Hello, I am Youssef Michael a 12-year-old who grew fond of programming in the last 3 years in 2020 in the pandemic we were all in our houses (in Syria we stopped going to school on 14 March 2020) I was bored like really bored so I searched for something to learn and I found programming this super place where you can control the computer, etc. I searched and scratched until I stumbled upon Python the “Best language” with easy-to-read syntax. I opened an 11-hour youtube video that taught Python I didn’t finish it and I walked into During the tutorial hell, I started to copy-paste code and I made some programs but none of them was written by myself then I went to learn kivy the cross-platform Python development tool it was too heavy for the internet in Syria so, I also tried learning Django, telling you that I understood something would be truly generous.
Then, I quit for a while.
But after a bit, I discovered JavaScript the language of the web. I learned it but again tutorial hell and copy-pasting code made me not know a thing, then with reactjs, I did the same thing (I never learn bro). The second character in our story was a relative of mine and one of the best people I know Suhail Yazijy, he is a data scientist, and in his free time, he was my mentor. Although he is in Germany we constantly contacted each other, and he kept pushing me forward.
He introduced me to the final character Mr.Sultan till now I don’t know his full name, but he is a reactjs developer, and he told me to relearn HTML/CSS/JS and then approach reactjs I followed his advice and I learned HTML/CSS from Youtube on a channel called bro code and javascript for Codecademy(Which I partially regret) and reactjs from scrimba.org and then I learned Nextjs from the net ninja on youtube. Now I am creating a project for students called studysef and I thank God for all those fascinating and kind people who helped me along the way.
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Bro truly, an inspiring story from a young lad such as yourself.
It's great that you are able to find those two mentors on your journey as a full-stack developer - keep learning from them - if this is something you seriously want to make into a career! The sooner the start, the more easier it would be for you to build your portfolio which you can show to future prospects looking to hire you. I recommend joining hackathons you are eligible to which can be found easily on the internet on sites like devpost.com that around your age group.
Wish you the best. Remember to take it easy and not go hard on yourself since your only a kid!
Thanks,
But I am not hoping to get hired,
I’d like to work with myself creating my projects but thanks for suggesting.
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شكراً 😉