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Welcome Thread - v222

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  1. Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can talk about what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about yourself.

  2. Reply to someone's comment, either with a question or just a hello. 👋

  3. If you are new to coding, want to help beginners in their programming journey, or just want another awesome place to connect with fellow developers, check out the CodeNewbie Org. You can also say hi in our weekly Hello Newbie thread!

Great to have you in the community!

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MattJ-C

Hi everyone, I’m Matt. Currently I work in healthcare and have a long career in human services. I recently caught the programming and product development bug and started learning front-end development. I intend to make a career change toward front-end. Looking forward to starting to network.

Fun fact: I’ve got too many interests. Feel free to start a conversation about anything, I’m willing to chat 😁

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Steven Linton

Hi matt, i too started in healthcare and are progressively making the move to programing and developing. Having spent so much time in the healthcare secture ive been struggling to finds ways to switch over. Any tips you've found beneficial ?

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MattJ-C

I’m still learning right now. My local library offers access to some coursera courses, so I’m taking Meta’s Frontend dev curriculum. It’s pretty good. I am now starting to learn react.

I’d also recommend freecodecamp as a financially friendly option. It sometimes feels like you’re just repeating what you learned in the lesson, but if you stick to it and work on applying it for yourself, you’ll find you are retaining information.

As far as practice, I’ve started building my portfolio from scratch. That’s given me a practical project to work on that will also demonstrate my skills. I’m starting with the HTML structure first. When I get the content how I want it, I’ll start styling with CSS.

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deji adesoga

Welcome to the community Matt, it's great to have you onboard.

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MattJ-C

Thanks!

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Joffrey Kagayo

Hello

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Caleb Benjamin

Welcome here Matt, my name Caleb do you mind let's connect on twitter

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MattJ-C

I’m working on my social media presence, but shying away from twitter. That’s why I’m here 😀

Will probably focus on mastodon instead of twitter in the future.

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Bradley Stewart

Hi, I am Brad. I currently work as a contracted employee on an Agile team and currently a member of the Software Quality Assurance team. I create automated testcases using Selenium/Gauge and also run these testcases for all types of software testing that we do. I also do some manual testing of different defects and stories depending on what feature is being implemented. I graduated from college this past December and I have over 5 years of experience in programming mainly in Java but in other languages as well.

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Gideon Owusu Bempah

Welcome Brad

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EliStone

Hey guys. I'm Elisha, a very green software engineer. I have 1 year serious experience in software development and fresh out of campus. Also have a big interest in blockchain and web3. Looking to get watered and learn from you all.

If I wasn't a developer, I'd be a philosopher.

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MattJ-C

There’s still time! Just saying that as someone with a psyc / philo degree who’s working toward a second career as a dev. I’m not a philosopher, but the degree has been invaluable in my career and personal life until now.

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EliStone

Thanks Matt. I will definitely look into publishing some thoughts.

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Caleb Benjamin

Welcome here Elisha, good news is I just started my journey as a blockchain engineer, and i started an accountability partner community on twitter where hold weekly space and connect with other learners.

here is my handle on twitter @calebbenjin, you can drop your so we can both connect and build up together.

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EliStone

Way to go Caleb. Already followed you on Twitter. Let's keep buillding

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Francis Enechukwu🇳🇬🇨🇦

Hi everyone, I'm Francis by name. I'm a self-taught HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
So right now I'm a frontend developer.
I'm still in the learning process and I look forward to learning from you 😊 people. Thank you.

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Akinsoto Olamigoke Stephen

Hello, in your words, you’re a self taught. Can you share paths I can follow. I want to pick it up from the basics

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Francis Enechukwu🇳🇬🇨🇦

Learn everything through YouTube and I started with HTML CSS and JavaScript

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Raj Gohel

Hi, I'm Raj. I've been working in the IT industry for about 4.5 years, developing enterprise solutions with a focus on web-based applications using Open Source Technologies.
Proficient in developing Web solutions using various technologies using different Frameworks/Open Source like Angular, React and Node.js.

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Ahmed Radwan

Hi Raj, it's great to have you here and hear about your impressive experience.

Your skills in developing enterprise solutions with a focus on web-based applications using Open Source Technologies are definitely valuable in today's ever-evolving technological landscape.

We also encourage you to share some of your experiences and insights with us.

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Raj Gohel

Hello Ahmed I'm glad to hear you. Yes, I'll share it.

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Griff Polk

Hi, welcome to DEV! Hope you enjoy your time here!

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sorcerer1

Hi everyone I’m Holysinner first year information technology student
Front end coding leaner ion mind to learn more and more from my top hoses in the house
My js writing is weak ion mind learning more thanks

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Magalys Reyes

Hola soy Magalys y tengo un proyecto de emprendimiento llamado TIENDA/SALON HERMANAS REYES ESTILOS AFROCUBANOS en fase semilla o startud idea y me gustaría que fuera implementado, pero necesito financiamiento para darle el arranque y pasar a otro nivel por eso los contacto por esta vía, este es el sitio web del proyecto: magalays.simdif.com pueden visitarme allí y valorar si mi propuesta es valida para aplicar, es un afroemprendimiento social de Inclusión y Equidad, donde se pretende resaltar los valores de la cultura afrodecendiente en la mujer cubana, para preservar nuestra identidad. En el proyecto se aboga por la aceptación y el respeto a las tradiciones africanas heredadas de nuestros ancestros y me gustaría poder recibir ayuda
Saludos!
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Anant Parmar

Hi folks, I'm a fullstack software developer, getting started with writing and building in public.

I just posted my first dev community article - dev.to/anantrp/how-i-built-a-chat-...

Hope to learn from each other and have fun 🥂

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Ibrahim Raimi

Great to hear that you are starting to write and build in public, and congratulations on posting your first dev community article! It's always exciting to see developers share their knowledge and experiences with others.

I'm sure you'll find this community a great place to learn and connect with others who are also passionate about software development. Looking forward to reading more of your articles in the future! Cheers 🍻

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Iwuji Silver

Hi everyone,

My name is Silver, I am Human Resource Manager at Programmers City, a software company, I am also a Project Manager, and I also guide Computer Science students to write their theses. I look forward to learning new things.

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metelovan

Hi guys. I'm Nadya. I am currently studying Js. (Node js, React) I used to make html and css websites. Programming has always been like a hobby for me. Now I'm making websites in js. Also, English is not my native language. I hope it's not very noticeable. Thanks Google Translate

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Michael Tharrington

Welcome to DEV!

And your English sounds great. 🙌 (Google Translate is such an awesome service... definitely something I regularly use!)

Anyway, this community has folks from all over the world, sometimes writing in their native languages and other times writing in English. Just to say that you fit right in here!