The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement. Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered.
You can acquire any talent or skill you desperately seek through repetition, embarrassment, curiosity, discipline and time.
It’s a rite of passage to go through all, or most.
nigerian software engineers, be humble, keep an open mind, your opinions are not absolute and always assume that you’re not as good as you may think you are.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that "AI Agentic Coding" is like "Fast food". Its tasty, can get it quickly, addictive but not healthy in the long run if I rely on it continuously.
No job, I repeat, NO JOB is worth anxiety attacks, bad pay, mistreatment, or anything that makes you believe in yourself less. Read this twice, or three times if necessary.
If you're in your 20s, I'm begging you do something.
Anything.
Move abroad with no money. Quit your job with no plan. Travel the world. Start a business with no experience. Launch a product knowing that it will fail. Approach the girl who’s out of your league. Live in the woods for 6 months. Learn to become a monk.
I don’t care what you do, just do something.
Collect experiences and reflect on your life so you have something to talk about and useful perspectives to share with the world.
You just can’t disregard a person just because they didn’t have a successful career. So many sharp, knowledgeable people are nowhere close to their potential. Not because of a lack of ability, but because life wasn’t kind to them.