I have been thinking about creating a developer blog and writing technical articles for a long time, but I have always felt that I didn’t know anything or that my ideas were not worth sharing. After reflecting on and examining my thoughts, I realized that my thinking process held me back and has been doing it for quite some time.

But not anymore; here I am, writing my first post on my blog, and hopefully, many to come!

printf(“Hello World!”);

As the first line of code you write when trying a new programming language, here is my blog ‘Hello World’.

My aim with this blog is to write about my experiences and learned lessons while programming, so I can help others facing similar problems or challenges as I do.

As a 42 School student, I think the best way to learn something is Peer Learning, getting help from your peers, and helping them. Unfortunately, I can’t be at school as much as I wanted, and I think this is an excellent way to help my peers and contribute to the 42 Network.

I would also love to connect with others in the tech community and collaborate on open source projects. All of this while improving my English and my communication skills, since I don’t have written too much in English since high school and I feel a bit rusty.

So, why I haven’t done it before?

The fear of failure and how to overcome it

Everyone has their vision and concept of what failure is, but for me it is like falling down a bike, and the thought process is also the same. You do not fear hitting the ground (as long as you were not going too fast and it doesn’t hurt physically), the thing you fear the most is if someone has seen you falling.

Ok, you are scared of failing and looking stupid in front of other people. So what? All of us are too busy not falling from our bike to make fun of you, you are the only one going over it with a fine-tooth comb.

Failure can be difficult to handle, but it’s also inevitable in some way. If you are learning something or you are going through a new situation, it’s normal if you fail or you don’t do it perfectly on the first try. There are a lot of implicit benefits that come from failure:

  • You just learned something. You can do better next time If you analyze what went wrong and why.
  • Your resilience improves, and you learn how to carry on when things don’t go the way you want them to.
  • You build self-esteem. If you failed, you probably faced your fears and went out of your comfort zone. Your effort is worth it, and the outcome is not the only thing that matters.
  • You become more empathic, as you can relate to others with similar experiences. Also by sharing it, you can build stronger and deeper relationships, don’t be scared of looking vulnerable, we all are.

The way of overcoming failure is about changing your mindset, you have to reframe failure as an inevitable part of life and see it as a learning opportunity. This way, you will develop a growth mindset and be happier overall.

If you are interested in learning more about the growth mindset and want to delve deeper into the subject, I recommend you a book written by Carol S. Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University called ‘Mindset: The New Psychology of Success’.

Conclusion

My goal with this post is to introduce myself, and also try to help and encourage anyone that has ever felt like this, your voice matters too, and you sure have a lot to share with the world.

If you have come this far, I would love to hear from you too! Feel free to leave a comment or to contact me.