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Philip John Basile
Philip John Basile

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Developer Mid Term Report Cards

How would you rank the first half of 2023. What have you learned this year so far, how are you doing in your dev journey and where do you want to end up once the year ends?

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Philip John Basile

Personally I’d say the first half of 2023 was pretty good. I had my contract extended to the middle of the year, which was good considering how terrible the job market is right now while on my search for a new opportunity.

In my free time I’m taking a Golang course at Udacity looking to get certified. I’ve applied to a masters program at the University of Texas at Austin for their AI program which is ranked 6th in the nation.

Personally been spending more time with my kids being a stay at home dad as the summer begins. I work mostly remote these days but being home and just hanging out with my kids has been nice for a change now that they are on summer vacation.

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Angel Oduro-Temeng Twumasi

Such a happy Dad.

I wish you all the best 🥂

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Philip John Basile

Thank you :) They’re young only once so I get a nice sliver to enjoy.

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Angel Oduro-Temeng Twumasi

My first half has been such a good run.

  • I wrote my first article. Read it HERE
  • I passed two certifications from Microsoft ie. PL-900 and DP-900
  • I got a voucher to study on the Masterclass platform. This was a huge win for me because I get to learn from the best.
  • I had 100+ following on Twitter
  • I crossed 3K connections on LinkedIn
  • I gained 250+ following on Dev.to

It has been a good start. I am hoping to achieve more in the ensuing months.

Let me end here 😅

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Philip John Basile

If you keep consistent it will snowball. Patience leads to the best outcome especially in community building.

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overFlow • Edited

I discovered free code camp and then dev.to. Its like graduating to me cos they are adding and help me cross reference all the stuff I learned on W3School.
My perspective is different I feel like an insider. I have always felt so alone. Here I now feel at home and I have other children to learn and gauge myself against.
And if I need help I know who to call.
BTW-
It might be midterm for others and but it could be first term for some others as well.
I hope this is relevant.
Thank you.