DEV Community: John Dinh The latest articles on DEV Community by John Dinh (@johndinhtech). https://dev.to/johndinhtech 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%2F343190%2F72df27ec-8bd4-4195-8b5d-15a8f6753489.jpeg DEV Community: John Dinh https://dev.to/johndinhtech en Celebrating My Wins of Feb 2020 John Dinh Sun, 01 Mar 2020 17:46:24 +0000 https://dev.to/johndinhtech/celebrating-my-wins-of-feb-2020-3dhj https://dev.to/johndinhtech/celebrating-my-wins-of-feb-2020-3dhj <p><a href="https://i.giphy.com/media/ZDtmE6Sk2EoUFhDgRa/source.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://i.giphy.com/media/ZDtmE6Sk2EoUFhDgRa/source.gif" alt='janitor saying "so ready for a new job"'></a></p> <h1> My wins of February are... </h1> <ul> <li><p>Taking the initiative of turning web development as a hobby to web development as a career.</p></li> <li><p>Taught myself Docker so I could transition deploying my apps from Heroku to DigitalOcean (Saving a bunch of money each month)</p></li> <li><p>Attended a coding meetup where I actually engage with other members</p></li> <li><p>Created my portfolio design from scratch and deployed a pixel-perfect copy that was mobile responsive.</p></li> <li><p>Sent out my first resume</p></li> </ul> <p>Web development has been a hobby of mine for the past 4 years. I have some "client" work in the past, but most of my projects on Github are really just crazy experiments from the result of exploring and learning web development. Because I am self-taught, imposter syndrome really affected me. It wasn't until I attended a coding meetup that I got cured. I got to talk to so many amazing developers while feeling confident in my web dev knowledge, as well as feeling like this is an environment I belong in.</p> <p>I am currently trying to improve my resume and portfolio in hopes of getting at least one interview. I can code, solve algorithms all day, but I now want the experience to confidently present myself as a great candidate for a web development position under pressure. </p> career webdev