When I wrote my first computer program in C# back in about 2015 when I was just 15 years old, I fell in love for the first time with something that could satisfy my determination. Hitting the compile button for the first time in Visual Studio, was what really stuck in my head and I doubt I'll ever forget it. I don't remember what the program was, but I remember how I felt and where I was.
I would pay almost anything to go back and relive that moment, as it is what ultimately lead me to where I am today. However, the more important question is how did I feel? What emotion or series of emotions did I feel when I hit compile for the first time, or when I came across my first mind-boggling (for me at the time), error? Well, it's actually a lot harder than you'd expect for me to explain. If I had to summarise how I felt when I pressed the compile button, I felt nervous but also excited. When I saw my first error, I was disappointed and frustrated as I scowled at Google for hours.
I would pay almost anything to go back and relive that moment, as it is what ultimately lead me to where I am today. However, the more important question is how did I feel? What emotion or series of emotions did I feel when I hit compile for the first time, or when I came across my first mind-boggling (for me at the time), error? Well, it's actually a lot harder than you'd expect for me to explain. If I had to summarise how I felt when I pressed the compile button, I felt nervous but also excited. When I saw my first error, I was disappointed and frustrated as I scowled at Google for hours.
Perhaps the thing that I love the most about working with and learning about computers is that I am much more likely to be wrong than right, providing me with the motivation to learn from my errors and to strive to learn to be wrong even more. A vicious cycle of learning some may call it, whereas I simply see it as the way I wish to live my life.
If you had to ask me if all the mental training I've been through has been worth it, I'd have to say yes. I originally was going to be a carpenter and almost began doing so as an apprentice but then I saw the computing Level 2 course at my local college and wanted to give it a go as I had a small amount of experience with writing HTML. Just writing in HTML was what got me interested in any form of programming; even though HTML is a markup language it still provided me with the basic learning skills I would need to learn C#.
What drove you, and what still does? I'd love to hear about that, so feel free to reach out to me using my contact information located on the index page of this website.
If you had to ask me if all the mental training I've been through has been worth it, I'd have to say yes. I originally was going to be a carpenter and almost began doing so as an apprentice but then I saw the computing Level 2 course at my local college and wanted to give it a go as I had a small amount of experience with writing HTML. Just writing in HTML was what got me interested in any form of programming; even though HTML is a markup language it still provided me with the basic learning skills I would need to learn C#.
What drove you, and what still does? I'd love to hear about that, so feel free to reach out to me using my contact information located on the index page of this website.
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