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Welcome Thread - v173

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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. ๐Ÿ‘‹

Great to have you in the community!

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Michael Tharrington • Edited

Welcome everybody! ๐Ÿ‘‹

Quick tip: you can embed rich content using the following syntax:

{% embed https://... %}

That'll allow you to embed fun things like YouTube videos:

Or you can even embed things that exist right here on DEV, like the DEV Team org for instance:

You can embed things within posts as well as comments. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to give a shout!

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shammisharma • Edited

Hello everyone,
I'm glad to joint this amazing community.
I am a web designer, graphic designer, front end developer (html,css,js) for past 5 years or so but to be honest I'm feeling like a noob here. (image for context ๐Ÿ˜…).
I seriously don't know where I stand in this field after this long time. If I consider myself a designer then besides photoshop, illustrator, css I know nothing. As for considering myself a developer I only have a knowledge of html css , bit of js (so that makes me a ultranoob).
When I look at other designers or devs I feel so overwhelmed like whoa they know so much and I'm nowhere near them. Sometimes its so depressing for me. I seriously don't know what should I do.
Have any of guys been through same ! kindly let me know. Any advice / help will be appreciated ๐Ÿ™‚
Thanks and looking forward to this journey on dev ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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Colin Fiedorowicz

Welcome to the community, @shammisharma! Don't worry about your peers knowing more than you; even the pros don't know everything. Comparing yourself to others will only cause you to underestimate and devalue your talent. I recommend that you primarily focus on acquiring the skills necessary to get the job done satisfactorily. After all, if you're proud of what you can create using the technologies you know, then why do you need to learn new ones? As you take on new projects, you'll have plenty of opportunities to learn more about the technologies you know and explore entirely new ones. Of course, if you feel that you need to study a new one, or you just want to learn it out of curiosity, then, by all means, feel free to do so. Just don't give yourself a hard time.

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som

Hello @shammisharma i think you need to build some project that are dedicated to front end web dev like clone of Netflix or Twitter this will not only help you understand concept deeply but also give you confidence that you are not Noob :)

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Keff

Welcome, @shammisharma

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Roman

Cool

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DEEP NARAYAN • Edited

Hello everyone,
I'm really honored to join this amazing community.
I am a senior STEM student currently learning Android Development. I have knowledge of Java, and recently I picked up Kotlin. Now I have started learning basics of Android Studio and building some projects.
When I look at other students I feel so overwhelmed like whoa they know so much and I'm nowhere near them. Sometimes this is actually very depressing for me. I seriously don't know what should I do. I want to achieve financial freedom by the end of this year by freelancing, internships, or remote work.
Any advice / help will be appreciatedโค๏ธ
Thanks and looking forward to this journey on dev ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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Daniel Peรฑa • Edited

Hello everyone, I am very happy to join this community, I always read them, but I never dared to create an account, now I did, and I hope I can contribute to anyone who needs it. My name is Daniel and I'm from Chile, Los Lagos region, I love the frontend and the backend scares me hehehe, but who knows and I dare to learn, I'll improve my account little by little, but I don't want to go ahead without saying hello to such a nice community.

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Elias Galindo

Hi everyone!
I'm web dev fullstack student, for now I've learned a little bit javascript, HTML, CSS, React, Redux, Context API and GitHub.
I'm look forward to keep studying and improve my learns right here in this community, as a member.
I want to learn and contribute as soon as I can, with the knowledge that I've got.
I've came here by a friend that talked me about this blog, how awesome it is and how much I could learn from here. So here I'm!

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Numan Iftikhar

Hey everyone
it's Numan here.
What's up guys?
I'm a student of graduation in computer science and have a crush on coding ๐Ÿ˜„. I'm currently learning react.
I would love to find passionate coding friends along the way. :)

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Lamont Belton

Hello, I am the Senior Video Producer for Cockroach Labs. The industry is new to me, although I did study computer science 30 years ago. It's been a wonderful learning experience at CRL. I work with the Training Team, so talking to teachers every day has been ideal.
I am looking forward to connecting with people here and continuing to learn.

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Colin Fiedorowicz • Edited

Hello, World! My name is Colin. I'm a high school senior who aspires to become a full-stack developer. Even though I'm primarily interested in web development, I also want to create desktop and mobile apps. I'm currently skilled in HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Java, and Python. I'd also like to learn C++ one day. To further enhance my knowledge, I'm taking the freeCodeCamp courses. The letters "INTJ" at the end of my username are my MBTI personality type.

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Pranav Kural

Hello everyone!
Glad to join the community and make connections and learn more! :)

I was very passionate about web development and even did some full-time work while I was in college after high school, but after completing college had to get into a job where there was no software or web development at all, because of financial circumstances & other reasons at that point in life.

Last year (after 3 and a half years), I finally quit the job and decided to get back into doing what I love, which is essentially coding, software development and designing.

Currently enrolled in CS bachelors and studying on my own during summer break. Right now focusing on gaining really good base in JS, CSS and no-sql. Planning to learn React and React Native first, then might lean into Web 3.0 development.

Hoping to be a good developer and designer in a few months, at least good enough to do some freelancing work and support myself while I'm studying in university.

I'm here to learn, become a better developer, engage with the dev community and to contribute where I can. ๐Ÿ˜„

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aniketqw • Edited

Hello everyone,
I am a college student and had just ventured into the field of Computer Science.I am trying to explore different field of study.Thus look forward to learning from all of you.
Thank you