2. and 3. but mostly sheer force of will. programming didn't come easy to me, math either tbh. Others progressed quicker than me in the beginning but they plate

2. and 3. but mostly sheer force of will. programming didn't come easy to me, math either tbh. Others progressed quicker than me in the beginning but they plateaued quicker also. I saw a programming career as a ticket out of the economic circumstances I was born into and through that lens anything short of success wasn't an option.