Gracie Gregory (she/her) for The DEV Team

Posted on Sep 11, 2020

What was your win this week?

#discuss #weeklyretro

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Looking back on your week — what was something you're proud of?

All wins count — big or small 🎉

Examples of 'wins' include:

Getting a promotion!
Starting a new project
Fixing a tricky bug
Cleaning your house...or whatever else that may spark joy 😄

Have a great weekend!

Top comments (62)

Jarod Peachey • Sep 11 '20

I just got hired for my first part-time remote web development job! 🎉🔥

Frank Szendzielarz • Sep 16 '20

Well done! Now you can move to a low cost country, sit near the beach with your laptop, and congratulate yourself for being semi retired already!

Boris Borisov • Sep 15 '20

Hi Jarod -

Congratulations on your first remote job!

For developers looking for a remote job -> remotemore.com/candidates

Bebe Zi • Sep 15 '20

Wow congrats!

Fulton Browne • Sep 11 '20

I finally got an old thinkpad of mine running coreboot and gentoo and I started work on a new linux project that you guys will hear about by October :]

Gabi • Sep 11 '20

This week I had my first PR merged in a JavaScript open-source project. :) Fixing a bug.

Michael Gee • Sep 11 '20

I reached my first 100 followers and 150+ reaction post here on DEV 🎉

I used to get discouraged and have no incentive to create blog posts due to a lack of visibility and feedback but that has definitely changed with this great platform and community.

Looking forward to continuing sharing my recourses and knowledge here on DEV 😄

Mazen Touati • Sep 11 '20

I quit my job.

It may sound kinda controversial but by doing so I feel some much relieved and refreshed. It was a fine experience in term of income and time flexibility however it included a lot of headache for multiple reasons like using outdated/boring workflows and having a disorganized priorities. I felt very demotivated lately. It was like being frozen in the same position. Consequently, I decided to step out in order to relax, learn new things, and plan for my next step.

Vesa Piittinen • Sep 12 '20

Did the same two months ago. Things are much better now :)

I had my first real week of work and have survived information dump so far, and had my first PR merged. Also had my first talk on my role and was nice to find out PO agreeing on what I should focus on first. Tons of responsibility awaiting as well as a need for learning new kinds of skills.

Mazen Touati • Sep 12 '20

That's great, congratulations 🎉

Thomas Bnt ☕ • Sep 11 '20 • Edited

— Forked a repository and updated CSS 🐱‍🏍
— Had a driving lesson and I'm at the very end, 2-3 hours and I can pass the license 😁

Adam Davis • Sep 11 '20

I decided to try out some basic graphic design for my post header images by taking a class on skillshare. Yesterday I made my first post after taking the class, and I'm pretty happy with the results.

Maulik • Sep 11 '20

I have mentored a fresher remotely. Today is the last day of his training and he sent me a text

I'll never hesitate to tell anyone that you are the greatest mentor I have ever had. The way you teach the way, the way you give real-time examples and the way you motivate.
because of you, I am trying to go beyond the limits
Very very excited to meet you in person
Thank you so much, sir for being my mentor

It made my day... gonna have a sound sleep today

Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard • Sep 11 '20

My open-source project reached 666 stars on GitHub, which sounds just right for a tool against dependency hell

Kevin J. Estevez • Sep 11 '20 • Edited

This week I've learnt a lot of git stash
Before this week I'd been using it the simplest way possible

$ git stash
$ git stash (apply | pop)

Now I've played (almost ruined the local changes in my project) a lot more with other options like:

Git stash -p // iterative mode
Git stash -u // stash also untracked files
Git stash (apply | pop) stash-key // pop or apply other entry different from the last one
Git stash show -p --summary stash-key // display stashed changes as diff
Git stash -m"message" // add a custom message to recognize on list
Git stash list // list all stash stack

Lakshya Singh • Sep 12 '20

Thanks for this

Suzanne Aitchison • Sep 12 '20

Totally not coding related, but after a long long process, I adopted this little guy this week! I'm sure he'll be helping remind me to take regular screen breaks 😊

Julia Flash • Sep 15 '20

Completely qualifies as a win Id say

Michael Tharrington • Sep 15 '20 • Edited

Congrats! I got a greyhound a few months back and I love her so much. And commence the doggy pics:

Michael Tharrington (he/him) • Jul 23 '20

First one up, my dog Cora! She is a 7-year-old greyhound and loves a good nap.

☝️ from this post with other great pet pics.

Suzanne Aitchison • Sep 15 '20

Cora! 😍 She looks so cosy with her wee teddy ♥️

My lad's called Ty - he's a 2 year old lurcher 😊 Still settling in but he's already picked his favourite snoozing spots and told off the local cats 😂

Gracie Gregory (she/her) • Sep 15 '20

OH MY GOODNESS. He's gorgeous. I love greyhounds and I ADORE brindle greyhounds. Thank you for sharing! 🤗

Vitor Paladini • Sep 11 '20

I've added one more DEV badge to my collection 🎉🎉🎉

Charanjit Chana • Sep 11 '20

Had a productive week despite/because of some time time off! Here are 5 things that were great wins for me this week:

Finally implemented a most popular page on my blog driven by real viewing figures: 1thingaweek.com/mostpopular
A native share option added to all featured websites on SITEJOY.dev
Completed all of our decorating that we started in January
Walked 10km yesterday
Getting ready to start a new job next month

Alaina • Sep 12 '20

I got to the final interview round of a company that I really, REALLY think would be a good fit. Even if I don't end up getting an offer, it helped me work through a bit of my Imposter Syndrome.