BekahHW

I’ve been a dev for six months. Most days, I still think I’m going to get fired. I think I’m not good enough. I think I should know more. But that’s kind of my MO. I always think I’m not...

I’m starting a new project today, which is usually followed by spending an unreasonable amount of time thinking that I’m not good enough to be a developer, that I’m going to get fired, that it was fun while it lasted....

I’m a middle child through and through. I spent my childhood competing with my older brother. I think he could’ve cared less, but I spent my free time reading the same books he was reading two grades ahead of me,...

This is not the post I wanted to write. This is a post about mental health. This is a post for anyone who struggles, who has felt the irrational grip of PTSD.

Dear Past Bekah,

Confession: I never thought I’d be a developer. I thought that I would finish my bootcamp, and I fully believed that no one would hire me. I thought maybe I would end up teaching beginner coding courses because it’s not...

I’ve been doing something new with my coding. I’ve been doing two-hour code sprints–which seems more like a 5k, but whatever sprint is easier to say–where I eliminate distractions and just code. So no social media, email, meetings, slack, etc....