I might actually post an update, it's been 9 days since the last one.
Okay, so the main growth in the last week was related to forgiveness. Strangely enough, I found this personality trait I have, that I'm sort of a know-it-all. Always knew it was there, only recently did I realize it was holding me back in some areas.
That trait is not gone, not by a long shot. But it is milder, and this helps me not give a rat's ___ when I see someone doing something stupid. I'm still more than ready to assume a "teacher's position" when asked or even half-asked, though.
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I don't talk much about external successes, but here goes just a bit. The bigger project I'm working on is something I'm not going to discuss here for reasons, none of which have anything to do with my personal preference. I would much rather share it here and receive feedback, but it can't happen.
There are a few things about it I can share, though. It's going to include a web app, a desktop piece of software, as well as mobile apps for Android and iOS. I'm told that the functionality calls for natively built apps (is that the right term?) for the mobile platforms. Essentially, this means also knowing Java and Objective-C.
I'm actually pretty eager to learn both of them. I'm excited, because if I have the basic skills, I can improve as a programmer just by working with the actual programmers in the project. There's also the fact, that I will experience much better rapport with programmers if I can relate to them as a colleague. Up to now, I've learned Python as an introductory language without going too deep and I'm well on my way to becoming an intermediate-to-advanced in Javascript.
I'm estimating, that in 2 months I'll be quite comfortable with Javascript and also ready to write and understand Java. The Objective-C app I'll have to outsource completely and hope for the best. I don't need both apps to show-off the product in a kickstarter video and I can't afford to lose a lot of time. Usually, I wouldn't even bother doing so much work without doing some testing, but I'm focusing on programming skills first at the moment.
Two months is ideal for me, because by the time I've actually started putting together the Kickstarter page, I'll be at Stage 5 of BASE and all the leader programming will already have kicked in nicely, hopefully. I'll definitely be needing it, if and when my project gets funded. I'm growing right now, but there's still a lot waiting to happen.
Okay, so the main growth in the last week was related to forgiveness. Strangely enough, I found this personality trait I have, that I'm sort of a know-it-all. Always knew it was there, only recently did I realize it was holding me back in some areas.
That trait is not gone, not by a long shot. But it is milder, and this helps me not give a rat's ___ when I see someone doing something stupid. I'm still more than ready to assume a "teacher's position" when asked or even half-asked, though.
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I don't talk much about external successes, but here goes just a bit. The bigger project I'm working on is something I'm not going to discuss here for reasons, none of which have anything to do with my personal preference. I would much rather share it here and receive feedback, but it can't happen.
There are a few things about it I can share, though. It's going to include a web app, a desktop piece of software, as well as mobile apps for Android and iOS. I'm told that the functionality calls for natively built apps (is that the right term?) for the mobile platforms. Essentially, this means also knowing Java and Objective-C.
I'm actually pretty eager to learn both of them. I'm excited, because if I have the basic skills, I can improve as a programmer just by working with the actual programmers in the project. There's also the fact, that I will experience much better rapport with programmers if I can relate to them as a colleague. Up to now, I've learned Python as an introductory language without going too deep and I'm well on my way to becoming an intermediate-to-advanced in Javascript.
I'm estimating, that in 2 months I'll be quite comfortable with Javascript and also ready to write and understand Java. The Objective-C app I'll have to outsource completely and hope for the best. I don't need both apps to show-off the product in a kickstarter video and I can't afford to lose a lot of time. Usually, I wouldn't even bother doing so much work without doing some testing, but I'm focusing on programming skills first at the moment.
Two months is ideal for me, because by the time I've actually started putting together the Kickstarter page, I'll be at Stage 5 of BASE and all the leader programming will already have kicked in nicely, hopefully. I'll definitely be needing it, if and when my project gets funded. I'm growing right now, but there's still a lot waiting to happen.
