Coding | A beginner’s perspective
I thought it might be nice to keep a log of my own progress. So sorry, my dear readers. You don’t have to read this.
I’m taking the second class of the introduction to programming series at the University of Washington, Seattle and I just completed my last weekly assignment. Confession: I have no idea what I’m doing. I do have a vague-ish idea of why my code works, but I wouldn’t have been able to implement these without my trusty friend, StackOverFlow. At this point, my strategy is to “shove everything at it and hope something sticks” (I actually said this to a TA; sorry I’ve failed you).
So seeing how others have been doing quite well, it feels super imposter syndrome-y. Or maybe I’m just really incompetent. We’ll see how my undergrad research volunteering stint goes next quarter since I’ll also be working with Java and Python (I was accepted for an undergraduate research position at a hospital where we’ll be using machine learning to detect arthritis. Also, I know nothing about Python). Perhaps being thrust into the deep end will make me actually learn coding. Here’s to hoping I don’t end up as a deadweight to the team--I promise to try my best, even if that requires four bottles of cold brews a day to keep me awake (Don’t worry. I’ve done this before. I still slept soundly).