Initiating Launch Sequence šŸš€
Initiating Launch Sequence šŸš€

Initiating Launch Sequence šŸš€

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Published on January 2, 2017
Hi and welcome to my blog!
Two years ago, I embarked on a journey into the unknown. My job was pretty cool; I wasĀ making YouTube videos, and freelancing in design at the same time.Ā That being said,Ā the amount of things that had to be juggled to make it work was justĀ insane, and on top of it I wanted to learn Spanish, and get fit, and work on a bunch of other skills. I realized that it was not humanly possible to focus on everything, but that gave me an idea! What if the solution to my problemĀ wasnā€™t human?
Fast forward a year, and Iā€™m working forĀ an amazing ed-tech companyĀ and writing my first lines of Java on the side.Ā When I opened Android Studio for the first time, I was completely overwhelmed by what seemed like a jungleĀ of buttons and menus, and I remember thinking:
ā€œI have no idea what Iā€™m doing, but Iā€™m going to make it workĀ anyway!ā€
And somehowā€¦ I did!
Move the clock ahead to 2017, and I have a working Android app that I use every single day. Itā€™s far from perfect, but thatā€™s not the point. It works, and forĀ someone whoā€™s completely self-taught in all things computer science, thatā€™s a hell of an accomplishment!
Despite all this,Ā I still have no idea what Iā€™m doing, so thatā€™s where this blog comes in. From the mundane, like finding ways to save money on laundry, to the downright terrifying, like launching my app, every day I run into some new thing that Iā€™ve never done before, and I think itā€™s going to be fun to document it. LetsĀ try forĀ something new here every week šŸ˜‰
My adventures in figuring shit out are just beginning, and Iā€™d love to have you along for the ride!
Jonathan
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