02/11/2017

Feeling overwhelmed today. I think I need to learn HTML, CSS, Java, PHP and SQL, or mySQL, if there’s a difference … i think i want to focus on front end development. But i see so many jobs for full stack web developers, but omg where do they find the people who know all this and keep up with the latest technology and trends … and then there’s marketing and SEO and social media … where does it stop? I got swallowed up into a rabbit hole all about whether or not just becoming a CSS master can make you employable by reading through questions on Quora. And then I found the website stoppingscams.com that got me thinking i should just become an affiliate marketer or SEO strategist and forget the code. I mean who needs code anyways? 

how can i find a way to choose something to focus on, stay committed to learning it, mastering it and then sell my skill in order to make a living out of it … ?!?

I also read, as a side note from yesterday when I was debating the jargon “coding” versus “computer programming,” that coding is different from programming because coding is just pounding out a computer language, where as programming is building something, i think they call the thing you build an API. Or, I guess you can build a website or software, etc.

Other things I learned the last couple days: Playing around with the command line from the terminal on baSH (born again Shell) and specific commands:

pwd - print working directory (or pow! where am i now? is how i think about it)

cd - change directory

mkdir - make a directory

ls - list contents of directory

and the ~ and cd .. and rmv … man … -a … it gets overwhelming fast.

I’m liking the “learning the command line the hard way” by Zed Shaw for command line lessons, but also using the Viking Code School's crash course about the command line because I'm doing the Odin Project … but the question is, can these free lessons really get me what I need to know to make a career out of any of this?!? I don’t think so … 

Also, a minor setback, after being unimpressed with Udacity's PHP and SQL course taught by Infinite Skills, I went to Codecadamy, only to find out its updating the PHP and mySQL course and won’t be offering it until this summer in 2017. No biggy. Still have HTML, CSS and Javascript, or Java, (what the heck is the difference? i need to google that) to learn.

i need to keep at it. Can’t give up. My new mantra is “I am successful. I love myself. I am not lazy. I’m productive. I’m an athlete." Been watching a lot of Tony Robbins. Oh, and I also said,  "I'm not a hypocrite … “ Because I read the first part of Ryan Robbins "15 Days to Ultimate Self Discipline" last night. 

Gotta stay positive and focused! But I also feel like I need to stop reading and researching and start coding, especially after watching KillerPHP.com's vlog post called "Top 3 PHP Code Training Tips Video"