learning

not every loss is by chance

three years into an ITA prep cohort, in a daily routine of at least thirteen hours of study, I believed that passing such a competitive exam would come down to effort alone—and it did not. In fact, it was not for lack of effort; some things are simply out of our control. Still, not every loss is by chance. Everything I had learned—and thank God for the ENEM I took that same year, completely discouraged after an exam I thought I had no chance in—let me use my score for Computer Engineering at UFG.

learning

it was the beginning of the course, and I still had no drive and had not fully processed that I was in the program I had always wanted. I stuck at first to the subjects I was used to studying at the time and kept doing exercises during lectures while the professor explained. In the ITA cohort I learned that no hard journey is walked alone; because of that I started leaning on classmates who are close friends today.

Roger Federer

one day I watched a Roger Federer speech about the importance of seeing the glass as half full. If you look at his whole successful career (many consider him the greatest of all time), he himself noted that even with nearly 80% wins across 1,526 matches, he won only 54% of the points, making the point that missing and losing are a natural part of success. Michael Jordan also said: "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I was trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

nothing is by chance

result: I really love the course I'm in, and learning is honestly what I like most; mixing software engineering, AI, and all the math behind it has me really excited about what's coming next.

that way, the idea was never about winning or losing, but how you deal with each side.