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Dev Mentor Dave
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Tell Me About Your Journey 👋
Hey everyone — Dave here. Welcome to the community. Before we dive into the code, the projects, and the late-night debugging sessions, I want to know who's actually in the room. This community only works if we know each other, so consider this your official introduction thread. Drop a comment below and tell me: 1. Where are you on the path? Are you brand new and still figuring out what a variable is? Mid-journey and grinding through your first real projects? Career-switching from something totally unrelated? Already working as a dev but trying to level up? There's no wrong answer — I just want to know where you're starting from. 2. What got you here? What made you decide "okay, I'm actually going to learn this"? Was it a YouTube rabbit hole, a job you want, a problem you're trying to solve, a project you can't stop thinking about? The "why" matters more than people give it credit for. 3. What are you working on right now? A tutorial? A side project? A bootcamp? Job applications? Tell me what's on your screen this week. 4. What's the thing you're stuck on? Be specific if you can. "I don't understand async" is more useful than "everything is hard." If I know where people are getting stuck, I can make better content and we can help each other faster. 5. What would a win look like for you in the next 90 days? First job? First deployed project? Finally understanding a concept that's been kicking your butt? Name it out loud — it makes it real.
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Heyo all! 1. Where are you on the path? Are you brand new and still figuring out what a variable is? Mid-journey and grinding through your first real projects? Career-switching from something totally unrelated? Already working as a dev but trying to level up? There's no wrong answer — I just want to know where you're starting from. Answer: Been doing "web" development from the old days of using tables for layout positioning. Around 2018 I got serious about app development and not just websites, Joomla/Wordpress templates and design. I learned more about how JavaScript and PHP work using Vue and Laravel. Somewhere along the way I started working for a company using Elixir on the backend. I thought they were nuts. Now, I must be nuts too because I love it. 2. What got you here? What made you decide "okay, I'm actually going to learn this"? Was it a YouTube rabbit hole, a job you want, a problem you're trying to solve, a project you can't stop thinking about? The "why" matters more than people give it credit for. 3. What are you working on right now? A tutorial? A side project? A bootcamp? Job applications? Tell me what's on your screen this week. Answer: In 8th grade computer class they had a "webdesign" class. We were using Microsoft Frontpage 2000 and a friend and I made a Calvin and Hobbes fan page. From then on I was hooked. I made personal websites and got into "themeing" phpBB forms for friends Counter Strike clans. Now, I'm currently working 2 jobs so not much free time. In what little I have I'm working on a website platform to show video and lesson series from a church group. They were hosting on Vimeo and it was costing more than their usage really required. I'm moving things to a cheaper host and getting to develop a nice simple app for them to upload and categorize their lessons. 4. What's the thing you're stuck on? Be specific if you can. "I don't understand async" is more useful than "everything is hard." If I know where people are getting stuck, I can make better content and we can help each other faster.
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