Week 2: Day 2: Squeaking Out Questions

Brian is really good about pausing to ask if we have any questions. 

The problem is, I am still learning how to be comfortable talking on Zoom and am afraid to ask any. 

Well, I am proud to report that today I did ask a question! I was awkward and squeaky, but did not die from it. 

Please learn from my thought process:
1. Your instructor is there to help you.

2. You're receiving a ton of information! It's okay if you missed a bit and need clarification. Don't worry about whether or not other people think you're stupid.

         a) Most likely someone else also had that question
         b) Review benefits everyone
         c) On the off chance they think you're dumber than Victim #1 in a horror movie, so what? It's               not like you want to hang around people like that anyway.

3. Everyone in my cohort has been incredibly supportive and awesome. I'm honestly not too worried about c). 

4. If in some alternate universe, everyone in my cohort was judgmental and mean, so what? I'm here for me. I want to learn about software development and the opinions of others shouldn't affect that.

I mention this in case one of you lovely readers is going through a bootcamp or considering it. Don't let fear hold you back! 

Another quick note: 

I often talk about how hard this program is, but you want to know the truth? 

I've never been happier. 

It is hard, but I absolutely love it.  

I enjoy the difficulty. 

It is exhilarating to spend an hour on a program, research what's going wrong, and finally solve it. I enjoy running tests in Eclipse and seeing "Failures: 0".