is irrelevant to you. But the reality is, your bones had to be strong enough for you to walk. You first sit, then crawl, then stand and finally you walk.
The reason your bones need to grow strong is because you will fall. Everyone falls when they start out. The same is true with coding. However, the one difference is that in coding, you may be able to start off running ( on those soft bones). However, whatever speed you run it will be the speed at which you crash at. And on those soft bones, you risk getting deformed. Even with coding, the speed you run at trying to grasp everything and be the best coder in the world may be your best friend or your enemy. If you get the speed right, you will get everything correct. But if you get it wrong, you risk missing out on important aspects and principles. Time yourself right and remember, "Steady does it".
You want to be able to crash and still get up. If you rush trying to do everything too fast, when things go wrong, you may want to quit. When you fail to meet a deadline(s), you may be too hard on yourself, because you want to reach perfection too quick. If you try to run too fast, you risk crashing and never getting up. We will all have different capabilities when it comes to learning. The best way to help you avoid running too fast is getting a mentor. A mentor will always help you slow down when you move too fast. And they also share their experiences with you.
Find a mentor, and the right speed to go forward.
Happy Coding
Mbuelo Ramafamba
However, you must remember that there is a natural order to everything. A car doesn't start off as a car. Even you when you were young, you weren't the same as you are today. It took you time to be able to stand up and walk. However, if you were born walking, then you may close this blog and carry on with whatever you were doing as this is irrelevant to you. But the reality is, your bones had to be strong enough for you to walk. You first sit, then crawl, then stand and finally you walk.
The reason your bones need to grow strong is because you will fall. Everyone falls when they start out. The same is true with coding. However, the one difference is that in coding, you may be able to start off running ( on those soft bones). However, whatever speed you run it will be the speed at which you crash at. And on those soft bones, you risk getting deformed. Even with coding, the speed you run at trying to grasp everything and be the best coder in the world may be your best friend or your enemy. If you get the speed right, you will get everything correct. But if you get it wrong, you risk missing out on important aspects and principles. Time yourself right and remember, "Steady does it".
You want to be able to crash and still get up. If you rush trying to do everything too fast, when things go wrong, you may want to quit. When you fail to meet a deadline(s), you may be too hard on yourself, because you want to reach perfection too quick. If you try to run too fast, you risk crashing and never getting up. We will all have different capabilities when it comes to learning. The best way to help you avoid running too fast is getting a mentor. A mentor will always help you slow down when you move too fast. And they also share their experiences with you.
Find a mentor, and the right speed to go forward.
Happy Coding
Mbuelo Ramafamba
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