Imposter Syndrome and Learning

We are at the end of week 5 in our journey to learn Web Development @AustinCodingAcademy. We learned about confidence and Imposter Syndrome this week. Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which one doubts one’s accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.

I know I can learn code and this syndrome has not affected me. I learn something new every day. We have started to learn Javascript in the past week or so, and I really enjoy logic and programming. Java allows the developer to make the webpage much more interactive. I really enjoy this aspect and the things you can do are endless.

Having a positive attitude and believing you can figure out anything is very important when programming. If you believe it is hard and not doable, that will most likely come true. Keeping your mind in the right mode is very important.

So far the most challenging aspect of learning web development, has been understanding the syntax. HTML, CSS, and Java all have slight variations. I am also learning on C# and Unity at the same time and they have different variations as well. To learn just takes practice and looking up what to do on the documents. Using VS Code also helps in that it often gives hints on the proper syntax when developing code.

I have also started to listen do different podcasts. So many people have great things to teach. Learning from others is great, but you always have to take them with a grain of salt. Don’t read more into what they are saying than they intend.

I have spent all my spare time learning coding. I think this will continue for a long time, as long as I am enjoying.