The latest articles on DEV Community by Beki Gonzalez (@bekig). https://dev.to/bekig 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%2F578928%2Fdcf7555d-7322-4b53-b41b-083b14cba13e.jpeg https://dev.to/bekig en Beki Gonzalez Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:11:32 +0000 https://dev.to/bekig/hello-world-44j https://dev.to/bekig/hello-world-44j <p>Hi fellow techies and programmers! </p> <p>I'm Beki, a programmer that started her journey back in April of 2020, near the beginning of the pandemic. I was sitting at the reception desk when the company told me I became laid off in March. I was deemed to be nonessential. I cried hard that day and the next. </p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wBuUruod--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://i.imgur.com/FOCNu73.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wBuUruod--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://i.imgur.com/FOCNu73.gif" alt="Sad character sitting out in the rain"></a></p> <p>I told myself I needed to get up and back at it. The thing is, I didn't want to go back to my previous career as an administrative assistant. I had dabbled HTML and CSS before and took a leap of faith when I joined a certificate program. After finishing the program in October, I went from reception to be one of the cohort's top students. </p> <p><a href="https://i.giphy.com/media/26ufl1ASleVkA7wIg/giphy.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://i.giphy.com/media/26ufl1ASleVkA7wIg/giphy.gif" alt="Girl celebrating "></a></p> <p>Now post-certificate and back in the job hunt as a new programmer. I want to share my findings and build knowledge with the community! (First-time blogger here so please be gentle XD)</p> <p>See you around!</p>