Welcome to my blog! My name is Andre, and I live in Washington, D.C. I work as a software engineer by day, and by night I like to code and build web applications like this one.
Sounds impressive right? I'll let you in on a little secret - I'm the last person in the world that can believe that I'm making a living writing code. I always thought that the only people who could learn how to code were super smart with deep background in computer science. I, on the other hand, failed the one CS course I took in college.
So how did I get here? Like a lot of people, I was unhappy at my job at the time. I had been reading all these articles about how coding is the future, but again, I didn't think I was smart enough to pick it up. Fortunately, I was desperate enough to try out some online resources, and surprisingly, I actually enjoyed it. I ended up moving to NYC to enroll in a coding 'bootcamp', and from there I was fortunate to land a job in the industry right after graduation.
Super simple right? Nope. This process has be really challenging every step of the way. I'm not naturally talented at this, and it's taken a ton of hard work and persistence to learn the little I know about web development and coding. I've had to battle through feelings of inadequacy and doubt at every turn. Luckily, I've had support and access to resources throughout my journey.
Now, it's time for me to pay it forward. That's why I'm building
bigdumbweb.dev. If this big dummy can somehow learn enough to land a job, literally anyone can. My aim is to share my experience to help others who are learning to code (or those just thinking about learning!) It's not a totally altruistic endeavor - by trying to explain things to others, it solidifies my learning. But I do hope you find something here that can help you in some small way.
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