About this blog
The purpose of a blog is often to document a project. Or to deliver some useful information to the community. This is none of those things. What drove me to put the idea into practice, the catalyst, was that I would derive some use from it.
I sometimes catch myself exclaiming something out loud while deeply immersed in code. Sometimes when I am stuck, sometimes when there is a breakthrough, but usually when I am totally absorbed and forget about myself.
This is an outlet for that particular psychological need that activates my voice even though there's no one meant to hear me. Obviously, those exclamations have little value in their raw form, other that informing me that 'there is a need to put my coding exertions into words'. Will it help me develop my skills? Develop professionally, personally even, lead to any type of growth? I am not sure. But if there is a need, there could be some benefit in at least clearing my mind and moving on.
So here it is. Sharing a few reflections on what it's like to teach yourself coding mid-life.
Ovi Oprea
aspiring developer
I am someone with a degree in literature and longtime interest in humanities, who changed course mid-life to find something more practical and financially rewarding. And who developed a strange new taste for building stuff with code.