I suck at testing.
There are some things that click, and some that don’t. For me, testing doesn’t click. I understand the benefit of it, helping getting my thoughts in order and drive code in a structured way. I don’t know if its the specific DSL of using rspec, or what. But I am not good at it (yet).

Since testing is my achilles heel, I’ve decided to make it my prerogative to get it down. I don’t want to back away from a challenge just because I don’t get it at first. It’s completely okay that I’m not good at testing right now. The reason I’m at The Iron Yard is because I don’t have all the skills required to be a proficient Junior Rails Developer at my current level. That’s why I’m going to use the time that I have here to master any skills that I’m not good at. Testing is currently at the top of my list. Once I get it down (and I will get it down) I’ll move on to the next beast. Keep knocking them down one after another until I feel confident doing what I’m doing. Then when I’m confident, look at some amazing code that I don’t understand and begin the journey again. Learning is an ongoing process and it’s something that is needed by a web engineer. To be able to continuously challenge myself and push into the next technology. Adapting, evolving, and challenging. Three things that I love to do and will continue to do for as long as I can.
Coding is fun. Always changing and never perfect.