Storytelling Friday

I Started Before I Was Ready

— and JavaScript didn’t care that I wasn’t.

Let me tell you a story.

I had just enrolled at Target Tech Academy to learn frontend web development. HTML? Child’s play. CSS? A little annoying, but manageable. Then came JavaScript… and everything went downhill like a car without brakes on Uyo’s Itam flyover.

I read blogs. I watched tutorials. I even tried whispering sweet nothings to my laptop. Nothing. JavaScript refused to stick to my brain. It bounced off like a rejected visa application.

Then one day, about two months in, my instructor said,

“You’re ready for an internship. In fact, start teaching.”

Teach? Who? Me?
The same girl who was still Googling “how to add numbers in JavaScript” every other day?

But I said yes—mostly out of shock and partially because I couldn’t bear to look confused in front of the class. And that’s how I started teaching.

My first student? A sharp 16-year-old boy with curiosity like a cat and fingers faster than CTRL+C and CTRL+V. I had to stay up all night reading, just to stay one step ahead. The day he hacked my WiFi, I knew: this wasn’t just a game.

I had to level up. And I did.

Over time, I found myself glued to teaching frontend web development. I even started enjoying JavaScript (sometimes). But most importantly, I discovered that confidence doesn’t always come before the action. Sometimes, it comes after you’ve taken the leap.

So if you’re out there waiting for the “perfect” moment—let me be honest with you:
That moment might never come.

Start before you’re ready.
Say yes, then figure it out.
Make mistakes. Learn fast. Keep going.

Because in tech—and in life—action beats perfection.

And next time JavaScript tries to humble you, just remember: even the best devs still copy code from Stack Overflow.