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The very first link in the homework is exactly how I feel learning to code. Every time I learn about a thing I find out there's another thing you need to run it, but make sure you aren't running the third thing or the first thing loses its mind and turns into a Terminator. Everything is designed to make our jobs "easier" but it seems as though all of them complicate things to the point that I question my sanity. Every time I feel as though I'm making some headway or really learning anything I find out I've actually been handling it all wrong. The best metaphor I have for it is like when we learned something in elementary school and accepted it as fact, then reached middle school and found out that wasn't QUITE the case. Repeat again in high school and college.
The article on how it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 has a very similar vibe in that there are a TON of tools that make me think I'm going to have to empty my brain of everything I love in order to remember it. The counterpoint article ra

The truth is at this point I still feel woefully underprepared. It's fairly obvious I have no natural talent for coding and functions still make no sense to me. I couldn't write a for loop if I had been offered a hefty sum of money and at this point I'm skeptical of my ability to finish the course and get a job. It actually keeps me up at night almost constantly. The HTML and CSS makes more sense as it's straightforward and I can now do parts of them without feeling like I'm drowning, so that's nice. Unfortunately JavaScript is essentially math and math is the bane of my existence. I've accepted there will never be an "aha" moment, and I suppose that's fine. My goal at this point is to absorb as much as I can and go as far as my limitations will allow me. I'm still determined to be a good programmer, but my goals are now to find my niche in the tech world, even if it's not writing front end code. In many ways it feels like when I first tried competitive fitness, after a while I started to kn

I like the idea of Javascript because interactive webpages are really the only ones I use anymore. Instagram, reddit, youtube. Everything requires some degree of user input and we've moved well past the age of simply scanning for information. I now input credit card info, phone numbers, and email addresses all the time. My goal in web development is to make things I'd actually like to use. I can't count the number of times I've checked someone's website for relevant information or a good user experience and come away thinking that I'm taking my money elsewhere. I was looking for a particular type of business in St. Pete and found that 3 of them were using literally identical templates. My end goal is to help those people adopt a website that doesn't make someone's eyes bleed.

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dannyoceanxo / page.html
Created March 19, 2017 23:33
Re create website
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head lang="en">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
<title>Portfolio</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/screen.css">
</head>
<body>