From a Commerce student to an Android Developer — Amen Tyagi’s Story

Udacity India
Jul 24, 2017 · 3 min read

Your education doesn’t define you, the kind of person you are, or doesn’t make you what you want to be. It’s just your will and actions that make it easier for you to achieve your dreams!

Amen Tyagi

Most of you might have seen movies like Lakshya, Wake Up Sid and Tamasha. Some of these might be very close to your heart. Because it tells a story. The story of a guy whom you meet every day when you see yourself in the mirror.

My story is no different or unusual. 20 years old, born and brought up in New Delhi, pursuing B.COM from Delhi University and chasing dreams the society kept in front of me. But, I always wanted to be different, play with those binary numbers, and build something of my own that would bring an impact. The idea of being able to build something from scratch that could help or entertain millions & billions of people around the world was my ultimate motivation. That’s what brought me to Udacity!

I searched for best online courses to learn to program on Google, and ‘Udacity’ was the top result to show up. I also read tons of reviews of courses and the website itself, and soon enough I realized that it is the one I’m looking for. I’ve found one of the best (if not the best) resources to start my dream career in the programming world. Coming from a commerce background, I had never written a single line of code ever before and watching all the code at once was very-very overwhelming and intimidating but I had decided that I won’t be scared of these funny looking lines and would do my best to understand everything. Fortunately, the teachers here at Udacity are amazing people and great teachers. It’s all because of them that I was able to finish my course so quick and easily. Here is a screenshot of one of my current projects:

A few weeks ago, I would have never imagined that I’ll ever be able to design or create something of my own from scratch by coding but I did that and did it well, I believe. Thanks Katherine Kuan ma’am for all the guidance and support throughout!

Recently, I have built an app for my uncle for his local business, and he is quite impressed. The focus right now is to improve my skills as much as I can and build as many apps as possible in one year.

The best part I realized after completing my Nanodegree was, that it leaves you with immense intellect and the desire to create better technology. One such desire is to contribute to the society through my newly acquired skills. I am also looking forward to coming up with a great idea that I could share with people all around the world.

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