Starting Now — Building, Learning, and Shipping in Public

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Why I’m Writing This Now

I asked ChatGPT how to get more involved in the dev community. One answer hit hard: show your work. So here I am—sharing wins, mistakes, and the messy middle in public.

Who I Am

I’m 29 (08/2025). I fell in love with programming in high school at 15. Between 18–22 I barely coded. At 22 I started a B.Sc. in Software Engineering at Ben-Gurion University and finished at 26.

Since then:

A small React internship.
Security Analyst at Check Point (IPS + network vulnerabilities). Learned a lot, realized pure cyber isn’t for me.
Backend Developer (Java) at Skybox Security for ~2.5 years. The company went bankrupt, so I’m looking for my next role now.

What I’m Aiming For

I’m looking for a backend or full-stack role. I really enjoy Node.js and JavaScript (no idea why—something about it just feels neat… maybe because I used VS Code only for JS?). I’m still open-minded about stack and language. Long term, I want to contribute as an engineer/architect, maybe CTO, maybe even co-found a startup. Not chasing people-management roles right now.

What You’ll Get Here

Decision diaries: the tradeoffs I’m facing and why I picked A over B.
Short reflections from interviews and the job hunt.
Favorite reads of the week (1–3 links + one-line takeaway), plus a couple things I learned.

What I’m Working On

1) ♟️ Chess app — play vs. computer or human using algebraic notation. My rapid ELO is ~975—feel free to add me on chess.com!

2) 🚀 MVP practice — building and reusing a small framework so I can ship faster.