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Welcome Thread - v163

Bob Ross saying "I'm So Glad You Could Join Me Today"

Welcome to DEV!

  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. 👋

Great to have you in the community!

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Michelle Renee

Hello! I'm Michelle and I'm new to software development, at least as a career. I was a stand up comic for over 20yrs and toured all over the world. Some of my favorite "gigs" were performing for for the U.S. Military in the Middle East and Asia, as well as the numerous tours I did throughout Canada which were not military related. I played around with web development a bit while putting together a personal website for my stand-up and thoroughly enjoyed it. The initial outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown gave me ample opportunity to really explore and learn! Now I'm on my way seeking job opportunities that I can grow with. I'm skilled in HTML, CSS, SCSS, VanillaJS and am currently learning React and Node. I know the very basics of Java. I really like Three.js and tilt.js... who doesn't? They're so fun! I'm looking for like minded companions to share, learn from and with!
Cheers!

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome!

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Birdie Ou

Hi, Michelle, it's such a happy surprise to see a stand-up comic in the comment session. So glad for your achievements in the new field. Keep up with the good work. (By the way, I like writing jokes to entertain myself. Once or twice, I did open-mic gigs on Discord in the past two years. Such fun.)

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Gen

hi :)

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Muriithi Gakuru

hello

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Irungu2

Hello

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Mindaugas Januška • Edited

Hi folks! My name is Mindaugas. I am a web developer with special love to VueJS and Nuxt.
I like to learn. And I learn a lot when explain to others how I approached to solve tasks.
Hence, I have wrote my first in a lifetime series consisting of 5 articles Lightning fast build VueJS 3 project and deploy it free of charge to GitHub pages
This project I have built for one of my job interviews and decided to write a detailed tutorial how I approached to solve given task and lightning fast to deliver a demo list-with-products website to become available online.
I hope, that somebody will find this workshop useful or perhaps will find some information or snippets of code for their projects.
Online version of the project can be found there
Public GitHub repository with source code of this project can be found there

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Will Almonte

Hello! I'm Dawill and im also new to web development, always had interest in computers but had the misconception that coding was for genius and that i wasn't capable for some reason , a couple of years back i got a technical support job for Brother printers , i had to train for 4 months to learn printer technologies to assist customers over the phone and help them with whatever problem they was experiencing , one morning on the job , i got a call from a very nice guy (very rare)
who was a developer and needed my help troubleshooting his 20 year fax machine, thats when it hit me and i realize developers aren't super geniuses , and i said to myself if i learned how to fix this printers i could learn how to code. i been learning none stop and i dont see myself stopping till i reach my goal of becoming a self-taught web dev .

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Ricardo Campos

Welcome Will! I'm sure you'll nailed it!

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jenniferfu0811

Hi everyone, I'm Jen!

I've dabbled a bit in UX research, UX Design, and Product Management. I'm constantly on the lookout for products, projects, and services that can help developers learn and grow technically and professionally.

I just shared an article on Codementor Events, a developer community and a new virtual events platform that focuses on making attending and hosting developer events easy.

Here's the piece if you're interested in learning through virtual events or giving a career talk, hosting a workshop, or doing a live coding session: dev.to/jenniferfu0811/free-curated...

Nice to meet you all 😇

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Rajarshi Das

Hi myself Rajarshi,
I am a CS undergrad, Currently studying at UEMK
interested in coding and learning new things ..........
I know HTML, CSS, C, C++, JAVA and PYTHON
joined today 12/02/2022
Happy Coding!

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Jon Pitans

Hi all, I'm a sound engineer, theatrical tech manager and former tour manager to Barney the Dinosaur. I've been building basic websites for years and have now decided to take a full stack boot camp to make a fairly drastic career change. Currently drowning in Javascript, trying to make sense of it all and getting there slowly thanks to some awesome tuition.

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Alexis Moody

I'm also a former theatre tech (lighting design)! Welcome to the wild world of web development 🙂. Feel free to reach out if you want some help wading through JavaScript.

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Jon Pitans

Thanks, I'm actually in a React lecture right now. Fascinating stuff but so much to take in.

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amal-joby

Hai, I'm Amal, a self taught beginner web-dev, currently I'm honing my skills. I'm doing my bachelor's but I feel like it's not offering me any necessary knowledge to hone my skills as a developer. Therefore I'm gaining the knowledge that I need.
I've some background in python. But I don't know why I learned it. However now I have a clear cut idea of what to do next. Joining the "dev.to" is also my part of this. I've learned some HTML,CSS,JavaScript. I believe I could learn so much from here...

😋😋

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NancyKenneth

Welcome
Self taught?
How did it happen ?

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amal-joby

Yeah..The truth is I had tried some online bootcamps. But it was overwhelming for me. So I thought I should find my own way to become a developer and to learn new things. After all, Everything we need is already available for free in the web.

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NancyKenneth

That's great, I'm having same experience now I can't comprehend much from online course I'm taking.
I will like to follow your steps. Can I get to talk to you privately?

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Kurapati Mahesh • Edited

Hi Dev.to,

I'm Vishwak and I'm Angular developer. I am here to share my knowledge by creating javasript content. Also, started with my first article

dev.to/urstrulyvishwak/mistakes-pe...

Want to share more on Javascript. Also, I will learn from wonderful dev.to hereos.

Thanks,
Team.

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J.Kim

Hello,
I'm JY. I'm a self-taught wb developer and loves Javascript, React, Next.js.
I alwasys love to learn new things and challenges. Love to learn from this community and one day, hope to contribute my knowledge here.

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Ammar Sherif Mohammed

Hey! I'm Ammar Sherif and I've been web developing and web designing for over two years now. I actually stick with front-end (HTML, CSS & Frameworks). I discovered web development when one of my classmates introduced me to it and I eventually loved it so much. I still have a lot to learn but I still do my best to design and build websites.