And I finally got banned from Twitter because of typing "Learn to code" into a tweet. IT has been 10 years since I created the account and I didn't feel like I lost anything of value...

And after a week of running the automated programs to automate my own job, I found bugs on the end user app that I cannot fix since I'm not the developer of that app. I don't have the source code so I cannot fix it. Yet I decided to disable my automation efforts for the time being and work on a graphical user interface to allow my partner to become the automaton and help me fix the problems at my job...

This is a podcast where me and some other friends on America were talking about anime. Not a fit for this podcast, but I feel like sharing.

And I was very happy to see how much time I saved just yesterday by automating the most common problem and the reason of the majority of my phone calls. I think I'll keep doing programs to automate my main task and keep myself free. I'm afraid I won't be able to remove myself from the office, since my presence is required for human contact with other managers and paper signing.

 And there is the belief that automation will create a crisis, and that people without jobs will revel against society. The truth is that I rather lose my job and look for something else above that, than letting myself slave away doing a repetitive task just because I don't want to move on.

And after my visit to the department of Finances, I realized why there had been a lot of problems with data integrity and availability. A legacy system run on Ingres seems to have problems meeting the demands of the current year. I talk about this experience and the first legacy system I found 10 years ago... have fun.

And this week was a blast, I was able to install Ubuntu and the development tools I need. I'm going to be learning a lot next week and I'm going to begin building databases and apps.

I hope to see you there too.

Twitch Stream installing Ubuntu

And after that I decided to just keep on talking on things I want to learn rather than talk about the things I already know. I must focus on moving forward and get the skills needed to build the projects I want to build.

And I just remembered my first project as a software developer. I was more of a database administrator back in the day than a front end developer, and I'm still are today.

And that's why I talk about commitment, because you can't become a software developer, a programmer or a coder if you aren't committing your time, your effort and money.

It's going to be very difficult for anyone willing to learn how to code, to be successful doing it.

Don't just watch a couple Hello World videos, build something: a website, an app, a computer program, whatever. Just Build something. Don't just sit around reading books, and watching videos.

It's worth it.

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