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Why are you learning the field you're into right now? Why are you studying how to become a teacher, lawyer, or accountant? For those who want to be a developer like me, may I ask, why are you learning how to code?
Not trying to be a saint or an angel, but my main reason is to help others. Well, honestly, I'm doing it for myself and my family too. I want to support my family in terms of finance. Then provide a secure life for my own future family.
But, I'm serious and honest about wanting to change the world for the better. I don't want to live for myself only; I want to change other people's lives, especially the poor and the marginalized who usually don't have access to basic needs and rights like free quality education.
To balance the ambitious part of me, I tried to make a sound, concrete, and feasible plan. Then execute it with consistency, persistence, and faith in myself, other people, and things that matter.
While studying, I aim to build a developers community here in my place with my friend, a self-taught front-end engineer. This way:
đź“Ś I can learn better because I can get advice from possible mentors who would be kind enough to join our group
đź“Ś I can learn more effectively and efficiently by teaching people who have lower experience than me
đź“Ś I can build and grow my network
After studying and being confident with my skills, I will:
đź“Ś Get a job at a company
đź“Ś Go freelancing or work with startups
This way, I can:
đź“Ś Work with other people like developers and business owners
đź“Ś Maybe build my leadership skills if there's a chance to lead a team
đź“Ś Have a better picture of the whole development process
đź“Ś Avoid failing and unknowingly throwing money into the pit when forming my future business
After getting real experience, I will:
đź“Ś Create my own business
đź“Ś Build digital products
One of my business or products' main goals is to help those people in need. There are a lot of depressing real-world problems. I plan to use my coding skills and experience to build projects that offer solutions to those problems.
How about you? Why do you want to excel in a field you're into right now? Do you have a sound, concrete, and feasible plan?
These are essential questions to ponder because there might be times when we will struggle or think that everything will be pointless. So, to uplift ourselves and get back in focus mode, we have to remember the answers that inspire us to move forward.
As a popular Philippine coffee commercial say, "Para kanino ka bumabangon?" or "For whom do you wake for?"
Note that I'm an introvert or a bit shy person. But I'm doing this because I was at the lowest point of my life during the pandemic; I had personal and family issues. As I was having a real hard time catching up on my studies and life, I dropped out of college. Aside from the support I get from my partner and friends, I see posts like this that somehow help me cope with depression. I found meaning in life or the point of living. This action is just my way of giving back.
I hope you've found value in my post. It would be awesome to know that this will inspire others to keep on going because there will be a time that everything will fall in the right place ❤ I'm just optimistic about my future, and I hope I have affected you.
Thank you for reading!
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by DEV Community
DEV Community | Sciencx (2022-02-22T12:31:34+00:00) Why are you learning?. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/22/why-are-you-learning/
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