About: freelancing software engineer. javascript. php. python. css. husband. dad². guitarero. climber. retrogamer.
I'm wondering if you developers out there have any plans or goals for the new year or even the new decade that you'd like to share?
And I take the opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to all who create awesome things, contribute to Open Source and help making the work and life of others easier! You are gold! 👏🏻🥇
Here they are:
I am looking to get more involved in developer communities, blog/write about various topics, start a youtube channel, start my own development agency and make some cool new products :)
You asked us the question, but didn't tell us your goals! So, what are your goals?
It's like you copied my goals, I would also add that i want to make a lot of money this year as a developer. ☺
You asked us the question, but didn't tell us your goals!
Will do soon! Thanks for asking.
So, what are your goals?
I am hoping to make several open source products such as my first one here: github.com/FultonBrowne/Ara-android
Planning to get more into React (I know the basics but I want to become more confident with the framework); look at Blockstack and dApps; contribute to open source; finally start blogging for real?
Learn Azure and get certification, learn Angular, switch my current job for better opportunities, start blog. I also want to spent sometime getting domain knowledge. Likewise, create a passive income source.
switch my current job for better opportunities
So encouraging to hear that you're not staying unsatisfied in your current job but being brave enough to switch! Wishing you the best for this change!
Yes.. current job is good. Working on latest stack. But now a days it is not challenging enough for me.
I just want to become good with programming...I am a newbie and looking forward the day I'll be doing stuffs like you ...
That's such an awesome goal! Keep it up and don't compare yourself to me or other developers too much! Reach your own milestones in your own speed and you'll become more than good!
I'm looking towards Full Stack Web Development and Flutter App Development.
Not an easy thing but code efficiency will definitely pay off! Will set this as one of my goals too!
I have listed 4 books for reading in this year and will make handy in GO and Python.
And you may suggest me your preference books.
I haven't read Clean Code completely but I read many bits and pieces of it, and I definitely still want to read what is missing. Its a great book and taught me many things about code patterns, reusability, how to think when writing to keep a clean, understandable and maintainable code, and many other things.
You surely picked a great goal for 2020 :)
And you may suggest me your preference books.
I will practice English. (since I'm not use English as main language everyday)
Reading more articles in dev.to .
Shaped my Algorithm ever better by playing code challenge at leetcode.
Very good points! I also answered questions on StackOverflow over a long time and it really was a win for both sides! You always learn something yourself when you're helping others solving their problems!
I'm hoping to get my first Unity project done and uploaded to itch.io, and to learn a new coding language.
A side question, why change the zero in 2020 to a k? It doesn't make anything shorter and for electronic engineers (perhaps others also) 2k20 means 2200 so just looks jarring used as a date.
I just sometimes like to make something different to be remembered better 😅 (i.e. you can better identify this post from all other "2020" post titles).
For me the K just stands for 1,000 just like M for 1,000,000. Can you explain, how 2k20 is 2200?
Makes sense, I have noticed it being used more and more.
In electronics we use the abbreviations for the metric prefixes in place of the decimal point, so rather than 2200 or 2.2k it becomes 2k2. Of course the other two can be used but it aids readability on schematics. It means you cannot mistake 2.2 with 22 due to poor printing and/or fading ink or smaller fonts on a screen.
👉🏽Learning Swift as a language and also IOS apps development.
👉🏽Contribute more to open source projects
👉🏽Giving talks and presentation outside my country.
👉🏽Give back to the tech community anyway i can
my goals are to get freecodecamp's certifications in responsive web design, javascript data structures and algorithms, Front end libraries, API's and microservices and Information security and quality assurance .... oh plus Django which i already started on
I'm torn between 5 languages, so my first goal is figure out which language I want to master and my second then becomes master language #{previous_answer}.
My current main skills are Python, JavaScript, Bash, Ruby (beginner), (S)CSS. I work primarily as a back-end developer (with DevOps on the side).
I'm torn between the following languages and their reasons:
So yea. Wish me luck.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Unfortunately I'm not used to any of these five languages, so I can't give you a recommendation - but I'm sure you'll choose the right one!
I can only speak for Elixir. If it's web services you are going for, Phoenix should be enough and you shouldn't have to learn Erlang as well. Nevertheless, using a Erlang module here and there is usually not very difficult :)
Elixir School is a reaaaally nice resource. Check it out!
That's one of my most ambitious goals of all time.
I'm trying to transform my branding/marketing agency to a subscription model this year in order to get closer to that lifestyle. Hopefully.
I want to get into the Machine Learning field, it seems fascinating, but, I just realized I need to improve in statistics knowledge, because data transformation seems to be the most important thing to take care of, because the algorithms and tools are already created and available.
My primary goal is to figure out how I can contribute to Open Source Projects to improve upon my tech stack. I find it really hard to find a good project where I can contribute significantly. I really need help from you guys for that.
And I have lot of secondary goals :(
PS:- I am full time Technology Analyst (Software Engineer @ Investment Bank)
Mine are a little bit hard to gain, but nothing's impossible
Considering this, these were my past year challenges (and result):
Learn more python, Angular,
Machine learning, be better at Linux & practice at less code, clean code, TDD and SOLID
Awesome goals! 👏🏻 Especially #4! I love it if developers take time for totally different hobbies!
I wish you every success in achieving all of this!
Awesome goals, best of luck achieving them! And if you ever need someone to talk to regarding your T1 diabetes, feel free to send me a message 🙂
Retire as early as possible so I can just do OSS work and not have to be beholden to an office job.
Haha nice! But you're not going to retire in 2020 don't you? You look way too young 😅
No, Im about 8 years away based on my current numbers.
And I want to retire as young as possible, so I have more time to do the things I really love.
It sounds to me like you don't like your work so much. What's stopping you from finding a job where you do the things you really love?
I never said I don't like my work, just that as you get older things change. I have gone from wanting to a developer to being a photographer and being outside in nature. There is so much to see and do out there. I still enjoy coding, I enjoy the team Im on. But I dont want to do this forever.
I see, thanks for pointing that out and sorry that I got that wrong! I totally agree with you - there is indeed so much more to do out there than coding!
This year I'm focused on Architecture and Infrastructure.
I've dipped my toe in the Kubernetes pool this past year, but want to real dive deep into it this year. This would allow me to assist in my company's infrastructure and give me some unique strengths for my career.
I've also been primarily focused on back-end microservice development, but I want a broader knowledge of software architecture that includes front-end services and best practices for data security.
Of course (I did a write up here: thedevcoach.co.uk/2019-a-year-in-r...) but mainly it's to improve my writing. And I have a big stack of things to learn. What about you Andreas?