100-Day Coding Challenge: Lessons Learned In Career Transition
100-day challenge not about reaching 100th day but maintaining habits daily. Balancing work & personal goals is key. Lowering barriers makes it sustainable.
When I first started this challenge, I considered trying something like a 100-day coding challenge. However, after evaluating how much free time I actually had, I realized it was almost impossible. So, the 100th day isn’t particularly significant to me—it’s just 27% of a year. Two or three years ago, I was juggling Japanese studies along with work, which left me with only 4–5 hours of sleep per night. Although I barely managed to pass the JLPT N1 exam, I later realized the toll it took on my body lingered for an entire year, and it’s only recently that I’ve started to recover. Over the past hu...