A Reflection on My First Steps in Tech

Stepping into the world of tech has been both exciting and overwhelming. I'm always fascinated by the technologies that make the everyday life of a lame man seamless. While it can be sometimes tiring and overwhelming, especially when I don't seem to grasp some concepts behind the languages I work with, I have put in a lot of hours and hard work into solving and understanding the issues that arise when coding, through that, I have gradually been able to cross every bridge with the help of large communities like Stack Overflow and an ever-present teacher, ChatGPT. But, it is a step I have taken that I'm happy with... My Thought Process What pushes my motivation in learning is that I know that with this skill, I'll be one of the people who strive to reduce friction in our daily lives. My Expectation for the Week This week, I hope to have a better understanding of Node.js. I also want to gain more confidence in using Node.js frameworks like Express, and others. I desire to build projects that will help solve everyday problems in addition to boosting my visibility, credibility, and showing my competence. Projects I'm embarking on a journey to build a courier service called Shippr that helps users deliver parcels to different destinations. As I build this project, I hope to increase my level of experience and boost my proficiency in Node.js. There are a lot of things that I hope to learn... Challenges I Might Face Testing: I have realized I have little to no experience in this area. SQL Writing: I have also realized that my dependence on ORMs (Object-Relational Mapping) has made me a little lazy in writing my own SQL queries. Continuous Integration: I also have little to no experience in this area. How I hope to overcome these challenges. I have curated a playlist of videos dealing with each challenge. I hope to gain expertise in this topic as I embark on this project.

Apr 22, 2025 - 20:06

Stepping into the world of tech has been both exciting and overwhelming. I'm always fascinated by the technologies that make the everyday life of a lame man seamless. While it can be sometimes tiring and overwhelming, especially when I don't seem to grasp some concepts behind the languages I work with, I have put in a lot of hours and hard work into solving and understanding the issues that arise when coding, through that, I have gradually been able to cross every bridge with the help of large communities like Stack Overflow and an ever-present teacher, ChatGPT. But, it is a step I have taken that I'm happy with...

My Thought Process

What pushes my motivation in learning is that I know that with this skill, I'll be one of the people who strive to reduce friction in our daily lives.

My Expectation for the Week

This week, I hope to have a better understanding of Node.js. I also want to gain more confidence in using Node.js frameworks like Express, and others. I desire to build projects that will help solve everyday problems in addition to boosting my visibility, credibility, and showing my competence.

Projects

I'm embarking on a journey to build a courier service called Shippr that helps users deliver parcels to different destinations. As I build this project, I hope to increase my level of experience and boost my proficiency in Node.js. There are a lot of things that I hope to learn...

Challenges I Might Face

Testing: I have realized I have little to no experience in this area.
SQL Writing: I have also realized that my dependence on ORMs (Object-Relational Mapping) has made me a little lazy in writing my own SQL queries.
Continuous Integration: I also have little to no experience in this area.

How I hope to overcome these challenges.

I have curated a playlist of videos dealing with each challenge. I hope to gain expertise in this topic as I embark on this project.