It is said that "direction is more important than speed." When you embark on a journey of the unknown, you will need a guide at some point while on it. As a self-taught developer, I had this need for direction. I seemed lost most of the time. The developer community is quite helpful but you still need a 'go-to' person.

When She Code Africa announced her mentorship program for the cohort 4, I was elated. Just what I needed at the moment. I applied and was taken as a mentee on the JavaScript track. Toady marks the end of the second week of the mentorship program. This is an article on my progress so far since I joined the mentorship program.

Concepts learned

Listed below (not in a particular order) are the concepts I have been studying with clarity, since I joined the program.

• Revised HTML and CSS

• Revised GitHub

• Understanding programming in general

• Basic JavaScript

• JavaScript Functions

• JavaScript Operators

• JavaScript Nullish coalescence operator

• JavaScript Interaction: alert, prompt, confirm

• JavaScript Data types

• JavaScript Switch statement

• JavaScript If/else statements

• JavaScript Event listeners

And more...

Projects done

The Fylo dark theme page from frontendmentor

A clickable dropdown menu for small screen view

Conclusion

I am so excited at how far I have come these past two weeks of the program. It does pay to have a mentor pointing and encouraging you to do better. I am grateful to the She Code Africa community for this opportunity.