I was thinking to myself that I need to write a blog post about Travis Rodgers, Travis.media.
To be honest, for starters, I was thinking that, I have to break the silence of this blog and start blogging again.
Initially, there was a Blog Silence in 2018, in 2019, and then in 2020 (1 blogpost for the whole year) alongside with korono-virus bullshit, and after that a silence in 2021 (again with 1 blogpost for the whole year only…) and last the silence started to break like ice in 2022 with only 2 blogposts, to be completely silent again in 2023.
Trying again to break the silence in the very end of 2023, I have traced in Youtube the Travis.media channel. Owner is a really cool guy that dares to comment, to act upon, to judge in his own way, to sympathize, and defy all those people that keep telling him what to do. People that are calling him an “imposter Developer”, “a guy that he does not develop anything in terms of software” and accusing him of being a “fake it till you make it”.
His Life story has some similarities with mine. Wow!!! IF I post this blogpost, I will be breaking silence again (2nd blog post for this year !!!).
So…Let’s Go!
First of all, (I get no single dime of money from Travis…) You can find him in the following links:
http://www.youtube.com/@TravisMedia
https://x.com/travisdotmedia
https://travis.media/
Travis did a monumental change in his career and life, at his 34 years of age, by becoming a software developer.
He faced many difficulties and he is a live example of a person that faced and managed all the obstacles one can face when following the path of Self-learning.
For his remarkable story, you can watch this video below:
Travis & Me, Similarities
- I have faced also the need for a core and serious change in my career.
- This need for change was also a “dream of ” to be a Data Analyst & a BI Expert of some kind.
- I was not aware of programming skills at all.
- I also tried, (and I am still trying) to learn specific programming concepts or languages, like SQL, Python and R (alongside with some VBA).
- I have faced similar comments or behaviours from other developers, that I met in a Meetup group that I enrolled, which was dealing with Techstuff and DevStaff in general and with the Love for Tech (I cannot argue the openness of the group though…).
Travis & Me, Non-Similarities
- Travis was surely more brave than I was. he finally became a developer, and then he changed his career again and became a Boss of Himself.
- He took also the crucial decision to invest time, sweat, money, and life moments, to learn about software development.
I am still trying to learn and practice several stuff, on SQL, Python, and VBA and surely I am forced by several factors to keep my time investment low on what I would like to learn, since my 9-5 job consumes more than 11 hours of my time on a daily basis.
I didn’t have any epilogue closing in mind when I started this blog post. I still don’t have one. All I want to say is that Travis Rodgers has been an inspiration to me, despite of the very little time I have known him through his Youtube channel.
He Rocks the House ! Thank you so much Travis Rodgers, Travis.media.
Ilias