Failure is not a Dirty Word

When I first started learning to code, I treated failure like a bad word. Every broken feature, every bug I couldn't fix, every error message felt like a physical blow, a personal flaw in my learning. I thought that breaking into tech meant that I had to be perfect. There was no room for errors and mistakes because I was already behind.

I was wrong.

Every time you make a mistake or run into issue, it doesn’t slow your progress, it accelerates it. It forces you to think, adapt, and grow. These aren’t detours slowing you down, you are taking a path where success is inevitable.

Because when you try to avoid failure, and take that road, you stay in the comfort zone, where nothing truly challenges you. I struggled with this. I would put off starting a project because I didn’t want to fail. But eventually I had to learn, when I embraced failure, I moved faster. Every wrong turn will sharpen your instinct. Every struggle will strengthen your resilience.

One of the biggest mindset shifts I had to make was seeing errors and bugs not as reasons to quit but as invitations to welcome change and grow as a result.

So next time you hit a wall, whether it’s a bug you can’t squash, a concept you can't wrap your head around, or a project that feels too big, remember:

You are not off track. You are are exactly where you need to be!

So, keep going. Build. Break things. Fix them. Learn. Repeat.

That’s the real roadmap to success.