In this video I break down what “learning to code in 6 months” actually looked like for me—starting from the first time I saw colored syntax in high school (keywords in blue, errors in red) and instantly getting hooked, all the way through university and into my first real dev role. Back then, coding wasn’t the hype money machine it is now. I went the computer science route for three years, and while it gave me a solid foundation (especially algorithms and data structures), it didn’t fully prepare me for real-world development—shipping features, working in teams, and building things that aren’t just graded assignments. After graduating, reality hit: a degree wasn’t enough. I applied over 100 times before I got my first internship, and that took months of studying and building projects to prove I could actually code outside a controlled environment. Once I landed that internship, I realized learning doesn’t stop when you “get in”—it accelerates. The biggest mindset shift for me was moving from learning concepts to building real projects people would actually use. My main takeaways: build real projects (tutorials are fine, but struggle is where you learn), don’t get paralyzed by AI panic, and apply early even if you don’t feel ready—because you only need one yes.