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I Wanted to Become a Programmer, but Fail: What I Learned

When you choose a profession, be wise

Olha Bahaieva
UX Planet
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5 min readJul 4, 2020

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The Tech industry is one of the most popular work directions. That’s why I was curious about it and decided to try diving into one of them.

This article is about my personal experience of learning Front End specialty, why I failed, and what lessons I learned through my journey.

What is Front End

What is Front End? Well, basically, it is a visual part of product development. This relates to composing elements, style, typography, usability, responsive versions of the product.

Front End is the easiest specialty besides of QA to start a programming journey.

Front End coders develop web-based products, such as websites, landing pages, CRM systems, and even apps. So it is almost everything. Once I understood my path, my journey began.

What Languages I Learned

As a UX/UI Designer, I always wanted to code myself. That’s why it was my main reason to select HTML, CSS, and JS as a base for my learning.

Yes, it is true that applications are created with other languages, such as Swift, Objective-C, and Java, but I…

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Written by Olha Bahaieva

Lead UX/UI Designer, Mentor, UXDC Founder • UX/UI Design • Get 100+ UX/UI design tools collection: https://olhabahaieva.ck.page/52893cef89

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