Information Overload and Chasing the trends Can Ruin Your Life:
Tags: webdev, beginners, programming, productivity
Published: 2024-01-17 07:11:47


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## Information Overload and Chasing the trends Can Ruin Your Life:

Zayn and Dawood, were good friends they went to same school lived in the same neighbour hood in a metropolitan city, and when the time came they went to the same college.

Both of them were amazed by the tech and always enjoyed coding they had a dream to get a six-figure job and an enjoyable life, 
it was early days of 2023 and an AI Chatbot called ChatGPT has launched few months ago  and everybody was talking about AI, it Was on the boom!

Dawood and Zayn were pursuing Computer Science degree at a prestigious university.
One day Elon Musk, who himself started as a programmer(and sold his first company for $300 million and now pioneering other industries),visited their college. 
Luckily Zayn and Dawood got the chance to meet him and asked for an advise.
Elon told them to expand their knowledge landscape and try to be useful for others and try to make a positive impact.

Days and months passed until one day...

Dawood encounters alarming online predictions by youtubers and Social media Gurus that programmers won't exist in next 5 - 10 years, 
after going through a lot of biased information based on lies had left dawood doubting his career choice he had a lot of questions and he was really confused and tensed....
it was fine until he started believing the rumors without any research...
Dawood kept telling Zayn that they are on wrong track and it's a coding is a dead end...

Zain, unaffected by the noise, remains focused on skill-building and sets clear goals and kept working hard with the clear direction.

Zain applied what elon told him,and he put his efforts into learning, building skills, and sharing his journey online.

Dawood succumbs to the fear, quits college, and opts for shortcut courses with 0 value made by some random youtubers and gurus and started blindly following them and believing their claims of getting a job a very high paying job in Ai in just 3 months...

Fast forward to 5 Years Later... 
Zain emerges as a CS graduate with an impressive  portfolio, online presence, and $240k offer from a FAANG company.

Dawood, chasing shortcuts and lacking a strategic approach, struggles in his career and can't even find a job, 
Severe stress and depression leads to Health issues and he start finding ways to escape the reality.

On the other hand zayn gets a good and comfortable life while doing what he loves to do...


## Note :
Dawood and zayn are fictional characters i used to explain my point to not to fell for these pitfalls...

Now i want to ask you Who you want to be Is it Dawood or Zayn?
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## Lessons Learned:

Stick to one thing, 

And Avoid Information Overload no matter what,

overcome hype, 

and believe in yourself. 

Zain's succeeded because he was consistent and he has perseverance.

Beware of shortcuts; they may promise quick gains but often lead to long-term struggles.

The tech industry's demand for skilled programmers remains high, but success requires dedication, not shortcuts

Always Remember this "Programmers ain't going extinct. The world craves your magic. Just put in the work." 

Good Luck and Happy Coding!