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+# The Journey of the mediocre developer
+## How we got here
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+You have your own unique story of how you got here as a developer. Whether you came about development as a curious child who wanted to see what the computer could do, or as an adult who heard that there were these things called computers that you could program you had a journey to get to this point. You either spent nights and weekends learning how to code or you were fortunate to be able to work on it as part of your job. Whatever your path you're here.
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+And now you feel stuck.
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+You look around and wonder if you'll ever know everything that you should know. You read an article on a site and your interest is piqued. A friend online mentions this neat thing that they've found and you should check it out. Your colleagues find something that seems to solve the issues you're having at work and now you have one more thing to learn. Whatever it is there's now a delta between the you of today and the you that you that now feels like you are incomplete without learning this new thing. Perhaps you're now seeing this new thing show up in job postings with a minimum of 3+ years of required experience and you're wondering how anyone would have that level of experience yet.