I didn't enjoy programming in high school.

Some of the first code that I wrote was with Java and I didn’t enjoy programming back then.

I remember when we needed to write a program on a piece of paper for an exam. I seriously didn’t understand it, and was partially “winging” it, as that wasn’t really my interest back in the day.

I truly started enjoying programming when I was learning JavaScript a couple of years later.

Building something visual with code motivated me to learn more and keep going.

This is a good reminder that I was once a complete beginner and didn’t know what I was doing and then I was able to learn programming and work professionally for many different companies around the world.

This is a win that I'll always have in mind. Especially when I feel like the impostor syndrome is kicking in.

Where you have been (complete beginner) and where you are now. It gives you self-confidence to pursue other things with similar energy.

And I am a big believer that if you have been good at one thing, you can be good at another thing as well.

To learn more, yesterday, I sent out the newsletter to 156k+ engineering leaders called: "Seeing the Bad Helps You Spot the Good". You can read it here: