Software Engineer @ VBA Software - Veteran - Follower of Christ - Dad of 3
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At some point in my career I was afraid of using TypeScript, I really don't know why. But I was and the more I created small personal projects or worked on projects that used TypeScript, I got more comfortable with it. At my last employer, the most exposure I got to TypeScript was an Angular eCommerce Web Application we were building. It was just not enough for me to get comfortable with it until I started to go to meetups, workshops, watched videos, and started to take the Mastering TypeScript course by Colt Steele. Today, I use TS alongside Vue.js at my job and I have gotten more comfortable with it and continuously learning the best way to use it within our software's code. Also, did you hear that the TypeScript Documentary was released this week by KBDocumentaries. You should check it out, it was awesome! - https://youtu.be/U6s2pdxebSo?si=FSg8fH54IUYY8N9D
Praise God, brother! This story is awesome and heartwarming. I, too, had a similar experience in my developer career journey. In Summer of 2022, I got hired to my first developer role as a UI/UX Developer after a month of being laid off from a previous tech role (non-developer based); but just like you, time started to become non-existent, lots of fires to be put out with various clients. The organization was definitely losing touch with their client engagements. 2 devs left in late 2022. Then come February 2023, my UI/UX Lead resigns, so I started to look for other opportunities and in March 2023, I was let go. Just like you I applied to many jobs (via LinkedIn & Indeed), modified my resume until I got to the best and most effective version of it, got interviews, plenty of rejections, technical assessments, and then eventually landed an interview with a company that very much so interviewed me the same way your current company did. I am truly blessed and grateful to God for this journey and what He taught me during this season. I would say, "I am the happiest developer in the world" right now. The schedule is very flexible, I work from home, my manager is amazing, everyone at VBA (specifically in the App team) are wonderful and amazing engineers. It is also my first six-figure role. I had goals to obtain a role at 6-figures within a 5yr plan but I received it not even 2yrs into my developer career. It is no coincidence. All in the Lord's timing and with great purpose!
This post was nothing but inspiring. As a military veteran who is use jotting down problems, solutions, and concepts, this aligns well with me and inspires me to journal as a now junior full stack web developer. Good thing I already use Notion and I look forward to using Hashnode as a medium to share my experiences as a dev and also retrospectively reflect on the progress I have made as a developer.
Awesome to hear. I have been working through their really fun and interactive tutorial. Easy to follow as well. After doing a lot of research on various frameworks, I think Next.js is where I will be focusing 90% of my web development time. I feel like it's a no-brainer especially if my core focus is on continuing to use React on my projects. I look forward to reading more about your journey. You just gained a follower ;) God Bless!