Good day, Brave programmers. Hope you are doing good?
This is another post that I decided to share with us. I really need to give out this post. It is burning in me.
I believe we know that doing the same thing a million time is not growth?
Imagine a child that stays in primary school for 15 years not for him to tell you how he understand primary science than any one in the world. Is that not absurd?
That is how it is, when you keep solving the same problem that you have achieved over time. The same old codes, the same BMI calculator,the same fibonnaci series, the same area of a triangle, the same website that is semi dynamic.(When a dynamic site isn't having a full CMS function then, it is semi dynamic)
John Sonmez of simple programmer called it karate programing.
My very good friend David Chinonso use to be a takaundo fighter(I hope I got the spelling right) and I use to go to their club to watch them train and it seems like everyday they'll keep saying the same old jargon's and shout the same way, when they practice. It was monotonous to watch them do the same thing everyday and expect a good change.
You can't do the same thing and expect a different result. Is like rearing a goat and expecting a Neapolitan Mastiff. It doesn't work that way.
If you need to excel in programming you need to challenge your fears. Do what you have never done before.
Get inspired by tapping into the deep world of creativity,TS Eliot says, "if the word 'inspiration' is to have any meaning, it must mean... That the speaker...is uttering something that he does not wholly understand."
It is a dark world, it is deep. You need to fight your way through breaking into that depth.
You need to illuminate your creativity and skills by doing what you have not done before.
Let me give you some tested milestone you can use to go beyond your prison walls. So you can go straight to the champion in you as a programmer.
1. Get an application that is extremely good and try to build the same;
It might be a web application, or whatever you are good in. I once build a CMS application and I was glad I did it. with the help of Google nowadays, you can achieve anything .
It made me feel so fulfilled. I didn't use any frame work or predefined template. I build it from scratch.
2. Pick up a project that you know for sure you cannot do in two years to come, and start doing it now;
This might look fake, like how is this possible? That is where your problem is. You are always thinking how it shouldn't work than how it should work.
Vector (CEO of churchboiz.com) told me of a female cloud programmer he meet at hepzibah. she knows nothing about programming, while she was in school. but when she came to work her boss gave her a java program to do which she couldn't say no, I can't do it, or ha! This is to big for a female to do.
She had to collect it and search how she should do it. At the end of the day she became a multi linguistic in programming language. He told me she is being paid N200,000 above for just a single website. this is a website she will build in just a day. Can you see that hard work pays? Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
3. Embrace your fear
fear is our acid test for success. It will test if after all your doubts you'll still have the enthusiasms to succeed. Let me tell you; It is normal when we fear our tomorrow, when we fear for our loved ones choices in life, and also fear if you will you are going to become somebody.
Don't be afraid to experiment, and fail. It's from this failure that you'll find success. Embrace that fear of yours and use it to actualize what people feel you can't. So that when they call you a programmer you will be able to beat your chest and say yes! Have conquered my greatest fear and have achieved my most cherished desire in life.
4. Retreat
always retreat from the tannery of life, Always retreat from everything that takes your time from coding. Spend at least, two days off social network. Switch off your phones,log out your facebook, twitter, pin, Gmail accounts and log in to coding. Turn off your WIFI and just open your microsoft note and write out what you want to build for those two days off, social network. Then start to code, think and code the more. Start up an application from scratch and try as much as possible to build it. You will be amazed at what you will achieve when you are done with your two days retreat. It is worth it. Before doing that, get all the resources needed, get your tutorials and any other stuffs you going to need.
the founder and chief executive of Carats & Cake, an online wedding resource that features curated content and information about vendors.
The question she asks every candidate in every job interview: Can you tell me about a time you ran with a project from start to finish?
It is the biggest question we should all ask ourselves. Have you ever created something different from the norm?
5. Chill out:
if you're bored, stressed or tired, deal with those emotions before siting down to code or retreat. Take a walk. Write about what you love the most, clear your head. When you are in a relaxed state begin again. You can't do your best work when you don't feel relaxed.
This are proven steps that have worked for me over time. Not like have reached my climax. But, am not where I use to be anymore.
Thank you for taking your precious time to read this post.
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