Escaping the Sea of Sameness: "Core" Path vs "Creative" Path

In my last post, I mentioned a "pivot." But tody we have another story of another pivot 🫣 When I started this journey, I did exactly what you are supposed to do. I pulled up the roadmaps. I looked at the " Frontend Developer " path (HTML, CSS, JS) and I started walking.But while my brain was trying to memorize syntax, my heart was cheating on the curriculum. The "Right" Way vs. The "Real" Way Every time I was supposed to be studying any logical structure, I found myself drifting toward Animated Websites. I was obsessing over visuals, over the "feel" of a site, over 3D objects that you could spin and touch. I realized early on that I wasn't falling in love with "coding" in the traditional sense. I didn't get a dopamine rush. Otherwise, I got it from visuals and making things move. The Trap of Competence But here is the paradox every creative person faces: To be a great designer, I realized I had to become a coder. I had these wild, vivid ideas in my head (crazy animations, immersive wor