Let me take you on a journey from a fateful evening in 2016 to where I am today. Back then, I was just a college student, pursuing a degree in chemical engineering, when a friend of mine casually suggested that I play a game called Flappy Bird. Little did I know that this recommendation would set the stage for a remarkable transformation in my life.
Flappy Bird, with its infuriating difficulty, managed to both captivate and infuriate me. As I struggled to conquer its challenging obstacles, a thought began to gnaw at me: who was the mastermind behind this maddeningly addictive game, and how had they created it? Driven by curiosity, I turned to the internet and started my quest for answers on YouTube.
It was there that fate intervened once more, as YouTube's recommendation algorithm led me to a video about a young kid who had not only developed an app but had also managed to sell it to Microsoft for a staggering one million dollars. This revelation opened my eyes to the world of programming—a world where innovation, creativity, and technology converged.
With no clear path ahead, I embarked on a self-guided journey through the vast landscape of programming languages. I experimented with various languages, piecing together my understanding as I went along. It was a challenging, yet rewarding, process that ultimately paved the way for my future endeavors.
Then, one day, I stumbled upon an e-book that taught me how to build an e-commerce website using PHP and MySQL. I followed every step diligently, and as the pieces fell into place, my fascination with web development blossomed. My journey continued as I delved into JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, and the world of Single Page Applications and Progressive Web Applications.