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From a factory worker to a full-stack developer in 1.5 years of grind.
I’m not saying this to flex.
I’m saying this because I didn’t believe it was possible either.
1.5 years ago, I was working in a vegetables factory.
10 hours a day. Packing. Picking. Standing.
Physically exhausting. Mentally draining.
I had dropped out of college because of financial issues.
This felt like the end of the road.
A friend told me: “Try learning to code.”
I saved whatever money I could.
Took some help from my parents.
Bought a laptop.
Quit the factory job.
For a while, the internet became my university.
I kept remembering something @elonmusk once said:
“Everything you need to learn is available on the internet for free.”
I used that line like a rule.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript one month.
Then React.
No fancy courses. Just docs, projects, and breaking things.
Got my first internship.
Struggled. Learned. Improved.
After 4 months, I pushed harder:
– Deep React (no tutorial hopping)
– Backend basics
– Some DSA
That grind got me a full-stack role at a US-based company (onsite in Bhopal).
Life tested me again when my grandfather the person I always looked up to had a heart attack.
It broke me.
I quit. Took time. Regrouped.
Started freelancing.
Got 2 to 3 projects.
Kept moving forward.
My journey hasn’t been clean.
It’s been messy, uncertain, and uncomfortable.
But here I am.
2025 was just a warm-up.
2026 is execution.
If you’re starting from zero
don’t underestimate what 1–2 years of focused grind can do.
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