Soooooo...... I got a job :) I'm officially a software developer! Tomorrow will mark the end of my first week and I have loved every bit of how challenging and cool it is to do this for a real project and join a huge repo & team.
Day 41-52 of
#100daysofcode
Missed the last 11 days of tweeting which sucks, I was really set on making the streak. But life happened pretty hard! It was happening all over me. 🤪 I've still been coding, so here's the detailed update. Below is proof I've still been on lol.
This exact time last year I was on class 5 or 6 of 100devs refreshing HTML and CSS. This week I am integrating a new LLM into our application with my team. A year really can change everything
Made some custom assets for my new portfolio site and so happy with how it's shaping up :,) Hoping to complete it and have it up by the weekend, I just want to get some examples of my work together and hook up the form
#100devs
#100daysofcode
People learning to code: When you are looking at a block of code that makes no sense to you, PLEASE put it into chatGPT and ask for a breakdown. This has helped me so much while studying
Figured I’d throw this out there, is anyone open to do a coffee chat? I’m on class 32 of
#100devs
, learning MERN stack and would love talk to newbies or seasoned engineers, just want to connect with other people in the space 🌟
#100DaysOfCode
Just submitted my first application as a Software Engineer with a referral (!!! )thanks to a lovely friend I made on Twitter. Seriously this community rocks! Speak with people! Be open and make friends! This community is totally prepared to hold you and watch you succeed.
So I ended my first week as a developer yesterday and have some tips if you're curious!
🌟 Create (or contribute to) the docs for your project. Just for yourself and your own understanding, or for your team and new devs getting onboarded after you. This advice was given to me +
Hey, just finished the first of two blog posts where I go over how I build websites like this (for clients, portfolios, whatever). I loved learning from
#100devs
members and being
#communitytaught
so this is (part of) my contribution.
Day 1 of
#100daysofcode
which I'm restarting cause I fell off hard. Was still coding every day but just got burnt out parenting, working, studying, and networking. But yeah made this website mock up today, going to get a few together to add to portfolio. Would y'all want a blog
Hey y'all. Just finished my revamped portfolio site. Feel free to check it out. Super happy with the art and the feel. Curious what you think!
#100devs
#100daysofcode
Day 60 of
#100daysofcode
Beginning work on 100hrs project. Added chakraUI and tailwind to a next set up. Beginning layout for dashboard. Also writing an article documenting every step!! I think it will be super interesting to look back on!
daily gratitude spill: I just got assigned a ticket with a Figma link and... this is the coolest thing ever. I was doing this every day for months and hoping to do it as a job and now. I'm here?? Doing it. Making something really cool. Woah
I took October off from my job. I was so burnt out being home with my toddler during the day and working nights/weekends for ... very little money.
I had a weird feeling I wouldn't have to go back.
I got offered to join this project November 1st 🥲
I actually really dont like coding without type safety now lol. November 1st I'd never written Typescript and now I see regular Javascript and feel uncomfortable
To add some value here, I got literally no responses from click apply to jobs, even when I tried to network in. This job came from inbound interest based on what I assume was 1. building my presence and advocating for my skills and 2. local networking
Passed my first coding assessment!!! Got stumped on the coding challenge but eventually figured it out after like way too long of tooling around with it. But yeah, I passed 😭
Also... last year I thought Javascript and Java were interchangeable names for the same language. Now I'm building full-stack applications with a relatively good understanding. Whew
#100devs
killed it
Getting general anxiety that the market is too saturated, competition is too high, AI this, don't use that, blah blah. Literally just saying this so other people don't feel alone. Not gonna stop becoming a SWE though 😗
Day 34
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Cleaned up my resume, applied for 1 job, met with group for project, continued Scrimba React course, studied node.js/express a little more deeply. Chugging along!
Day 58 of
#100daysofcode
#100devs
Continuing MVC, modularizing apps by abstraction. More react. Updates are just less interesting because I’m so busy and basically just studying and writing little programs to help understanding. Have to get back to refining my projects +
Woah.. 300+ of you guys. I’m really grateful, this community is soooooo motivating and helpful. If I havent spoken with you yet feel free to introduce yourself!! 🫶🏻🌟
Think I’m getting back on the horse. Had the craziest (worst?) week. Broke up w partner, close loved one had a heart attack (now stable ❤️), missed a deadline, and I’m dead broke! But still happy and grateful and excited to continue this journey
Day 21
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Lost my voice today lol, but still trucking. Drew a banner for my socials while finishing Class 35. I love plants and gardening so it fits! Also pushed two 7kyu code wars, chopped away at Zelda API and now going to do wireframe for Blossom
Day 23
#100DaysOfCode
#100Devs
Studied more async/await, did Anki, finished first 5kyu code wars and merged, and actually started a wireframe for the Zelda API project because I'm loving Figma so much. Going to get back to serious studying this week.
Calling
#100devs
folks that need an open source contribution: Had a few requests to make the BOTW Compendium open source. I think it would be a really fun project to have collaborators on, so I just committed the MIT license to the repo.
I have like three assignments left in 100 devs y'all.
#100daysofcode
day whatever. Might start a countdown til I get hired instead ?! I have one on my Linkedin already.
Day 31
#100DaysOfCode
#100Devs
Put so much work into this today and am super happy with it, only needs some minor refinements and media queries and I will call it complete.
Also 10% through the Scrimba React course!
This is the first blog post in a series I'm going to write on becoming a software engineer, which i'll continue until I get a job offer! Actually really proud of this. If you wanna read about me being a nerdy kid or what I did before... give it a read :)
My coffee chat tweet was a while ago and I’m not sure who’s still available so: hey, any 100devs/tech/swe folks up for a coffee chat in the next few weeks?
Just had such a positive interview experience, even though I mixed up the location (this was onsite). The interviewer was so kind, plus I was able to be waitlisted for a different, remote position. A win is a win!
The stack is really familiar which is awesome, node, next and react, with some new things sprinkled in. I started 100devs in January and got this offer just last week. Unreal
Finished this digital business card with React! I'm pretty good with every element of the MERN stack at this point except Express. I get it and all, but still struggle to implement it without copy+pasting everything and not really understanding. Lol
Day 39
#100DaysofCode
#100devs
Spent 4 hrs refactoring an old client website into React and Next, debugging, all that. Going to do redesign next. Felt so good to be working on an actual product that someone will use. Can’t wait to share when its done
Day 3 of
#100daysofgamedev
Working with collision shapes!! Makes it feel like an actual game
Going to take off some time from coding I think to replace all of this with my own assets as I'm soooo excited to start making this my own.
Day 19
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Slow day, me and baby are sick. Typo yesterday, I finished class 33*. And started 34 today! Did my codewars and pushed it. Scheduled some coffee chats. Will do Anki and 😴
Day 21
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Had two awesome coffee chats today, worked out those designs for the 100hrs project, started class 35, but otherwise took a coding break 🥲 Which I feel sort of guilty about but was much needed. Back to it tomorrow
Starting again y'all!
#100DaysOfCode
day 1. Taking a break from the 100hrs project because I'm working with tons of backend Next conversions without being proficient enough. So I'm moving to a smaller project to really learn Next before returning to the beast lol.
Day 38 (yesterday)
#100daysofcode
#100devs
Got a first client a few days ago with a team of other devs, so set up a game plan with them, then had a great coffee chat with
@DomsDojo
and started a Node Traversy Media video, studied Next.js, and added more Banki!
#100hours
project going well, converting to React and Tailwind from EJS and Bootstrap purely out of preference lol. It is a network for sharing secondhand goods, will share more of the interfaces soon! Codebase is up on github if you're curious though.
Obligatory
@leonnoel
changed my life and so did every single person I spoke to or heard their stories throughout the
#100Devs
community. So many celebrations posts and tea spills and coffee chats that got me here. Community taught <3
Day 2 of
#100daysofgamedev
Not much done just some research, pinterest inspo-ing on my off time, and getting the guy to move around on the map rather than a blank background :)
Day like 7 of
#100daysofcode
Ugh still have been coding but just havent been on Twitter. Same old stuff, workkkk, lifeeeee. Blegh. My portfolio is live but I'm going to wait to post until I properly hook up the form. going to make a few more sites to add as examples of my work.
Kind of burning the candle at both ends lately, still coding everyday but taking a break from twitter. If we have a coffee chat, I’ll try to reach out individually, but I’m postponing for the next 2 weeks or so!! Lots of personal life stuff going on. See y’all soon :)
Day 28
#100daysofcode
#100devs
Built a few basic CRUD apps, finished classes 37 and 38, things are crazy irl so I’m just getting what I can done. Refusing to miss a day!
I've worked in Typescript before but haven't gone out of my way to really learn it, so I'm gonna do a little Scrimba course on it
Most of the files in my work repo are in ts so it feels necessary to level up my understanding a bit
The details are: it's a locally founded start-up, my position is contracted to try out my skills, and with the potential to go full-time. I'm just ... beyond ecstatic for the opportunity to get real experience like this and begin my journey!
Also what??? Just realized I hit 500? I’m so grateful 🥲 Thank you for following my journey in tech. Hope I can provide some value to ya or just make you laugh
#100daysofcode
#100devs
Getting a lot closer with this UI, still tweaking, but moving into details like conditional classes to show selections, remembering scroll on elements, animations. So proud of this though
Day 12 of
#100daysofcode
. I've been working on so much. Started a new webpage mock up, this time with multiple pages and some dynamic elements. Also going back to classes 46-50 to review the todo app now that my brain isn't immediately melting on contact
Day 36
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Added cards to my Anki deck, merged 5kyu codewars, finished class 41, did a frontend mentor reading on Node, going to get out of bed once the baby is asleep and study til I pass ouuuuttttt. Wbu? Hope everyone is doing well! 🫶🏼
Day 13
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
almost two weeks!! Put a ton into my Zelda api project today, began making some assets for the site to make it really cool looking.. excited to share those soon. Have been connecting with so many awesome people too!! 🫶🏼 Slacking on anki though 😶
Day 34
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Further into the React scrimba course, think i’m about 25% through! Loving it. Worked on my portfolio by adding my recent projects, & spoke with a friend’s mentor and was brought onto a group project I’m super excited for. Good day :)
I'm on about 25/100 hrs of this project and just wrapped up formatting the post page. I have so many feature ideas that I definitely can fill the next three quarters of this time but damn it's also daunting to think of what's ahead. But look how good this looks!
#100devs
My latest imposter syndrome thing is I can make anything happen with vanilla CSS, like ANYTHING, but i’m anxious about it being up to “industry standard” and readable lol. Is this normal/does it get better with time
Day 4
#100daysofgamedev
Taking the little sprite i made and making a character portrait, she is the first character i came up with for the story months ago. Still new to pixel art, not set on style, but still love her :)
Omg I'm beaming right now. I love people! The last few coffee chats I've had have been really awesome and have restored a lot of my energy for this. And I got a client yesterday. Share your wins/recent projects with me if ya wanna!
Day 27
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Finished group tictactoe in OOP only! Finished class 37 and started 38. Just studying and studying. Modules and data structures.
Day 26
#100DaysOfCode
#100Devs
Studied promises and async/await, js modules and node.js. Pushed a 4kyu code wars. FOUR!! Did more work on an object oriented vers of tic tac toe that I’m pair coding. Updated LinkedIn. Started class 36! Feel like I’m in a stage of grinding. Ugh
Feel like I need to refresh my job hunt strategy a little as I'm still not getting past the application stage. How did you successfully get the interview?
Update on my 100 hrs project, Secondhand. No interesting visuals because I’m slowly converting to Next 😀 About 30/100 hours on the books! Roadmap seems to be growing infinitely
Can't sleep so working on
#100devs
100 hours project wireframe for Blossom! I ended up going with design 1 based on some critiques from
@gicarious
. Design using figma
#100DaysofCode
Day 33
#100daysofcode
#100devs
1/3 done, so crazy! Finished the digital business card with React, pushed a 5kyu codewars, added like 12 Banki cards to my deck. Started adding media queries to my Zelda API which is proving to be a big thing. Started class 40
Day 5
#100daysofcode
(yesterday) finished the mock up for another client site. Despite using React/tailwind/component libraries it's still such a lengthy process to get to the mock up stage! That's without writing copy, setting up cloud for assets, and anything but the landing +
Day 18
#100DaysOfCode
#100Devs
More work on Zelda API, studying OOP further to try and refactor properly. Finished class 32. Did a tough Codewars. Doing Anki now! Excited about some projects I have in mind for the 100 hours. Feeling overwhelmed by Banki
Day 17
#100DaysOfCode
Using the state hook tons right now with this Tailwind gradient builder. Right now directions and custom colors work. Outputs are good just need to bring them to UI. Super simple and functional! Will be able to save favs & look through a default library
day 0
#100daysofgamedev
here's everything i have done so far for this game idea i've had for like two years. i have waffled a lot between regular digital or pixel art and have some concepts of a character i drew months ago
My boss and I had a mutual connection in our area and he found me through that. I also took
@leonnoel
‘s advice and used
@CVCompiler
and noticed my .docx resume was not being picked up by the algorithm so switched to .pdf and got so many more views on my profile
Day 35
#100DaysOfCode
#100Devs
Merged codewars, finished class 40, started 41, 40% through React Scrimba course. Need to get back to studying Anki and putting the Bank into my card deck. Just gets sooo repetitive. Ugh
Day 20! Whewww. One fifth done?!
#100DaysOfCode
#100devs
Pushed codewars, pushed TraversyMedia Node Crash Course into 100devs folder. Spent more time on 34, will finish tonight. Messed around more with Zelda API this morning, but still so much work to do.