JK 𓃵👑

Software Developer

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@EveAdamCobra @Tunde_OD Lmaooo... All these 800elo boys 😂

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@DThompsonDev Congratulations, Danny!!🎉🎊🙌🏻

[Danny Thompson @DThompsonDev]

I told my 12 year old I’d be absolutely PROUD if he failed.

We were just driving back home when my son started talking about his future: about careers, about "making it," and about what comes next.

As I listened, I felt a huge knot tighten in my chest. In his voice, I heard answers that sounded like him saying what HE THOUGHT a father would want to hear.

I had to do a double-take.
To me, this was HORRIBLE.

Because the scariest thing a child can do is try to become the person they THINK you want them to be. I looked at him and said, “I’m terrified of you following in my footsteps.”

I didn’t raise a son just to watch him audition for the role of Me. I don't need you to succeed. I want you to succeed. I want you to do well and be secure in life but I don't NEED it.

I told him straight: “I don’t care if you’re a doctor, a lawyer, or an engineer. That’s awesome if it’s your dream, but your job title, to me, is going to be the least interesting thing about you.”

“If you want to be a baker then pour your entire soul into it man. If you want to do it, then don’t stop until YOU FEED ME the best pastry in the world. Now, don’t misconstrue what I just said. I didn’t say a ‘good’ pastry, or even a ‘great’ pastry. I said the best God damn pastry in the world."

"Don’t stop improving, learning, iterating, failing in frustration, and celebrating in triumph. If you are going to be it, then BE it."

I looked at him in the rearview mirror and gave him the only metric that actually matters:

“Don't go through life wondering if people will approve of you doing something. Focus on how much your proof of it being successful will make them cheer it on themselves. Remember. My job isn't to be your ceiling. It’s to be your floor."

He didn’t say a word. He just stared out the window processing it all.
After a bit, he just whispered, “Thanks, Dad.”

I want to give him guidance, but I will never give him force. Can't lie, I am pretty proud of this parenting moment but more so in how he handled it all.

I don’t want a son who follows me.
I want a man who finds himself.

Sharing this because I didn't know if there is anyone else that needed to hear it as well.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@0x0fd4 Premium for 10 people 🤲🏻

[jo johnson @josbjohnson]

you’re terrified of being ordinary.
so terrified that you won’t start anything unless you can be exceptional at it immediately.

won’t write unless it’s brilliant. won’t create unless it’s original. won’t try unless success is guaranteed. and this fear - this need to be special - is keeping you from being anything at all. being exceptional comes from being willing to be bad first. clumsy and uncertain and embarrassingly human first. but you can’t stomach that. can’t tolerate being a beginner. so you stay stuck in that space between nothing and something. never risking the ordinary that leads to extraordinary. never discovering what you might become if you’d just be willing to suck for a while.

you’re not special yet because you won’t be ordinary long enough to learn.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

Thank you for delivering week after week, @DThompsonDev @leonnoel 🥳👏🏻🙌🏻

#SpotifyWrapped.

[Danny Thompson @DThompsonDev]

You are a byproduct of the people that you choose to keep around you.

You can't choose your family but you CAN choose your influences.

A group of software developers hang out together and ONE of the them has a very real moment.

Do you feel like you are behind?

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@osvgsolfi @DThompsonDev Yeah, brother.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

When is this jam coming to Spotify, @DThompsonDev?? 😂🔥

[Danny Thompson @DThompsonDev]

Mr. Bezos, Mr. Sundar Pichai.
This is the API Key Blues.

Don't make this mistake, Software Developers!

[Danny Thompson @DThompsonDev]

Mr. Bezos, Mr. Sundar Pichai.
This is the API Key Blues.

Don't make this mistake, Software Developers!

[Danny Thompson @DThompsonDev]

Success is empty if you're the only one who makes it.

The real goal isn't to get into the room; it's to hold the door open and pull three more people in with you.

That's impact.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

I've just completed a front-end coding challenge from @frontendmentor! 🎉

You can see my solution here: https://t.co/TpMDXPijmf

Any suggestions on how I can improve are welcome!

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@_beedrop @cybergirl_io @OnijeC @elormkdaniel @nicandias000 Energyyyyy! 🙌🏻👏🏻

[⊹ ࣪ pam ˖✦ @pamvonhadder]

quit brainrot. unfollow trolls. read essays. have a calendar. maintain a todo list. read old books. watch old movies. walk more. eat without youtube. chew more. train without music. plan for 15 mins. execute. organise your desk. take something seriously. read ancient scripts. eat clean. journal. read poetry. create art. stay composed. refine your speech. optimise for efficiency. act sincere. help people. be kind. stop doing things that waste your time. follow your intuition. craft reputation. learn persuasion. systemise your day (or don't). write. write. write. write more. leave your phone at home. walk to the grocery store. talk to strangers. visit bookstores. look for 1800s novels. experience art. don't talk shit about people. embody virtue. sit alone. do something with your life. turn off your mind. play. play a sport. combat sports. talk to people with respect. don't hate. be loving. be real. become yourself. discard the useless. read great people. be different. choose different. do great work. lose your mind. value your time. experience life.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@hsnice16 Good luck on the project.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

Try » fail » learn » try differently

[Virat Kohli @imVkohli]

The only time you truly fail, is when you decide to give up.

[JK 𓃵👑 @jkamil_dev]

@kathycrypt @blockfestafrica Energyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Danny Thompson @DThompsonDev]

You don’t need permission to get better.
You need a calendar and a commitment.