This book is a personal journey for both of us. It's a memoir of my time as a programmer and my feelings along the way. I've thought many times about giving up and finding a different career path but doing anything other than being a computer programmer scares me even more. Does that mean I'm stuck in a perverse ouroboros of self-pity and self-doubt? Hardly. It means that I need to dig deeper to understand why I chose the path of being a programmer and realize that it took a lot to get here and it's going to take a lot more to get where I want to be. It's a commitment to seeing things as they are now and moving forward from wherever I'm standing.
-Let's start the journey by figuring out where we are and remembering what lead us to this place.
+## Disclaimer
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+I am not a professional doctor or a therapist. I'm not qualified to give you medical advice. I'm a programmer. Anything that's in this book is given from the perspective of a struggling programmer and should not be taken as medical advice. If you need help from a medical professional please seek out that help (I even wrote an entire chapter about seeking help from others).
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+Let's start our journey by figuring out where we are and remembering what lead us to this place.
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