I almost failed out of a coding bootcamp — this is how I bounced back.

Failing. It’s 100% inevitable, and it’s absolutely okay.

Forget about what you know and how you feel about failing. When it comes to learning how to code, it’s what you want to do. Failures slowly build you up to success.

Think of it this way: you’re a total n00b and coding has pwned you hard. It’s cool because you can respawn and try again, except you don’t lose your god tier loot or 50 pounds of salted meat with each coding death. You gain something. You just scored yourself a +1 intelligence buff and better insight on what you need to do to get this thing to work.

It hasn’t been easy for me to accept this. My current gig has a very different opinion of failing. I’m a registered nurse working in a neurology ICU and failing is a big, bad deal. Failing to do something properly could result in hurting or killing someone, losing your license, going to court, and possibly facing jail time.

We’re all taught that failing should never happen, and if it does, it’s a permanent stain on your work…