The latest articles on DEV Community by Andy (@andypark). https://dev.to/andypark https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F327561%2Fcc500d4b-7278-4ed0-8ad6-52a4e3fbf5c1.JPG https://dev.to/andypark en Andy Fri, 05 Jun 2020 03:34:41 +0000 https://dev.to/andypark/first-post-goals-ina https://dev.to/andypark/first-post-goals-ina <h2> Introduction </h2> <p>Hi everyone, my name is Andy. I'm an early career software engineer who is hoping to work in databases one of these days. I also have interest in developing beautiful apps.</p> <p>My first company I worked for I worked a lot in legacy C++ so I felt as though my skills became rather stale very fast. Currently I'm working at a place where I also don't feel as though my career is developing in the way that I would like, so I'm starting to put in more effort into doing side projects and forcing my way into the world of databases.</p> <p>Is there anyone here who works in (or wants to work in) databases? Let's chat!</p> <h2> Big Picture Goals </h2> <p>I want to expand my portfolio, work on side projects, essentially. I want to build a lot of small things. But I also want to have 1-2 big things to be able to show off to recruiters and future employers. Currently, I have nothing I really feel proud to show off, so I'd like to change that.</p> <p>I'd like to switch jobs 6-12 months from now.</p> <p>My roommate actually asked me the other day to help him make a website for his small business, so that might be a good opportunity to create that thing I want to show off. I was thinking about using it as an opportunity to learn React/ExpressJS but I'm not sure if that's overkill or not... I could probably just as easily make his site using a static site generator like Jekyll.</p> <p>Let me know your thoughts!</p> <h2> Weekly Goals </h2> <p>My deliverables for this week are:</p> <ol> <li>Weekly update on dev.to (check!)</li> <li>Watch one <a href="https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2019/">CMU databases</a> lecture (I'm on lecture 2 now)</li> <li>Write a quick synopsis of the lecture and post it on dev.to</li> </ol> <p>Stretch Goals:</p> <ol> <li>Start the homework 1 for the databases course</li> <li>Make a small ExpressJS website and post it on dev.to with some notes on what I learned!</li> <li>Solve the first LeetCode Database question</li> </ol> beginners sql career devjournal