Yup. I frickin did it. Iโm employed!! ๐ฅณ
Iโve been dropping some hints.. who can guess where Iโm going to be working? ๐ค๐คญ
I am so grateful for
@leonnoel
and all of the time, thoughtfulness, and passion he puts into the
#100Devs
community. I was an active member of the second
well, A LOT of change has happened, and quite quickly in the past few weeks. I got my first big tech job with a STACKED team of the coolest, most talented, and awesome people ever. I am going through a breakup in one the most pivotal relationships Iโve ever had. a few days ago, I
Very happy to share my NEW portfolio, with the driest code I've had so far, thanks to React ๐
I built my first portfolio when I first started the 100Devs cohort last year!! It was definitely time for a revamp ๐คฉ I'm loving the simplicity.
๐
its suicide prevention month and its tough to talk about. but we have to talk about it. *trigger warning*.
over 3 years ago, I tried to take my life and was found with a belt around my neck. I now have permanent brain damage and my memory, along with other cognitive related
Wow.. itโs official.
A stressful, but life-changing year of chasing my passion, stimulating my brain, building projects that my community has actually used, and making valuable connections with incredibly passionate, intelligent humans ๐ค
Next up: employment๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ป
#100Devs
#WeGoGet
Words cannot express how blessed I feel to be joining the
@ClerkDev
team. A special thank you to
@jescalan
for being such an amazing human being, and friend. I am SO excited to work alongside him and so many other admirable people ๐ฅฐ
<strong> <emphasis> I do not care </strong> </emphasis> how many followers you have. if you are in the tech industry and you are kind person, we can connect.
#friendsnotfollowers
went on a date with a software engineer from SF and i asked him if he had any social media and he replied โmainly githubโ ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฒ this canโt be real
I'm very proud to announce that after 68+ hours of designing, breaking, scroll wheeling, frustration, learning, and celebration, my client's website is live! This was a from-scratch, mostly solo, mostly front-end project and I loved every second of it.
โฆ Hi! I'm Alexis :)
โฆ 100Devs 2022 Cohort
โฆ Web Development and Design
โฆ Personal growth and mental health advocate
โฆ Absolutely adores anime, PC gaming, and weight lifting
took my first PTO today and
โข connected my mac to my battle station
โข brought fresh, warm, gourmet donuts to the last two hospitals I worked at and thanked them for being my families; also donated my scrubs to them ๐ฉบ
โข got my nails done ๐ ๐ผ
โข got an actual haircut styleโฆ
ok Iโm just gonna say it. I expect men of tech to be more intelligent and of higher caliber than most men. with that being said, if youโre seriously feeding into the discourse that fuels the hate against women, and further perpetuating a male dominated field, you should be deeply
โฆ๏ธ watched
#100Devs
classes 16-22
โฆ๏ธ answered some questions in the html-css-help channel
โฆ๏ธ completed 30 sections of FCCโs basic JS course
โฆ๏ธ updated my links page, portfolio, and github
โฆ๏ธ finished 6 kata on codewars
โฆ๏ธ finished season 2 of bridgerton ๐ฅต
crazy that dan jutan can just terrorize the fuck out of people and make a โcomebackโ to lure in a new group of innocent people to terrorizeโฆ
I was quiet then, Iโm not being quiet now. please stay far away from this human. what you saw last time was not the first. and wonโt be
pics taken on a nokia flip phone ๐ญ
also warning: sappy story incoming
1 year ago, verrry scared, recent bootcamp grad lex gathered all her might to make it to her first tech conference
@ReactMiamiConf
I was so nervous I didnโt even show up until lunch time. but I showed up.
just got off the call with the eng director and Iโm currently sobbing because Iโm pretty sure Iโm *finally* seeing all of my hard work and sacrifices come to fruition
I couldn't just have my first job in tech and build a company from the ground up in peace man ๐ช I did a lot of cool shit in that one single month. it really hurts that it's all gone now...
but!! my heart is on the positive.
I have immense support. I have a lot of love and
anyone else still doing the codecademy courses? ๐
Iโm taking my time and doing them paired with freecodecamp and codewars. getting that repetition in ๐ช๐ฝ
please report
@DanJutanium
on here and
@jutanium
on github for impersonation, at the least. this is actually insane that he is still obsessing over Theo and I
How I made the most out of attending my first ever tech conference as a "newer" developer and how I navigated large-group socializing as a woman with autism:
and reach out to your fucking friends.
if you havenโt talked to a friend in a week or so, ask them whats their favourite thing they did this week.
when someone pops into ur head, tell them!! tell them u are thinking of them.
please, love out loud.
we need each other.
Happy One Month at
@ClerkDev
to meee!
Clerk Docs are now open source ๐ฅณ
This was a huge and exciting project and I'm so happy to finally share the news. We have migrated a ton of our content from Sanity to MDX, in order to make the contribution process simpler and more
day 6 of finding out everything in javascript is an object:
i still cannot trust; i have built walls and barricades around my heart as i yearn for connection that i may never allow myself to have. there is no peace. there is onlyโฆ
objects.
@crutchcorn
Corbin has one of the biggest hearts in this community. I was alongside them during the Butter journey and we tried mitigating and helping Dan. Corbin especially was so incredibly patient, and their empathy knows NO bounds. Even when I would get so fed up with Dan shit, Corbin
it's crazy that when I open my fridge and see it completely full and it's all healthy foods, I have flashbacks of my childhood, opening the fridge to see nothing except things like ketchup and mustard. there were so many days where I had to knock on doors or stay at a friends
thankful thursday ๐ญโจ๐ค
have been working at Clerk for a little over 4 months and got my review today and it was so spectacular, it absolutely made my day โบ๏ธ Iโm so thankful and happy that I am making this team proud ๐
like I donโt think you guys understand what a career to means to someone like me who grew up on the streets, in the system, and truly knew nothing outside of hate and abuse and poverty.
not only the work I have done for my skills, but the work Iโve had to do for myself, my inner
thankful thursday ๐ญโจ๐ค
blessed to have a big enough paycheck that supports me AND my baby sister, my niece, and my nephew.
not everyone can make it out. sometimes the easier choice is to succumb to life kicking you down, drugs and poverty and abuse.. but Iโm proud of my baby
how about when I was working with a small startup and three people on the team who were friends with each other decided to dig to find my IG and tik tok, and then messaged the CEO saying I looked promiscuous and they felt I couldnโt be trusted (bc of my looks?) and also claimed
Ooooh hereโs my fave. This is a real person in tech. They found my IG and I had to put it on private ๐ฅฐ
They responded REALLY WELL to this feedback and apologized. That almost never happened. The reason I responded was because of their continuous public engagement and care.
This was incredibly well explained! Please spare a few minutes of your time to learn some new methods for increasing accessibility!
The new topics I learned:
โฆ๏ธ anchor tags vs. buttons
โฆ๏ธ all: unset
โฆ๏ธ when to add type=โbuttonโ to buttons inside forms
This weekend, I channeled all of those negative emotions into hard work, and I built
It brought me solace to learn new things and reaffirm my skills ๐ฑ๐ค
The CSS Generators API offers a directory of efficacious websites that generate CSS design elements.
Clerk has an ERG group for the โGirliesโ of Clerk. We got to get ourselves a little treat for our quarterly meeting - I got a smoothie and a croissant ๐โโ๏ธ
thankful thursday ๐ญโจ๐ค
well, this is gonna be a pretty personal one but what is gratitude if not intimate? I share the realest parts of myself because to show yourself is to show your humanity.
two of my closest friends got into a horrible car accident last saturday when a
Celebrating my
@ClerkDev
anniversary feels like a dream. Iโm so blessed to be a part of a team full of wonderful, kind, and talented people. I am always motivated and inspired. I wake up every morning excited to take on another day.
Iโm so grateful to have so much ownership over
thankful thursday ๐ญโจ๐ค
I am so grateful for my job, but even more grateful for it to be more than a paycheck. I wake up every morning excited to tackle another day with
@ClerkDev
๐ฅน๐ค
having the autonomy to run errands during the day when miami traffic isnโt as bad, and then hitting my work hours in the evenings is absolute bliss ๐ค
its sad that there are some talented, very driven, and truly quick learning devs out here that want to work so badly, and we just arenโt getting lucky.
For those at
@RenderATL
, we have a challenge for you! Grab a pair of socks from a Clerk team member, post the best picture of you wearing the socks, and tag
@ClerkDev
for a chance to win a Cotopaxi backpack!
I have too many things to share about React Miami that I canโt get in order, but I will say one of my favorite things that keeps replaying in my mind is hearing:
โThis is the first conference I got real girl time with the other attendees.โ
The girls def had a time this week โจ
had a lot of really hard events thrown at me these past few weeks..iโm having to quit my job that i love at the animal hospital for a bartending job so that i can be able to afford living again.
have to put 100Devs on hold while i transition, as iโll be working 7am-10pm...
How virtual DOM diffing works under the hood. "change data and based off that data, display content"
Check out
@willsentance
new, "The Hard Parts of UI" course!
First day of
@RenderATL
recap: the pre-pre-render pre-party pregame for the pre-render party. thank you
@jescalan
for hosting us in your home ๐ค
did you guys know that
@ClerkDev
โs Engineering Manager lives in a shockingly beautiful, utopian commune in georgia??
my friend is a food content creator here in miami so I always get the best free experiences. today, I ate 100% the best burger Iโve ever had at this new burger spot. 10 min walk from my place ๐คค๐คค