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12 Years of Coding in 12 Minutes
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I’m a data analyst at a big tech company and I write a lot of code.
This is my journey from my first time looking at code as a 12-year-old hacker to now — where I’m paid over 6 figures for writing code 12 years later…
I want to share some of the biggest mistakes and shortcuts I’ve had over the last 12 years of coding so hopefully, your journey from learning to code to making money from it is much faster than mine.
This path really is accessible to anyone with a love for technology and a drive to learn. I want to show you how I’m able to live my dream life all from learning how to code — so you can too.
The Jailbreak Era (2010 — Year 1)
I loved tech as early as I can remember. There are still tutorial videos somewhere on YouTube of me at 12 years old teaching people how to optimize their jailbroken iPod Touch.
On Apple devices, jailbreaking is the use of a privilege escalation exploit to remove software restrictions imposed by the…
