Rebel Coding

So much has been living in my head until now; sure there is the Google Doc, and the Gumroad product ...

But practically no sales to speak of ...

By releasing Rebel Coding on Product Hunt ...

This whole project takes an arguably big step towards finding traction in our shared reality!

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Or rather, I respected the timeline I had set for myself, and embraced the reality of capacity.

The original course is eight steps, and there was a bunch of content I want to add to sweeten the whole deal.

Matter of fact, I've got a whole learning platform I created and tested out with a few folks earlier.

But that's way too much for me to release given the timeline within which I'm trying to work!

And so, I reduced the original eight steps to an introductory four; and will push off the first book as a precursor to a complete course release.

Sometimes you gotta take a step back, and accept a detour, to reach your destination in a respectable manner; and not exhausted, spirit torn-to-shreds and falling over the finish line disinterested in going any further.

I really believe in this work, and want it to succeed; so this seems like the best, most sustainable path forward.

And I'm gonna say embracing it is a heck of a milestone!

First impressions matter, and the cover a book -- that's that first first impression.

After signing up for the free tier of Canva, I learned that I could pay their monthly fee and get the real goods!

So I sprung for the whole bag and made a pretty dope cover, if I don't say so myself!

Whatcha think?

I found the basic template on Canva, then did a quick Google image search for a flame that was available for reuse (yup gotta make sure that was cool).

Plopped it in place of the light bulb.

And presto.

I think it's catchy!

I found four friends who wanted to learn how to code and started hosting weekly sessions that followed my 8 steps to Mastering the Matrix ...

No one got past step 4 :*(

But that's not entirely true either.

Nor is that what's important; I became better friends with everyone involved; is was a great excuse to hang-out once a week with super cool people all interested in learning!

One friend had just graduated from University, studying bio-chemistry, and got a side job maintaining a website for a local political candidate.

Another friend got a job at a school doing something completely unrelated.

Another friend met a girl and took a road trip to California.

While another friend got another job, continued learning Python; and is now building their own project looking to use Arduinos for agriculture.

Everyone is doing exactly what I had hoped, which is feeling more enabled to do what they want and enjoy.

So I'm chalking it up to a win.

AND, I got validation that my proposed process CAN help folks like them.

University grads, immigrants, single mothers and free-spirited rebels!

YAY!