WEBVTT 0 00:00.700 --> 00:01.540 Hey guys. 1 00:01.540 --> 00:08.020 Today it's Angela and the office crayfish. The office crayfish 2 00:08.020 --> 00:16.210 and I would like to congratulate you on getting this far, so well done for completing the last module, 3 00:16.660 --> 00:19.680 and we're both really proud of you. Now, 4 00:19.690 --> 00:28.610 today I want to talk about something I've heard students say a lot and, you know, it's this idea like 5 00:29.510 --> 00:36.920 maybe like I'm not cut out for programming, maybe like I just wasn't born with a particular brain that’s 6 00:36.920 --> 00:46.590 required to think in this way, maybe like this is just not for me. And, you know, why is it that so and 7 00:46.590 --> 00:48.780 so like they just pick it up like that? 8 00:48.780 --> 00:52.560 Like why are they just born to do it, you know? 9 00:52.560 --> 01:02.400 And what I want to say to that is like, nobody is born to have a certain skill, right? Or, you know, there's 10 01:02.400 --> 01:10.050 a lot of things that require a lot of dedication to be able to achieve the result that people get. 11 01:10.050 --> 01:12.420 You just don't see it, that's all. 12 01:12.440 --> 01:18.680 Now, you know, you never see like a baby like just being born that’s all like really muscular, right? 13 01:18.690 --> 01:22.790 Like that doesn't happen. In order to get muscular, in order to get strong, 14 01:22.800 --> 01:28.770 you’ve got to go to the gym, you've got to put in the ropes, like nobody can help you with that, no matter 15 01:28.800 --> 01:32.180 how rich or how privileged or how smart you are. 16 01:32.790 --> 01:36.250 If you don't go to the gym you're not going to get stronger. 17 01:36.600 --> 01:43.140 And it's the same with a lot of other skills, you know, like, with programming, I would bet that there is 18 01:43.320 --> 01:49.940 no one programmer who you can find who hasn't done the work. 19 01:50.040 --> 01:56.950 Like you don't just show up on your day one and you’re like, well, I know everything. That doesn't work. 20 01:56.950 --> 02:03.990 And in most cases, like, you know, people often hide like the hard work that's required in order to get 21 02:03.990 --> 02:06.030 to where they are. 22 02:06.210 --> 02:10.890 Like if you think about the game Pokemon Go, like you remember that from like a few years ago, how it 23 02:10.890 --> 02:17.090 just blew up overnight and literally everybody was walking around playing Pokemon Go, I swear. 24 02:17.130 --> 02:21.760 And newspapers were saying like, “Oh, overnight sensation, Pokemon Go.” 25 02:21.770 --> 02:27.960 And it's like you know the creators stumbled on like some sort of a pot of gold. 26 02:27.960 --> 02:32.540 But actually like, do you know how many other games that Niantic 27 02:32.580 --> 02:35.670 and the founders of Niantic have built before that? 28 02:35.760 --> 02:43.220 Like how many have failed and how many were just kind of meh, like until they had this big moment? 29 02:43.320 --> 02:44.520 We don't see that. 30 02:44.550 --> 02:46.300 But it doesn't mean it doesn't happen, 31 02:46.410 --> 02:46.710 right? 32 02:47.160 --> 02:54.330 So, in order to get good at something, you've got to show up, you’ve got to put in the hours, and then you'll 33 02:54.330 --> 02:56.810 get the results that you deserve. 34 02:57.000 --> 03:01.800 And in fact you know like if you suddenly just like win the lottery and you get something that you haven't 35 03:01.800 --> 03:04.610 really worked hard for you never really cherish it. 36 03:04.680 --> 03:09.990 Like if somebody gives you a gift and you didn't have to work hard for it it's not the same as the thing 37 03:09.990 --> 03:13.990 that you know you worked a whole summer for like washing dishes. 38 03:13.990 --> 03:15.280 Like I certainly remember that. 39 03:15.280 --> 03:20.160 Like that thing that you buy is so different from something that somebody usually gives you. 40 03:20.730 --> 03:29.090 So put in the work, put in the effort, and the results will happen, I promise, and I am here for you and 41 03:29.100 --> 03:31.460 I'm here cheering you on. I believe in you. 42 03:32.100 --> 03:33.920 And I think you're going to do great. 43 03:33.960 --> 03:35.330 So just keep going.