SIT DOWN AND BLOG
Tags: codenewbie, codestory
Published: 2021-07-11 15:45:16

This is not what I say to myself, but what I want to tell you. Let me say it again: Sit down and blog.  Before shaking my head, giving countless reasons to resist: I don't have time, I don't know what to write, I can't write anything... Here, let's start writing.
What are the benefits of blogging?
Of course YES. Blogging is a thing that takes a lot of time and effort, if it is not profitable, who would blog? An IT blog will give you the following benefits:

Help you build and enhance your  brand : I get respect from my colleagues because I learned it online and followed my blog. If you are a senior, team leader , having an IT blog will make your juniors respect you, your boss respects you more. When applying for a job , just have a CV on linkedin , a 2000 rep account on stackoverflow , an IT blog , you will be appreciated much more than other candidates.

Expanding my network of relationships : Thanks to blogging, I got to know a lot of friends, from seniors, juniors to students. These relationships are quite useful if you want to change jobs, refer to the salary.
Improve your writing skills and abilities: To have a blog, of course you have to…. write. You will have to push yourself to find what to write, how to write well . In the process of reading books , learning interesting things to write, your level will increase significantly. When you write them down, you will remember them clearly, remember them longer, and your presentation skills will improve day by day. This ability to present / gossip / present is very important, sometimes it determines your position - your salary.
Sounds interesting, doesn't it? Surely you are also eager to start, but hesitate for some of the following reasons…

Where is the free time to write?
I repeat: Blogging is a rather time-consuming affair . In addition to writing time, you also have to think about the topic, find out what you want to write, find illustrations. The time for an article is about 2-4 hours, not to mention the articles with complicated demo code.

If you are not familiar, you can write 1 week/post, more diligently, 2 weeks/post. Come to think of it, 4 hours a week isn't a big number: it's only 5 games of dota, 8 games of LoL, or 1 night of watching movies with bears. Just cut some time Dota/LoL/Facebook/movies, you will have your own blog, get countless benefits that I mentioned above.

I don't know what to write
You think that you are just a 2nd year student, fresh out of school, you know what to write? It's easy, learn the good points of your best programming language , then share it with your friends.
Or if you just learned about OOP, SOLID , about SQL, write a post explaining what you learned to others, you will remember and understand better. They have a saying " Learning from a teacher does not teach you ", maybe other students will find what you write easier to understand and absorb than the long and boring lectures of teachers?

You want to write something, but someone else has already written about it? Do not worry, just write, using the language of your own . Maybe you'll find a better, more understandable explanation.

You are afraid that you do not understand the problem, write it around and you will be stoned. Don't worry, the online community is very free and willing to support you. If your writing has some errors, they are willing to take the time to explain (stone) you. Share your knowledge (could be wrong) to get back to his proper knowledge than offline.

Sounds great, let's just get started
Starting a blog is very simple. You just need to go to  https://wordpress.com/ , register an account, choose a domain name for your blog. Next, you just need to choose a theme, set a cool title, post a cool and cool banner, and you've got a blog.
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Finding content to write about is also easy. If you are good at C, C++, write about it, the Vietnamese documents of these guys are quite limited. Read a good book, recommend it to everyone. Think of a new way to learn, post it for others to share. It is important to keep the writing pace. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Don't write a lot when you're happy, if you're bored then drop it, keep the pace of 1.2 posts/week. Gradually your blog will grow, with more content.

In the first stage, your blog will be as empty as the temple, only about 5-10 views a day. Don't worry, this is the stage for you to create content for your blog, keep the habit of writing articles regularly , work hard to promote, gradually people will know about your blog.

In the first months, the whole month I only got about 1-200 views, while now I get 500-800 views a day. Set yourself goals, reward yourself when your blog reaches 1000 views ,  50 posts , ... you will feel much more excited, sometimes even more fun than writing that code.

So what are you waiting for, sit down and start blogging.
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