Discussion on: I’m Ben Halpern, Creator of Forem. Ask Me Anything!

Hi Ben, heard you on the podcast and really enjoyed how you saw learning to code as a way to enable being an entrepreneur rather than how to get hired. I too finished a Computer Science degree that left me feeling unwelcome, I felt mediocre and unnatural within the culture of that department, had 1 horrible interview after graduation and walked away from coding for many years.

I'm learning how to code in a new language but I have not begun "tending my code garden" of starting my code base for my business idea. I want to start #100DaysOfCode but it's like I'm waiting to get an A+ grade from the book of exercises I'm doing, I'm confused when I should jump in and have hesitating the past month. Any advice on the kinds of concepts or understanding one might look for before starting?