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  • So how I got into programming is a bit of an old story, and I think it's quite different from most people get into programming because I went from studying exercise science, too.

  • Computer science.

  • How I got into it was I've always been interested in the gym and mostly building muscle and really anything related.

  • Thio human, the human body and performance.

  • And so that is what led me Thio getting my bachelor's degree in exercise science during the last year of my degree.

  • I started looking into whether they're any good workout tracking APS out.

  • And it turned out no, I found that there were a lot of work out tracking apps out there.

  • But there were, in my opinion, at least, no great work after they were all really cluttered with stuff I didn't want and especially they were missing features that I knew were really important.

  • So a bit annoyed that this didn't exist, I kind of thought, Well, maybe I should make one.

  • I mean, how hard could it be?

  • Keep in mind that at this time I didn't really know what programming Waas and I'm not really a big gamer as I play games maybe once or three times per year, and I also don't really consider myself very good with computers.

  • And at this time I thought that programming was something that you had to learn from when you were like three.

  • In spite of this, I still for some unknown reason, thought that it wouldn't be that hard.

  • So I got set up for some Eye West development.

  • And then I just watched YouTube videos on how to build things.

  • I mean, how hard could it be?

  • Turns out after about two hours of watching videos, that it seemed extremely hard and a bit out of reach.

  • So I quit.

  • Then, after about two months or so, I still had the thought nagging me about how great it would be if I had this app that I was dreaming about.

  • So I got back into it for another month or two, and I actually managed to publish an app to the APP store called Compounded, and it was completely unrelated to the workout tracking app.

  • But it helped me learn some of the basics of how to build the act.

  • I wanted to build, however, after having published it and realizing that I spent way too much time building this really, really simple act.

  • And while simultaneously being in less six months of my bachelor's degree and also working part time, I just slowly stop.

  • But I know at this stage that this was something that I wanted to do, and I've always loved creative things and building stuff.

  • Building software was something that I knew I could just spend hours and hours doing.

  • So I finished my bachelor's degree in exercise science, and then I had signed up for another bachelors degree, this time in software engineering.

  • And during the summer before school started, I looked into what the course literature was gonna be, and they recommended the book Java Head first.

  • So I bought the book about a month before school started.

  • It's a big book.

  • It's about 600 pages, so but it's extremely well structured and easy to read.

  • Okay, so really, the three months starting from when I got the book, because I really didn't learn much before that I was very unstructured and just all over the place, with how I was trying to learn it.

  • So really, even though one could argue that I must have learned something during this time.

  • I would argue that anyone can replicate the three months that I'm about to explain to you and get a job with relative ease.

  • All right, so I've got the book, and I figured out that if I read 20 pages per day, I would be finished with the book by the time school started.

  • Now, 20 pages per day may seem like a big task, but here's what that meant.

  • Event.

  • About one hours of reading every day and at most two hours, and I'm not a fast reader.

  • I finished that book and started applying to jumps based on the premise that I had read the book and that I was about to start my software engineering program.

  • And I actually got a few responses, but no job.

  • During the next two months when school started because I had already read the book, I didn't really need to spend much time on school, so I spent most of my time building my app.

  • Then, during the second month off trying to get a job, I finished my app and it's called extra log, and it's still just an absolute basic beta version of what my vision is for.

  • But I built it in Edward's studio on using Java, and I got it published to the Google play store.

  • Right after having done this, I started applying again for jobs, and this time I got a few interviews but no job.

  • So I decided to start building the iPhone version of my in order to increase my knowledge base and build my resume within the next three or four weeks.

  • I managed to publish the IOS version off my Ex a log, and I published it to the APP store.

  • And once I've done this, I started calling some of the companies that I've gotten calls from and interviews from from my previous job application.

  • And most of them weren't interested in me still, but one startup, Waas and I came in for an interview and ended up getting offered a job as a front and Web developer, which is an area that I didn't have any previous experience.

  • And so that is how I went from zero programming experience to working at as a front end Web developer started.

  • I hope you got something out of this video, and if there's anything that you would like for me toe make a video on the future, then just leave a comment and maybe I will on that's it.

So how I got into programming is a bit of an old story, and I think it's quite different from most people get into programming because I went from studying exercise science, too.

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