<![CDATA[Stories by Natalie Wolff on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@nataliewolff?source=rss-8699ffae143e------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*nhjz_EzqNM-DCny3. Stories by Natalie Wolff on Medium https://medium.com/@nataliewolff?source=rss-8699ffae143e------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 14:14:51 GMT <![CDATA[Immersion and Isolation]]> https://medium.com/@nataliewolff/immersion-and-isolation-e41997b68f15?source=rss-8699ffae143e------2 https://medium.com/p/e41997b68f15 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:38:10 GMT 2018-04-24T18:38:10.768Z I have been isolated from reality and fully immersed in all things web development for the past 3 months. I moved down to North Carolina to live with my parents while I have been completing this education. With limited distractions I have been able to overload my brain and learn a ton of information at a very rapid pace.

This past Saturday I moved back to Brooklyn and jumped back to reality. I have friends again. I have a social life. I have things to do other than coding for hours on end.

Luckily the hard part is over. I have a base knowledge to build on and I won’t need as much time to complete projects. The challenge going forward will be navigating a work/life balance that allows time for me to continue growing and evolving as a web developer while also enjoying having a social life again!

]]> <![CDATA[Accepting that you will be terrible at coding for a really long time.]]> https://medium.com/@nataliewolff/accepting-that-you-will-be-terrible-at-coding-for-a-really-long-time-c76eb2956dfd?source=rss-8699ffae143e------2 https://medium.com/p/c76eb2956dfd Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:27:57 GMT 2018-03-27T17:27:57.607Z I’ve started learning how to be a Web Developer by taking an Online Immersive 3-month course. During the week, I am spending roughly 12 hours a day coding. On weekends, I’m spending 4–6 hours a day coding. When I sleep, my dreams are more often than not, about coding.

It’s been like this for 6 weeks now. You’d think with all of this immersion I’d start to feel like I’m good at this. I do not feel that way. Every day I am learning something new and learning that I am naturally terrible at it.

But, the important thing to remember in this process is that you’re SUPPOSED to be terrible when you start something new! Learning a new language (or languages when it comes to the web development world) takes time. It is a process. And along the way, it is ok to be terrible. You just have to work on being slightly less terrible today than you were yesterday. And repeat.

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