Hello everyone, I am Nishad Aherrao. This is my first ever blog kind of post. I never had a blog before and never really felt like I needed one (which I was wrong about). So I just wanted to quickly go over why I finally decided to start maintaining a blog as well as give you a little introduction about myself. I also want to use this post as a way to learn and explore the website and the tools offered to write these posts, this is basically a pilot post.

Why -

Ever since the start of 2020, I have been grinding on job applications and spending a considerable amount of time on personal growth. During this time I started noticing a few things, I found myself googling for medium and dev.to posts while learning about new things, this helped me realize the influence of these posts along with their need and utility. As I was applying for various jobs I saw an increase in the number of people asking for links to personal websites as well as blogs. This helped me realize the value of blogs from a career perspective. Considering I have been spending a lot more time learning new things and working on projects I thought it would be a fine idea to write about it as well. I think it's cool to have a documented version of your learnings and if it helps someone along the way that's an added bonus. Last but not least I want to use this as a way to improve my English.

A little about me -

I am currently in the U.S. doing my bachelor's in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Arlington and I will be graduating in December 2020. I am originally from India, born, and brought up there. I can speak and write in Marathi my mother tongue, Hindi my national language as well as English which I learned and have been using for the past almost 18 years of my life. I have interned at two companies before this.

During my recent internship, I was required to make posts about my project progress and gather feedback internally on workplace which is basically Facebook for employees to talk about work-related things. One thing I noticed during this time was I had a hard time writing these reports and making these posts. My manager had to proofread my posts as well as help me enrich them. I feel like writing these blogs will help me improve my English.

Which brings me to my final point, I want to use this as a way to learn and grow. Hopefully, I can use this as a way to document my learning process as well as help people along the way. Feedback on my posts about my content and/or grammar will help me with my learning and English as well.