Steve
@sdv.eth
I remember being 11 combing through Lissa Explains it All trying to understand HTML tables. I remember being 13 on a forum asking how to put Corpse Explosion (a Diablo 2 spell) into a custom map on Warcraft 3 and a kind stranger named Shimrra patiently explaining how to code it line by line and answering all my naive questions. I remember being 14 on MySpace in an HTML Experts group seeing numerous people pushing the limits of what could be done with profile pages, sharing their learnings, while taking time to help others like myself troubleshoot their own problems. I was just a lost kid with an internet connection and silly ideas. I found my path with the help of many kind strangers online. Not to mention the countless free resources I relied on and still do to this day. I long thought there was a selfish reason for my desire to be helpful, a desire to be liked. But upon reflection I think I've engrained my gratitude for these strangers by trying to pay it all forward; if even to just another lost kid.
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Carlos Matallín
@matallo.eth
This keeps me awake at night, thinking that I’m not doing enough 😞
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Steve
@sdv.eth
I think there’s merit to staying heads down and focusing on projects and day to day work. Not just for one’s livelihood but to refine your thinking and find what you’re most passionate about openly documenting for others to learn from.
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Carlos Matallín
@matallo.eth
Thanks for your words, that’s what I keep saying to myself but similarly I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for all the resources and people that helped me since I started
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