how i got into coding - my journey ⚽

This is how I got into coding. From football to software engineer. Every
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[@John_Smith_Java]

I started coding at the age of 40 after years of taxi driving. It was difficult, but I still do not give up.

[@abdulrahmanyasinhqows7061]

Dont give up u can do it

[@frehiwotk6952]

Thank you! Your words encouraged me.

[@juandavidr2517]

keep going bro. You have it. much respect for your decision.

[@guitarman813]

It's never too late my friend! Keep pushing and don't give up! 😁

[@mfkfawas5157]

Legend.

[@tubingforever]

I've bought all your courses and they've completely changed my life as a professional developer. Three years into my career I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere and I didn't "get it". Then I discovered your website, took ALL your courses and immediately got a dream job as a Lead Developer. Thank you for everything you've done for me and all of us! You could teach software engineering to a potato, lol.

[@amigoscode]

Lets have a chat buddy send me an email on [e-mail]

[@jeyjeymohaa3081]

Man you are an inspiration to me. I am learning javascript. Am comfortable wth vue js.. my ultimate goal is to be a javascript full stack developer. You are an inspiration bro. BarakAllah❤❤

[@nevergiveup7985]

@@amigoscode You are really great, I learned Git and Github by watching your tutorial, although I watched it twice because I am non native English learner, thank you for your courses and sharing knowledge.❤️🙏👍👌👏

[@eprisrichardson678]

This is truly inspirational. I got complacent at my job, never learning anything outside of work. After 3 years I, too, am feeling like I'm not getting anywhere. Your testament to his courses makes me want to give them a go.

[@danielcasallas4267]

your'e pretty good

[@codewithsyahrin]

I started coding when I was 24, seeing other people start late, makes me feel less alone, and everything gonna be fine. Thanks for your video, it really bright me up.

[@codewithsyahrin]

@@sodiqayilara1519 Good to hear that you discover your passion, good luck on pursuing your passion in coding.

[@AmigiiRS]

27 just starting 👍

[@briankaluya8526]

bro your not alone me i started at 25

[@juandavidr2517]

I am with you. starting at 24. you have it, keep going.

[@dust8683]

you don't know how happy makes me to see people around my age starting this passion

[@marcelocarvalho1085]

MAN THANKS !! OWING YOU I GOT ONE JOB AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER !!!! THANKS !!!

[@abhinavkumar8396]

Can you help me Marcelo I am 34 brother and just started learning code . What you faced in your journeys.

[@marcelocarvalho1085]

@@abhinavkumar8396 was hard , but I just DIDN'T GIVE UP. The difficulties will appear and learning how to code will be hard , the motivation will finish but if really want this you're capable. Buddy i believe in you.

[@abhinavkumar8396]

@@marcelocarvalho1085 definitely try not to give UP ALTHOUGH there was a more than month gap as I catched covid but I will be back. 🙏🙏

[@amigoscode]

Send me an email dude let’s have a chat [e-mail]

[@abhinavkumar8396]

@@amigoscode Sure sir, I didn't expected you would reply as I dream to become like you,really love your videos and highly get inspired by you. Definitely I will send you email. 👍

[@Muzamil701]

I started coding when I was 37 years old , you can start any age even older then that You just need to understand first and have notes, then start playing with your hands.

[@Maxamedkhadar252]

Sxp somali baan ahay hada inaan bilaabo ayaan rabaa meel aan ka bilaabana ma aqaano icaawi fadlan And my age is older I am 26 and never learn about computer science

[@bezmastudio2233]

@@Maxamedkhadar252 have u started yet bro or

[@rajanjaiswal3728]

I am from India and want to switch my career from teacher to a Software Enegineer @ age 38. It is possible. I know the basics of Java Programming language.

[@bezmastudio2233]

@@rajanjaiswal3728 yes you can my man 💪🏻💪🏻 , all the best , lets get thet job my guy 💯💯💯🙏🏻

[@rajanjaiswal3728]

studstudio thanks Man🙂

[@avalonstudio2753]

I love this guy honestly Am 42 and now , am trying to learn to code with phyton, i dont know if I will ever get but i will try

[@pitrephilms5958]

you can get it, just keep going ^~^

[@Saje3l]

7:19 Today upon completion of my 3rd year at university I secured a web dev internship at one of the best Software companies in my country. I am so happy, Alhamdulillah

[@kimlehtinen8752]

Football is my favorite sport, I played for 10 years. I had to stop because of groin pain. Learned to code in university and have loved it since. And I will always love football! Enjoying euro championship games this summer🤙🤙⚽⚽

[@samarmohan9891]

you mean soccer

[@khizarkhan1713]

@TIME COMPLEXITY I have always played football behind my father back and i cut my left heel side with a broken cup durring a match at the age of 13 hahahhh and then i was banned from playing foot by my dad. and from that day i was playing quaranteened football hitting it against the wall. and now i am learning codding at the age 23. I think foot ball and coding has a thing. ahhahahh

[@eprisrichardson678]

My mom threw me on a computer to play educational games starting when I was 3 or 4 (the year was '95 or '96). She worked a lot, so it was her way of making sure I got some additional learning in without her. From there I taught myself ALOT about computers. MySpace actually gave me my first experience coding, but I thought I liked graphic design better, so I took that path. Fast forward to 2017 and I realized I HATED designing. Just because you're good at something, doesn't mean you'll love it. I found out about a Grow with Google scholarship through Udacity for front-end development. The rest is history. I was blessed enough to land a junior role a month after receiving my nanodegree. I've been at this job ever since, but am very stagnant. Looking to up my skills and you teach SO well. Glad I came across your channel.

[@faraaiden1180]

I don't know why, I just like this man so much. I mean, the way he talks and he seems so calm.

[@guitarman813]

You're an inspiration Nelson! Respect to you for getting to where you have got to so far. Best of luck to you!

[@amigoscode]

Thanks Ben. my longtime subscriber 😊

[@junyorff12]

Nelson, When I watch this kind of videos, I feel like you are some kind of good old friend of mine. Tks for your job here on YT man! 🙏

[@hazzyhazi6145]

Yes my brother Nelson I see u still gt the touch still. Masha Allah. Keep up the hard work. Your Inspiring n educational videos n lessons. Ur great n wonderful human being. Your wonderful amazing ROLE MDOEL FOR THE YOUNG GENRATION.

[@justade7937]

I can relate to what you said about those injuries I am a 17 year old boy,the injuries started from when I was really young ...but my dad just straighten them for me ...and then tears of relief fall from my eyes..I stopped playing football around last year November..when I had a critical one...dreams crushed 😍 😢 💔...now I found out that coding is so much form...its so sad my friends actually play for a local team and I can't because of the conditions 😢 💔 😞

[@garadosman4535]

Really needed to hear this akhi currently struggling in a Full Stack BootCamp. May Allah bless you abundantly for this quality content! Aameen

[@mdidris4414]

Ameen

[@Namelessssssssssssssss]

the moment you said " i came from slums" i just started to like you more then before. period.

[@hugoa4064]

I just finish the basic python course and now I'm into the pycharm one, you are really inspiring man, thank you for these courses and keep on teaching, blessing

[@ZavN11]

You my DAWG fr when i just graduated highschool 2019 I got a web dev course jus cause and I never took it and pretty much forgot about development fast forward I found your channel and your videos pushed me to get into development I'm now almost a month in on my journey and really enjoying it

[@nurudinmudhir9337]

Thanks for sharing your story bro - super insightful. I'm from London so down for football whenever you want!

[@fredericktiku2585]

Thank you so much bro,you never ceased to inspire me on this my new journey

[@francorueta3332]

you're a great inspiration. Wish you the best of the lucks from argentina! :)

[@danielkaiser777]

Your story is so impressive, thanks for sharing and thank you so much for this awesome channel.

[@juandavidr2517]

I am related to your history, at least the first part lol. my dream was to be a football player too, I couldn't do it and that really led me into an unknown world, because it was my only passion. I also learn to fix computers from my uncle but I didn't go into that because I have a fight with him and I left work and I just didn't have the time to consider it as my career. I ended studying Biology but without a real passion for that. when the pandemic hit, everything changed and I get into coding for curiosity and I am really loving it, I am learning C++ while I am still finishing my career. I am 24, really concerned because I feel I am too old but I guess it's better now than never. I would love to work abroad seeking a new opportunity for me and my family. thanks for your story, encourages me a bit more. greetings from Colombia.

[@devstories8474]

Thank you for sharing so much to the community, wish you more success

[@Guleidka]

Nelson you're a passionate programmer, self-learner, motivator and an undrestandable instructor with wise techniques. Hope you good luck & the Amigiscode community you established for long-life learners and skill upgrading for tech enthusiasts. I learnt more from you like Java, Linux commands and Software Engineering Tools like Git and Github.

[@anthonybeckford5608]

Nice shoot into the goal brother that was Magical!

[@SB-qt8qj]

Great vid, I'm in uni now but I struggle with coding now, but I know for sure I'll become so much better

[@aureliojmnz2959]

Love your laughter....thnx for sharing from Mexico

[@rationalistfaith]

Mash’Allah bro! Love your vibe 🙏🏼❤️🔥

[@guilhermealacocaquino6890]

Amazing, I really like videos like these! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@xoangelesxo8791]

Thank you for being my teacher. I'm 40 and just became a junior fullstack developer.

[@amigoscode]

Wow 😯 well done. Let’s have a chat [e-mail]

[@rakeshbaboeram1808]

I love how you have made the best of your life. I love football, but haven’t played in years. I’m usually the goalkeeper or defense position. To come back to youtube videos, I haven’t found good material explaining assembly language and stack. Can you make videos on these subjects? Thanks

[@YoonusKottai]

Wow ❤️I love u even more now after knowing u were into football

[@michaelparkernorton4841]

Bro I'm 33 and I'm still dreaming about being becoming a professional soccer player. Recently I decided to take a break and work on coding so I can put some money aside so I can dedicate more time to it. Thanks for your tutorials and thanks for sharing your story!

[@samirazz]

You are an inspiration brother. Djazaka allah khayran

[@akramhunter3300]

" ان الله لا يضيع عمل عامل منكم " machalah 🙏❤hard work always pay off.

[@shuaibahmed6031]

Thanks for sharing this, really inspiring. Recently fractured my tibia and I can't walk for some time. Currently doing my masters as well in Data Science. Inshallah, we can learn and follow in your footsteps and get something from our endeavours too. Stay blessed Nelson!

[@klonanbrown2807]

Assalamu'alaykum brother, love to see more, very inspiring story. Wish you all the best!

[@allenmu8021]

you are so good, thanks for your inspiration. love your video!!!!!!!

[@uzzitv5205]

Inspirational...im watching from Africa, Kenya.. People like you are the reason we believe!!Keep sharing.

[@dencam]

Watching from Kenya, I love hearing such success stories even as I get my hands dirty into the world of Tech

[@suhailf5014]

Mashallah brother, inspiring 🙌🏻☺️

[@JuniorAndRauber]

Every time I watch your videos I got more excited about beggining a software enginer. Your channel is amazing bro

[@odedoyinakindele8540]

I like videos like this!! Missed them.

[@playinggames8986]

I am starting coding learning python got my inspiration from you thanks!

[@evansappiah3730]

wooow thanks Amigoscode for the great works 🤩

[@ashokkumar-sc6nv]

Love you brother ,I like your voice , your voice always gives peace ,calm, When I heard your voice it feels like programing is normal easy, God always bless you , lots of love

[@claudiu54]

The biggest mistake that you can do in life, is to give up ! I find myself in your story. I was never interested in school, that is why I was pretty bad at everything. Anyway, at the end of high school I decided to go to university and study computer science, because I was thinking that it cannot be that bad. First year was a pain for me, so many strange things, a lot of math, programming, and at the end of first year I failed about 90% of the exams. I was feeling bad, like I can not do anything in this life, I was thinking that everything in life comes easy for others, but not for me. I was feeling so bad, that one day a desire born inside me, a desire to prove that I can be good too if I work hard. I wanted to prove myself that I can do it, if is it possible for others, then for sure it will be possible for me too. I decided to repeat the first year at university and this is the best decision that I took in my entire life. I am proud of it. This happened 8 years ago. Today, I am an engineer and I can tell you that I was working hard, extremely extremely hard, focusing on school just as you said in this video. Nothing in life comes easy. About three months ago I found you channel. I want to thank you for doing all these lessons, you are amazing and I have learned lots of things from you. You are a mentor for me and I do admire you.

[@MrBrackets]

hehehe :D I admire you Nelson! you are a big inspiration for me! Please keep on this path, keep inspiring people, keep making the world a better place! Take care, Borjas.

[@christianstephens4581]

I started coding with 0 prior knowledge at age 25. I was lucky enough to be able to move to be a junior developer in the company I already worked for and they let me learn whilst I go but I have found it very hard to pick it up and get going. I started to learn just as we went into lockdown so I found it very disrupting to my learning. I am nearly 2 years in to being a developer with not very much knowledge because of covid & being moved around to other projects within my organisation. I found your videos and it is really sparking my interest and motivating me to apply myself more and push hard through this to get my skills up to standard and to make up for lost time now things are back to normal. I work close to London, would love to speak with you to gain some knowledge off you!

[@saibellekhaibah333]

Very inspiring!🙏🏾

[@iriefarms1212]

Had to Replay that intro like 7 times Bredda. Inshallah. Beautiful Placement. Shalom

[@deivisutpadel]

Wow, you are really good player man! Come to Brazil to we play sometime!

[@shivendra3019]

Perfect Intro Mama Samba Braima bro

[@b1tsized]

Lol. I also played a good bit of football in high school. Loved it. I should have asked who's your EPL team when we talked the other day but didn't want you to get a bad impression if you didn't like my team.

[@adamsteph9102]

My brother from a different mother. Allah protect you

[@alexkamble9388]

We really appreciate this bro👏

[@goonerscouts1589]

loved this!

[@damiankapon2225]

You are awesome dude!

[@weldonkiprotich4560]

Continue motivating us who are in uni ,thanks bro

[@fadhilkiima30]

Nelson thank you. I have really loved this video. Allah bless you so much.

[@1away1away]

Love my brother 💯

[@ahmed.10]

You should do more vlogs style video like the day in a life of a software engineer those videos banged

[@nadimkazi2038]

Walekum asslam bro I am big fan of you...keep motivate as is ..

[@user-qb3ck7cq3k]

Bro , it’s great!

[@trevormontgomery6795]

Love your journey! Question about the full stack course, is there any plans on adding a spring security user login layer?

[@drirm1400]

Barakallahu fikum....nice

[@surendrareddyseelam9757]

Njoyed watching you like this

[@anabarbosa5453]

#friendsCode

[@malickgueyefall4318]

Hey Nelson, you inspire me a lot May Allah bless you a lot 🤲🏿

[@ArquimedesOfficial]

Nice! brother, as Brazilian your history its like mine...

[@321jeR]

Alhamdulillah brother. i am happy for you. 👍

[@jocey005]

Can we have more reality videos like this. It motivates me!!

[@roheelakhtar229]

From London and love your videos, would love to meet up and play football!

[@TechWise360]

Sir you are my greatest inspiration ❤ !!

[@lucamantova3070]

Nice brother. I have to say that when I joined uni, I just went with the flow without ever putting any effort. My only disadvantage was the language barrier. I just couldn’t understand my lecturers. 😂

[@sirahmad]

waalikum assalam brother you are legend don't stop making video you are the best

[@Mr_Reb3llion]

Thank you brother!

[@wzcrti]

you’re amazing bro

[@DaumChannelGamePart]

I guess I'll have to do the hobbies I like, just like you. If I keep working, I might die. Thank you bro.

[@irondeath212]

Thank you!

[@user-kh9nm3tr1v]

Ma sha Allah. All we need to make reasons and trust in Allah. May Allah bless you

[@trannhathungnguyen352]

I hope you can make more videos about teaching programming

[@tunde6159]

Im actually just a year in. I started at 30. Its been tough and its scary sometimes. I just bow my head and secretly cry cometimes cos this is what i really want to do with my life. Hopefully someday soin id have the opportunity to inspire people too to go for it.

[@sodiqayilara1519]

Same boat,me and you.Are you in Nigeria? What is your stack,we could work together,pull strength. I work with Javascript and i am a backend guy.

[@kolawoleakinde6632]

You'll get better. It's just a matter of time.

[@tunde6159]

@@sodiqayilara1519 MERN stack. I'm a frontend guy, React.

[@Cloud-pc8id]

I started at 14 , I'm now a software engineering student going for master's degree.

[@richie5599]

Cool video 😎

[@mrclips999]

Im 19 , know barely nothing about coding but i love it and i want some motivation and to learn more. I will appreciate any help from anyone. Thanks guys.

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

I don't think it's necessarily harder to learn things as an adult. We're taught we suck if we didn't finish yesterday so we deal with impostor syndrome and anxiety and whatnot. But we also have a better grasp of abstract thinking and we know plenty of stuff that a child doesn't. I say this because that's something that worried me learning human languages but now I'm very confident in my language learning skills. I'm 26 and I've been studying for about a year and honestly I'm starting to feel very comfortable programming. Still gotta deal with random intrusive thoughts every now and then but the point is that you can totally do it if you want to, assuming you have some free time and whatnot. And it's easier if you actually enjoy it. It's okay if you don't quite understand, things get way easier as you do them. Ex: I didn't even understand return statements at first lol. Now I'm a junior backend developer. Best of luck to everyone in this journey!

[@yusufali6995]

May Allah Bless you with more success, all that you dream and is best for you :-)

[@HANZYHD]

Great story, after years taking time out from IT I have now returned at the age of 22 and am studying a computer science degree :)

[@sahmed9143]

mashallah nice video brother

[@arijitroy8390]

I have loved football since the time I saw Lionel Messi play but I became a programmer. I can relate your story bruh

[@farhaanmohammad145]

mashallah ur a great role model man… where u get that thobe from tho?

[@Unknown-si8yx]

I started coding about a year ago and I'm doing computer science at uni. I had originally done bio,chem,physics at college but didn't want to go the Dr/pharmacist route but like the things computer science gives you like being able to make a business, freelance work, career progression etc. Although I'm doing alright I do feel overwhelmed when I'm in uni with people that have been coding since 12 yrs old. This just inspired me thanks. Also if you don't mind me asking what uni did you go?

[@_wizard123]

To be honest I've learnt a lot from u bro...

[@knw-seeker6836]

MashAllah brother you still got the skills do you consider a career change ? ;) Listening to your story it´s the way of life you have ups and downs but will you learn, adapt and evolve? Best wishes to you and your family P. S. Love these kind of videos

[@amigoscode]

Thanks buddy

[@tahmid6117]

Hi I’m 16 just finished GCSEs. I plan to be an Aerospace Engineer and If I had to chose another job it would surely be Software engineer ✨. I might try to learn Python

[@janban3782]

Vlogging format is cool/keep it

[@sheenazien9217]

Thanks man, i love football too, and I also want to be a footballer, but somehow now I'm a programmer 😅

[@571_jamshid]

Do more vlogs please!

[@data_coach_ola]

I want more of this bro.