I love TypeScript, and after a few weeks of using it really wondered how I worked without it. I think there's some development around "types" in JS, who knows when they'll be here.

I'm into fast cars, some adrenaline rushes (15,000ft sky dive!), exploring some of mother nature and spending time with the family :D

Maybe some science/astrology/history folks may love how much of a nerd I am xD outside of code, I love exploring the ideas of life, the universe, asking the questions we'll never know the answers to, and pondering on some history lessons. Specifically: I kinda love dinosaurs xD

It's quite a tough one to be super focused during "the day", and then know I've still got at least (for example) 5 days more on the same challenge. When I go do other things, my brain tries to tick away thinking about the problems to solve in the background, which can lead to a vacant stare down the pub.

My fiance Rachael is always sooo supportive, she loves what I do. Some days I make her sit in front of my whiteboard and I draw architecture diagrams xD she's a personal trainer so isn't into tech as much as me. But she could probably give a good conference talk on components and observables now!!

With regards to other developers, I mainly see them at conferences. I've only a few friends locally that code, and when we meet we don't really talk code at all. I think that's a good thing though. I live in the middle of nowhere in the south west of England... So devs aren't densely populating the area xD all of my knowledge I've worked out for myself, and online.

When I was about 20 I had a job interview for a front-end dev position, I started taking their test and they asked me to write out an HTML form with some inputs/buttons and form actions on.

I had no idea how to write a form.

How I dealt with it: The interviewer left the room, I googled "HTML forms" on my phone and miserably failed the interview.

What happened next: I mastered HTML forms :D

One of the more recent additions to my "I need to work this out" workflow is searching GitHub for packages/APIs I'm using, and see how others are fitting the jigsaw puzzle together :) you can then start to see the architecture patterns and usage. Just take it slow, don't get frustrated (which is a hard part for me), and remember: at some point you will know this, so you're just working towards that goal always. GitHub's been really valuable for searching for inspiration or answers, I'd highly recommend it.

For me, I've always tried to rebuild things that others also make. This gives you a whole new skillset and problem solving (with things like the DOM specifically rather than general JS programming). Try it, you'll learn a ton! Start with something really simple, like a dropdown menu. Then grow to an upload drag/drop tool. There are common patterns in each!

Sup man! Thanks for dropping by :)! And for the kind words. Honestly, I just love sharing things I know and writing about them also puts me in the hot seat to make sure I actually know something (to an extent) before publishing a blog post. I only started blogging to stop my old-old-old team where I used to work asking me questions all the time xD I'd just send them a link instead and answer any further q's. Focus and drive: for me this one is like the ocean. One day it's rough, the next it's smooth sailing. I don't think it's good to "force it" and spend a lot of time on non-code tasks when I'm not feeling focused or driven. I think the main thing for any lack of focus/drive is not knowing something, and I'm a horrible learner at times. But I persist, things click, and I keep paddling through the seas ! :D I started my career as a designer, so thankfully I have some design skills for when I'm feeling gloomy about code at times, so I take a break, design some cool UI, and then come back and code it :D Another thing I do is not really pay a huge amount of attention to all the new things flying around the twittersphere, you could sit for days wondering what you're even doing. Stay focused on your stuff, branch out where needed.

We recently moved the frontend over to a static site generator with a few hooks.

At the minute I'm building out the platform with Node + TypeScript + MongoDB, Angular and ngrx.

Thanks for the kind words ! :) It's something I've been thinking about for 2018 - bring back the MEAN stack!

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We recently moved the frontend over to a static site generator with a few hooks.

At the minute I'm building out the platform with Node + TypeScript + MongoDB, Angular and ngrx.

Gotta be the horse sized duck...

Glad you're enjoying UA! I think we'll see more momentum and power from WC's as the next few years go by, and the platform keeps shifting.

Oh man, tough one. Anything with Observables! I'm kinda obsessed with the reactive forms lib, let's go with that. As for features, who doesn't miss $scope?

The courses I build for Ultimate Angular are intended to get you into a job, but also way past it. If you're new to the development landscape then a few years of experience under your belt goes a long way, but it's up to you how fast you climb the ladder :) I'm confident that the UA course curriculum can get you to the top.

Honestly can't remember, I haven't done a whole heap of contributions to other projects besides my own that I release - was probably a "fix: readme typo"

Not that I know of, but I also know there's still always a lot to learn.