The article was originally posted on Mar 3, 2018 at Medium. The article was my first attempt to write an experience sharing post, which fortunately got me so much positive feedback and learning. I want to migrate this personally important article to Mirror because I want to keep it on chain, and I want it as my first intentional content on web3 platform. 2017 was a bumpy yet exciting year for me. I left my graphic designer job in March, and entered the maze of the coding world. Five months la...