Hello from a newie to Dev!

Hello everyone!

I started learning web development last year around this time. I needed a change, and after talking with some friends and watching some videos, I became curious. My sister saw my interest growing and sent me a web page for the Laboratoria boot camp. I went through the pre-admission process, and the rest is history.

During the boot camp, I had the opportunity to meet some interesting people. Women who, like me, chose to change their careers and with whom I could form teams for some projects. People I got to know a little and learned from.

JavaScript was the programming language I learned, and I really liked some of the things I got to do with it. With CSS, I learned that it can be an infinite well where I could drown because the style can always be better and never good enough. So, if I didn't want to drown, I needed to become a better listener and trust the opinion of the group I was working with if it was okay to hand over the project as it was.

Node.js was another monster entirely at the time. I had a rhythm figured out to work on the front-end, seeing everything in colors in the browser. To make a CLI, I made a flowchart instead of a prototype. The results were in the terminal instead of the browser. The way my mind worked had to change a bit. After whining a bit, it started to grow on me. And right now, I want to learn how to build REST APIs.

Learning React was a mess! As a library, and an unopinionated one at that, I felt I had too much freedom. I remember thinking that someone should say where things needed to be to work correctly. But everything worked nonetheless, and after the project was deployed, we felt great! Even knowing that we only scratched the surface of what can be done with it.

I recently decided to start documenting some of the things I am learning. Also, I am currently looking for a job as a junior front-end developer or something within those lines. And as I believe feedback is a gift, if you have some to give me, I would appreciate it.

See you around.