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One day, our Middle Developer Vitalik decided to rewatch Spider-Man and realized that the main character’s journey was remarkably similar to his own. The next day, he excitedly told us about it, and we asked him to write an article. So, why are IT specialists a kind of Spider-Man too?

<h3>
  Perhaps we could have chosen another superhero movie, but let’s break it down using this one as an
  example.
</h3>
<p><strong>Any movie of this genre follows the same structure:</strong></p>
<ul>
  <li>The main character is basically a loser and doesn’t know what they want to be.</li>
  <li>Their life is falling apart, and they realize they need to do something about it.</li>
  <li>
    They turn to a mentor and learn an important lesson (with great power comes great
    responsibility).
  </li>
  <li>An event gives them superpowers. The hero enjoys their newfound strength.</li>
  <li>
    A critical situation occurs (death or injury of a loved one, for example); the character
    initially gives up but then realizes it’s time to take control.
  </li>
  <li>
    The hero grows and becomes who they wanted to be, thanks to self-belief and support from loved
    ones.
  </li>
</ul>
<p>
  Doesn’t this resemble the path into IT before landing your first job? If you don’t see the
  similarities, let’s dive in deeper.
</p>
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<h3>Step One: Life “Before”</h3>
<p>
  So, you’re an ordinary person, studying in school or university, and in your free time, you’re
  glued to your computer. People around you constantly ask what you want to do in the future and
  what you want from life. You don’t know exactly, given your age, but you suspect it will involve
  computers. Computers are interesting: there are web browsers, games, videos, and all kinds of fun
  stuff — you want to work in this world, but you don’t know in what role.
</p>
<p>
  Time passes, but you can’t make a choice. You try video editing, making music, writing articles,
  and other cool stuff, but nothing feels right. However, by learning new skills, you learn how to
  learn. You don’t have money for courses, so all information comes from Google, YouTube, and other
  open sources. You figure some things out on your own. Each day, your confidence that you should
  work with computers grows.
</p>
<p>
  Or imagine a different scenario: you’re already an adult, but your life isn’t satisfying. You
  don’t like your job, the pay is low, your professionalism isn’t appreciated, and your colleagues
  only talk about kids and household chores. It all starts to feel frustrating. You want a different
  life and feel capable of more.
</p>
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<h3>Step Two: Crisis</h3>
<p>
  You reach the end of school or your first year at university, and the skills you’ve accumulated
  weigh on you: with so many possibilities, you don’t know what you want. You face choices:
</p>
<ul>
  <li>Videomaker</li>
  <li>Journalist</li>
  <li>System administrator</li>
  <li>IT support</li>
  <li>Designer</li>
</ul>
<p>
  Perhaps you make a mistake and choose one of these paths, hoping that university will help you
  grow and become a professional.
</p>
<p>
  Or you give up on that and become a programmer because you’ve heard they earn huge salaries and
  are generally awesome — but it’s completely unfamiliar to you; maybe math has always been your
  enemy.
</p>
<p>
  At university, you’re taught some really strange basics: data structures, algorithms, binary
  systems, lots of theory about memory and how computers process data — all supposedly important. In
  practice, though, this knowledge is mostly useless. How to create your own Facebook, write a
  cookie clicker, or build a new Tinder? University doesn’t tell you.
</p>
<p>
  As an adult, it’s unclear how you could leave a comfortable job for vague prospects. You feel
  anxious about failing because information is harder to absorb, risks seem scary, and it’s tough to
  decide what to retrain in. Diving into a new field from scratch is intimidating. On top of that,
  balancing work is difficult: studying takes time and effort, and with a full-time job, you barely
  have a couple of hours a day for learning (forget about family). So time passes, you’re stuck in
  anxiety, blame yourself for indecision, but are too scared to act.
</p>
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<h3>Step Three: Mentor</h3>
<p>
  At university, you meet an interesting guy who really works as a programmer and earns a lot of
  money. He shares his experience and tells you how he got there. Maybe he’s a geeky overachiever
  who’s been learning Pascal since childhood. Or maybe he’s a 200 IQ genius who just watched YouTube
  courses and now codes like a pro in any language.
</p>
<p>
  Or, while searching for a homework solution, you come across an article about getting into
  programming, get hooked, and decide to try. A programmer friend gives you advice on what to focus
  on and how to pass interviews.
</p>
<p>
  If you’re an adult, you might reconnect with a school friend who used to tinker with computers and
  is now earning a huge salary as a programmer. Inspired by their example, you see an ad for a
  course and finally decide: it’s time.
</p>
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  alt="Bez_nazvaniya_3_0717eb5919.png"
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<h3>Step Four: Gaining Power</h3>
<p>
  You start diving into the subject, and the more information you absorb, the more confident you
  feel: everything works, tasks rarely require deep knowledge, and new skills come easily. You just
  do interesting work in the evenings after studying or work. This is the moment of gaining
  superpowers — for you, there are no obstacles. You realize you can Google anything, solve any
  problem, and enjoy it. People ask you for advice, even to fix minor issues, and you start
  understanding IT humor. Your new profession feels like a blessing.
</p>
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  <img
    src="/uploads/Bez_nazvaniya_4_d1a86fa449_d10cffd6ef.png"
    alt="Bez_nazvaniya_4_d1a86fa449.png"
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</p>
<p>
  Energized by success, you’re determined to get a job. But first, you need to organize your
  knowledge, see what interviewers ask, and understand requirements for test assignments — all
  tedious. You also notice that you keep using the same techniques from project to project, no real
  growth. But it seems minor: if all lines and methods are similar, why reinvent the wheel?
</p>
<p>
  Putting doubts aside, you go to your first interview, thinking they’ll snatch up a talent like you
  right away.
</p>
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  src="/uploads/Bez_nazvaniya_5_abf89e1c7e_6328e77648.png"
  alt="Bez_nazvaniya_5_abf89e1c7e.png"
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<h3>Step Five: Failure</h3>
<p>Your first interview is a complete failure.</p>
<p>
  You discover your knowledge is useless; you should have studied based on job requirements, not
  online articles. You lack real skills or have only the basics. You get rejected repeatedly, and no
  one hires you. Beaten and desperate, you crawl back to your “den,” unsure of how to move forward.
</p>
<p>
  Now comes reflection. What’s next? Neither YouTube, Google, nor courses help anymore. The
  situation seems hopeless.
</p>
<p>
  Then you remember the person who inspired you to become a programmer. Or a friend who’s been in IT
  for three years. You reach out, and they kindly tell you it’s not time to give up — here’s a plan.
  You improve the necessary skills, ask for detailed feedback after interviews, complain to your
  loved ones about how hard it is, and they support you and celebrate every success with you.
  Gradually, you regain confidence that you can achieve your goal.
</p>
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<h3>Step Six: Success</h3>
<p>
  Your old code now seems terrible, projects become more meaningful, you build an impressive
  portfolio, and after thirty interviews, finally — the thirty-first is a success! Pop the
  champagne: our hero has finally landed the desired job. A happy ending worthy of a superhero
  movie.
</p>
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  src="/uploads/Bez_nazvaniya_2_0237efb417_43d7d5cfba.png"
  alt="Bez_nazvaniya_2_0237efb417.png"
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<p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p>
<p>
  Trying to see if you have what it takes to be Spider-Man? My answer: yes, you are Spider-Man. Why?
  Because you fell a hundred times and got back up a hundred times. You faced difficult problems and
  solved them repeatedly. You learned not to give up and to fight to the end.
</p>
<p>
  Who will pick up production after a junior drops it? Who will configure servers so clients can see
  results? Who will repaint that button red on the homepage if not you? Exactly — no one. You took
  responsibility for your employer, client, and yourself. That’s why you cannot fail at the next
  challenge; every project must be more complex, implementation simpler, algorithms shorter, and
  memory usage smaller.
</p>
<p>
  Each of us is a Spider-Man who, despite challenges, handles them and learns to live with them.
  You’ve struggled a hundred times over a hundred years, yet you never think of quitting because the
  feeling of swinging on your web (solving a problem) is why you became a developer.
</p>


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