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Was it a poor choice?
I've made a few posts about studying my native language in university and how I came about choosing it. However, I've stated in multiple posts that I also love programming, web design, data science etc. I've thought about my choices lately and feel that while I don't regret doing what I do right now, it should have been the other way around.
There has always been a stigma inside my family that I should do something in my life that makes me money. This thought constantly floats in my head. When I finish my bachelor's degree, I don't expect anyone to offer me a job. Instead, I have to go looking around for one myself, and it might take me quite some time. Computer Science students are being grabbed from their seats on their second year, while I may (or may not) be struggling even after finishing my degree.
Had I tried to first step into Computer Science and then study what my heart desires, I may have winded up with a more solid basis in my life. I chose the other way around, but as the title of this post says: never stop believing in yourself.
I took a stance
During my two years of university (I'm on my last year!), I've peeked into lots of different topics related to CompSci:
- Python for web scraping and data science;
- Java for making cool GUI's and games;
- HTML, CSS and JS to make awesome-looking websites;
- SQL for databases;
- Information Security for my safety;
- Multimedia tools (Inkscape, GIMP, DaVinci Resolve);
- Operation Systems (Linux, deep dives into Windows);
- etc.
Whenever I'm not learning stuff related to my degree, i.e. morphological analysis, phonetics, editing, history etc, I'm peeking into a new topic from the list up above. I took a stance to believe in myself and study two things at the same time. While that may not secure me a job in the next year, it certainly helps me out in the future.
I don't like picking favourites
But I am keen on a specific part of the world of computer science - web development! Web dev, today, seems like something that everyone does to some extent, however, very little of them do it well. I have never been the best at anything, but whenever I see design or UX that simply rages me, I feel the need to be a teacher, a better version of myself.
I have always been someone, who loves making other people feel good. Yeah, that sounds wrong... but I sincerely like making people happy, making their life easier and making them feel proud about themselves when they accomplish something. Simple, but quality web design is something that will help me achieve this. At least I have a strong feeling it will.
Do you have a website then?
Yes, yes I do. It's not much, but it's home. I have a list of things I definitely want to do with my website - you can check it out as well:
The problem with my websites has always been that I am too lazy to make the previous project better and instead I start a new one. This time is different, I promise. I want to create something cool-looking, which I can use to represent myself whenever I need to.
This was essentially a post about poor choices
But it shouldn't be! Comment down below, what were your latest choices, which made you feel good about yourself! Anything goes - if you made pasta instead of rice, if you stayed home instead of exercising, etc.