
252 Smart Growth Chapter 1: Explorer (Official Audiobook)
Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson
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Creating a Mind State to Help You Become a Programmer
Marcus whitney was a drop out from the university of virginia. As a child, he had envisioned himself as a programmer. But it had been 15 years and his computer skills were old and rusty. He started studying programming books between serving customers at restaurants. After working 12 hour shifts, he'd put in another four hours on the computer at home. It wasn't easy visualizing his goal, but having my back against the wall was helpful for removing a lot of extraneous narratives that weren't helping me go where i wanted to go.
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