I've also picked up this little coding game, which I stay up until 5am working on.
In six months, this is my rank. I'm pretty proud. I'm aiming to get it better!
This essentially means I'm in the top 94
percent of people in the world on this. I'm aiming for 100!
I did a read-through of the top rankers, and they are all Big Four people. It's pretty amazing.
I never would have guessed. I'm guessing if you can get that far, you'd pretty much have your pick of any company. I just want to be in the company of great people who can continue to help me learn.
I have to say, the community and my h@ckerspace have taught me a *lot*.
I feel grateful that they have embraced me so easily, and I've learned so much from them.
A lot of the time, when I feel discouraged because I did not start earlier (my high school didn't have any programming classes; we had one after school, I believe, but I was too involved in other stuff to even notice, and my brother was substantially into CS, so I didn't think I had a chance), I just keep going. It's both surprising and I'm really grateful that it is starting to pay off.
Mostly, it's something that I really, really enjoy.
It's a strange thing, but I was relating to a relative that it's as though a switch just turned on, to the exclusion of everything else. I don't think about any of my past lives or skills; this is it. I just really really enjoy building and making things and learning new languages and solving problems. But come to think of it, I guess that everything I've been interested in was about building, making and solving problems. So it finally makes sense.
I've never received so much support from such a great community. I also start a mentorship for three months in January, from a dev in Seattle. I'm really excited about that. It finally feels like things are starting to fall into place, and it feels really natural. It feels like this is who I really am. The people are so easy to get along with and I miss their company when I'm not there. Who would have guessed that this would be my path? What an incredible journey.
I do still take my drawing skills with me, when I make games. Man, do those graphics look pretty good haha. And who knows what the future may hold?
Here is to a great and prosperous 2017. May all your wishes and dreams come true!
