My Journey 6 Months Deep

My name is Aneel Samuel and I have been learning software development for about 6 months more or less.

As 28 year old I often feel like it's too late for me to be learning how to become a developer, but I am often encouraged by reading various experiences of others. I work in a full time position and learn how to develop as much as I can.

I want to become proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, SQL and Python.

So far have a pretty solid understanding of HTML and CSS and also basic understanding of JavaScript.

I have noted that the discipline of actually sitting down and learning is the difficult part, however, once I have learnt enough about the languages, it can be quite fun to experiment writing in those languages. I really enjoy working with JavaScript, as this is more of a challenge compared to HTML and CSS.

I also feel like I am building something quite solid, however, I feel like I still have a long way to go as far as it is concerned. So far I have a solid understanding of the basic syntax, but I feel like I need to read quite a lot more in terms of implementing in more practical programs. I have come a long way using Treehouse, but I feel like it is also necassary to refer guides like Mozilla Developer guide as this can give a lot of practical information.

Today I learnt about do... while loops and while loops. These are new concepts to me which are quite interesting. Essentially this is code that runs again and again while there is a rule that has to be