Allow me to explain the reasoning of this post. I currently reside on the North East side of Indianapolis and have lived here for the past two years. I grew up in Indiana, moved out to DC for a stint and then returned. Indiana weather is, somewhat, predictable. Yet, I guess anyone can say that about their region depending upon the individuals amount of time acquired at their location. Either way, Indiana had quite the difficult summer. We endured intense heat and long period of time with out rain... Drought. Hence, I came to the conclusion, with a dry summer always follows a SNOWY winter. Thus, mother nature delivered the blizzard of 2012 and two days later.... today.... we have another 6 inches falling right now.
The point of this: (I HATE TO SAY IT)
******* I WAS RIGHT!!!!! ******
Which brings me to my thought and the reason for this post. I read an amazing book which placed me on this journey of learning to code. The book: (though mention before) "How To Learn To Code, Get Your Dream Job, Change Your Life" by author and my mentor Natasha Murashev. I pray she doesn't mind me calling her my mentor, but muse deems creational connotations where the term mentor (to me) carries a very large amount of admiration with much deserved respect.
Anyways, in a recent comment post, Natasha recommended a book to me. The book: "Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code" by author Jeff Atwood. This is an Amazing read but be weary of Jeff's attempts to sway you from the programming world and just keep reading. I actually find it funny but the words he writes completely make sense to me. On the other hand, he does show me that I have very much to learn.
In Jeff's book, I came across a passage that seems to be perplexing my mental complexity. Allow me to share this with you.
"A surprisingly large fraction of applicants, even those with master's degrees and PhD's in computer science, fail during interviews when asked to carry out basic programming tasks."
What does this mean and who cares????
Actually, I care. Jeff has reaffirmed my focus to complete this quest of knowledge without out monetary exchange. He has proven, that the people who are dishing out the thousands upon thousands of dollar for education have little right in the field of coding. Only the passionate ones... The ones with the thirst for knowledge, the ones who strive to continue education not for a title, the ones who see the purpose.... The one's like Natasha Murashev and hopefully my name (someday) will be held in such regards.
With Jeff's comment: Could you say I was RIGHT? Could you say free learning is the way to go because only the truly motivated will survive?
Could you say, based on the context of Jeff's book, that Natasha, (in the beginning of her career) was correct in learning to code / develop a passion and then get paid for that passion.
I would say; with the amount of time at my current location in life and learning -----> IT'S RIGHT
In conclusion, be it a mental tornado of thought or a true blizzard falling from the heavens.... As long as you have the passion for your location aka: knowledge base... You will never be incorrect. Statistics have shown, the more passionate an individual is about a subject or a belief base... The more driven they are.
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