From a factory worker to a full-stack developer in 1.5 years of grind.
I’m not saying this to flex.
I’m saying this because I didn’t believe it was possible either.
1.5 years ago, I was working in a vegetables factory.
10 hours a day. Packing. Picking. Standing.
Physically exhausting. Mentally draining.
I had dropped out of college because of financial issues.
This felt like the end of the road.
A friend told me: “Try learning to code.”
I saved whatever money I could.
Took some help from my parents.
Bought a laptop.
Quit the factory job.
For a while, the internet became my university.
I kept remembering something @elonmusk once said:
“Everything you need to learn is available on the internet for free.”
I used that line like a rule.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript one month.
Then React.
No fancy courses. Just docs, projects, and breaking things.
Got my first internship.
Struggled. Learned. Improved.
After 4 months, I pushed harder:
– Deep React (no tutorial hopping)
– Backend basics
– Some DSA
That grind got me a full-stack role at a US-based company (onsite in Bhopal).
Life tested me again when my grandfather the person I always looked up to had a heart attack.
It broke me.
I quit. Took time. Regrouped.
Started freelancing.
Got 2 to 3 projects.
Kept moving forward.
My journey hasn’t been clean.
It’s been messy, uncertain, and uncomfortable.
But here I am.
2025 was just a warm-up.
2026 is execution.
If you’re starting from zero
don’t underestimate what 1–2 years of focused grind can do.
Twitter is cool.
But it’s 100x better when you connect with people who code daily
If you’re into tech, AI, DSA, Web development, Web3 or programming, say Hii and lets connect.
#letsconnect
Day 48 of #100DaysOfCode (8h)
Solved Rubix Cube in the end 😅
Designed the user auth flow for my latest backend project.
Prepared and took a Python session on file handling.
Solved 3 LeetCode problems for DSA. Thanks to @akshaymarch7#buildinpublic#NamasteDSA