Baba Ghanoush?

I started my journey into the world of Computer Science in 2018. Throughout this journey I have experienced many positive moments that I never thought I could have accomplished. Recently, the crux of this whole computer science adventure came to fruition when I started working as a Full Stack Software Engineer. To say that I was excited would be a massive understatement.

However, these accomplishments did not just happen overnight. Like many of my classmates, I spent countless nights staying up late to work on assignments, sacrificed weekends to make sure my personal portfolio was presentable, and practically ripped my hair out trying to debug programs. Throughout the endless struggles I learned an important lesson: There will always be new technologies to learn, so don’t stress too much. Just focus on the fundamentals and my hard work will pay off in the long run.

So what does the delicious roasted eggplant appetizer have to do with my journey to become a software engineer? Well, as one might imagine, working late into the night trying to determine what is causing the latest segmentation fault causes people to become delirious. ‘Baba ghanoush’ became a more pleasant way to verbally express my frustrations. It eventually evolved into a more catch-all phrase to mean ‘no worries’ – kind of like ‘hakuna matata’. Who knows maybe one day it will evolve into the next hot JavaScript library!