I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
So much good stuff here, Monty! Nothing else pops into mind immediately, but if it does I'll let you know!
I suppose one thing that you can add to the list is continuing to document your learning experience here on DEV. (Haha, is this considered a shameless self-plug?) But for real, if I was considering hiring you, I feel like I could learn a lot about your experience from reading your posts and interactions here. Anywho, I hope it's been fruitful for ya and hopefully we can be another piece of your overall portfolio.
As for finding mentors and groups to work with, one place that I often suggest folks check out is Virtual Coffee. I'm pretty dang sure they have regular meetups and think they'd be a fun crew for you to look into. I know a few folks on their team and they're good people. ☕️
Also, I'm thinking I'm going to start up a regular piece of content in the new year to help mentors and mentees find one another in the comments, so be on the lookout for that!
I’m a children’s musician and college algebra instructor working on a late-in-life iOS Dev career change. First project: a different kind of calendar for my dementia-challenged elderly mom.
Location
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Education
Master's in Mathematics
Pronouns
he/him
Work
Adjunct Instructor, College Algebra; Children's Musician
Hi Michael, of course I should include "posting to Dev" on my list! It was in my head - maybe just because I've already been doing that, it didn't come to mind as a new activity. But I need to make room for it in my schedule for sure. And any help with finding a mentor would be great because I have no idea how to go about that. I'll check out Virtual Coffee and watch for your mentor matching posts in the new year! Thanks!
I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
Haha, hey it's one thing you can add to your list and cross off cause you're already doing it. 🙌
Also "mentor matching" flows quite nicely... would you be cool with me potentially using your verbiage for the title of this series when I get around to launching it?
I’m a children’s musician and college algebra instructor working on a late-in-life iOS Dev career change. First project: a different kind of calendar for my dementia-challenged elderly mom.
Location
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Education
Master's in Mathematics
Pronouns
he/him
Work
Adjunct Instructor, College Algebra; Children's Musician
So much good stuff here, Monty! Nothing else pops into mind immediately, but if it does I'll let you know!
I suppose one thing that you can add to the list is continuing to document your learning experience here on DEV. (Haha, is this considered a shameless self-plug?) But for real, if I was considering hiring you, I feel like I could learn a lot about your experience from reading your posts and interactions here. Anywho, I hope it's been fruitful for ya and hopefully we can be another piece of your overall portfolio.
As for finding mentors and groups to work with, one place that I often suggest folks check out is Virtual Coffee. I'm pretty dang sure they have regular meetups and think they'd be a fun crew for you to look into. I know a few folks on their team and they're good people. ☕️
Virtual Coffee
Also, I'm thinking I'm going to start up a regular piece of content in the new year to help mentors and mentees find one another in the comments, so be on the lookout for that!
Hi Michael, of course I should include "posting to Dev" on my list! It was in my head - maybe just because I've already been doing that, it didn't come to mind as a new activity. But I need to make room for it in my schedule for sure. And any help with finding a mentor would be great because I have no idea how to go about that. I'll check out Virtual Coffee and watch for your mentor matching posts in the new year! Thanks!
Haha, hey it's one thing you can add to your list and cross off cause you're already doing it. 🙌
Also "mentor matching" flows quite nicely... would you be cool with me potentially using your verbiage for the title of this series when I get around to launching it?
Of course - go for it!