Yesterday was a surreal bittersweet moment. Yesterday, I handed in my final project for the Software Engineering Bootcamp course here at Flatiron School. My journey with learning coding with Flatiron has come to a close, yet this is just the beginning. I am so thankful for what I’ve learned at Flatiron School. I feel it has given me such a solid base of marketable skills and understanding that will springboard me into many years to come of continual learning and growth as a software engineer.
It is nostalgic to look back through the curriculum now. So many memories pass through my mind as I look at the module headers — Ruby, SQL, Active Record, Sinatra, Rails, JavaScript, and React. It is funny how during some of those modules, at times, there was so much frustration and doubt, but now I can look back on them with a smile and with a sense of accomplishment. I made it through. I can build web apps now — that is so awesome and exciting!
My experience at Flatiron School has reinforced that with hard work and a mindset to grow from failures (instead of wallowing in them), you will overcome. Don’t give up. Remember, failure is not a judgment on who you are as a person, it is an opportunity for you to grow as a person and learn. I am so thankful for the instruction I have received, and I am so hopeful for the new journey that is before me. I wonder about the types of app I’ll make and the others that I’ll have the privilege to be a part of helping to grow.
So if you are thinking about going into software engineering, give it a shot! Try out some of Flatiron School’s free courses to get a taste of what it could be like (then possibly consider doing a bootcamp with Flatiron 😉). I wish you well on your journey into becoming a growing coder!
-Jeremiah