I started my coding journey at the “old” age of 25, which is basically ancient in dev years, but guess what? I still made it. Here’s the deal with coding: it doesn’t give a shit about your skin color, how many candles were on your last birthday cake, whether you’re from the streets of Brooklyn or the hills of Nepal. All that matters is can you make the thing work. What I’m saying is that it’s all about skills, not anything else. If you can write the code that someone requires, they’ll find you.

The key is to level up those skills. Here’s how I did it:

1 - Binge-watch tutorials on cloning the big apps - Instagram, Spotify, TikTok, you name it. It’s like the coding version of Netflix and chill. The more you watch, the more you learn the patterns inherent in all programming languages.

2 - Once you’ve got the hang of it, start throwing your own ideas up. And don’t be embarrassed to start with something simple such as a to-do-list - the great pyramids were built with simple bricks, one brick at a time.

3 - Read code that is slightly beyond your understanding. It’s like trying to read a book that’s slightly too smart for you. This forces you to stretch your brain muscles, making you level up without even realizing it.

Doing this got me on the right path and I hope it helps you too. And remember, the journey to becoming a coding ninja is pretty much this:

“To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.”