https://medium.com/@sseidmed/journey-of-learning-to-code-on-my-own-9598bb7c7932

My background is as non-technical as it can be. I have been in school for a decade now. I have a Master’s degree in International Studies and foreign languages. I have never taken a Maths course in college either, which I now regret. For my entire life, I firmly believed that I am no good in sciences, as if there is an innate trait of character that makes me unfit to be good in STEM. I don’t disagree with the notion that some people excel in certain disciplines better than in others, but there is nothing stopping them from learning something different. I realized this way too late.

In this article, I want to talk about the journey of trying to become a programmer by studying on your own. A lot of the times I read stories of people that successfully changed careers by devoting a certain amount of time every day to learn to code. Eventually, they left their unfulfilling job and got hired for the dream jobs. What I want to share in this article is the hardships of going through the journey on your own. How many of you spend hours figuring out seemingly simple concepts? How many times do you question why you are doing this? And when you actually solve the problem, you have no clue how you solved it. I know I do! I want people who are in the same boat as me to feel that they are not alone, that others feel lost as well.