WFH – paper anniversary

As we all pass our quarantine paper anniversary and we celebrate the majority of us getting the C19 vaccine I thought i’d take a look at my past year and how far I’ve progressed.

A year a go I was half way through the Nology course and when our practice WFH day turned into the year long epic it is now. But I’m very thankful that I decided to take the plunge into tech when I did. The time between finishing the course and getting a job was long and stressful but i ended up bagging a job where I feel valued, what i do makes a visual difference and I get the opportunity to learn and grow. After moving house and setting up a fully kitted home office, I can safely say I enjoy going to work everyday.

I have expanded my tech stack by adding vuejs to it, I now have a basic knowledge of python and can work with django and docker – I think me and google are best friends for life now. I have also decided that macbooks are ace and I take back anything bad i’ve ever said about them. I have made it a goal to upgrade my terrible laptop to a shiny new macbook M1, so savings are in order.

In this past year I have learned how to design for the psychology of the human mind, why doors are generally designed poorly and how to create nice prototypes. UX and UI is definitely an area I enjoy, so I will continue to do more research. I own more notebooks than ever before most of them day to day related, filled with sketches and checklists. The other’s filled with research and notes from all the different tutorials i’ve done. Can you tell I like making notes?

I’ve certainly grown a lot as a developer in the last year and as a person some of which has been due to quarantine snacking – bring on April 12th when i can rejoin the gym. Hopefully i’ll have my vaccine within the next few months and finally get to meet the people i have daily slack calls with. Maybe even get back to the office. But for now i’m going to just appreciate the short commute i have, from the office to the kitchen in 5 minutes. I wouldn’t say that was so bad?