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Apologies for the format, I just didn't have time to edit it. 
I will change this later. 

|> yaw
Huh?
Why did you have to pay that much?
Why did you have to pay any money at all? That’s insane. 

|> me
Hmmm. Totally insane.
I reached out to Amin saying it had been long since I did development and since I was coming back to take it again, 
I needed somewhere to begin and he recommended that course, basically for the certificate. 

It was a one time payment for 4 months, but things didn’t go as planned and I was left paying 100$ every month.

Now I have stopped paying and I am open to your advice, I was doing the React but since I am no longer going to 
continue with the course I am caught between finishing React or dumping it to take Python or C since 
I have the resources now. What do you suggest please?

I went through this long write up and it has really opened my eye on where to focus

Oh! Boy, Oh! Boy!
|> yaw
Dump it. I’ll be your mentor. 
I replied -> Honestly, this Is the best thing I have ever heard in my entire life. I really appreciate it. 
I am all in Sir, let’s do it.

And you need to change projects. 

I’ll prepare a plan and share with you before the end of the week. 
The target isn’t any specific language, but becoming a better programmer overall. 
I replied -> Alright. Thank you so much. I will patiently be waiting.


So you’d have to change languages often. Sounds good to you? 
I replied -> Sounds perfect. I am in.

1st November, 2022
|> yaw
Great. I think I’ve almost completed the curriculum. I need to firm up the resources and material. 
So give me until the end of this week to do that. I’ll share the curriculum with you in the meantime 
when I’m on my laptop. 
|> me
Alright 
Thanks for your effort. 
I am patiently waiting ❤️

I sent him two screenshots of all the books I have gathered over the years

|> yaw
Oh man, that's a lot of books. 
Let’s see if you’re going to need them. I think you might. 
I’ve formulated the nature of the program, and my estimate is that it can run start to finish in about 3 months. 
No less, but probably exceeding by a couple of weeks or even a month. 
I’ve planned an 8-hour workday schedule. All of that isn’t spent on coding by the way. 
There’s a lot of reading, lots of research, and lots of writing. 

|> me
😌❤️

|> yaw
I also figured it’s important to have another person in the group. 
Do you know anyone who’d like to grow as a programmer? We can get them involved. 

|> me
I have a friend who would like but I am not sure he will dedicate the time. 
I don't think he is that serious at the moment. 

|> yaw
That said, there are 5 projects to choose 2 from:

- Writing an Operating System
- Writing a programming language 
- Writing a file system 
- Writing a web framework 
- Writing a frontend framework 

In my opinion, working on such projects exposes you to a wide variety of methods and modes of thinking 
that are necessary for a successful programmer. 
They’re difficult and you’ll suffer a lot but that’s where all the lessons and confidence as a programmer hide. 

|> me
	
- Writing an Operating System ✅
- Writing a programming language ✅

After all goes well, I would love to build these too
- Writing a file system 
- Writing a web framework 
- Writing a frontend framework 

|> yaw
Along with that you’ll have to acquire the following books to read:

- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance — Pirsig
- What do you care what other people think? — Feynman
- The Money Game — Adam Smith
- Better — Atul Gawande
- Shape: The hidden geometry of absolutely everything — Ellenberg

|> And then there’s Calculus Made Easy to work through. 
The system I’m developing here targets exciting various parts of your brain to improve alertness. 
It also greatly enhances your ability to make connections between apparently unrelated domains. 
Soft copies are okay, I think. 

|> me
Alright sure, Will try to get hardcopies as well.

|> yaw
👍 
Let me know when you’ve found a colleague. Then we can kick it off! I’ll create a Discord server for us. 

|> me
Alright 
Sure. 
Asking around asap 
My friend is interested. Let’s kick off sir ✅

|> yaw
What’s his commitment level?
I replied -> He says 💯 
What does he know already
I replied -> Fullstack JavaScript 

|> me
I introduced him to coding in 2018, got him to codetrain in Accra and he graduated this year with full stack JavaScript.
They did react + react native + JavaScript + mongodb + firebase + node js + express + react-redux
I have spoken to fortune too
He is interested.
He helped me when I was learning python/Django.
Was at MEST(not a student though), 
Worked a kudigo for over a year. 
Now working remotely for uncut labs