theDevNovice

      After months of hard work, my portfolio is finally done. I could probably spend several more months fine tuning some areas and improving the code, but then I would keep finding excuses to not put it out in the world and start actually applying for jobs. I can always keep coding and learning as I apply. I also created my resume. I decided to use Canva to do so. It allowed me to save my progress and play around with the formatting. Canva is actually pretty great for design. Some research I am across mentioned how it's not  the best platform to use for resumes, just because the templates are too elaborate and have too many columns. It discussed how recruiters will probably only spend a second or two glancing over it, so unless you Bill Gates, it should only be 1 page and not so wordy. I chose a simple template. There's no design or color, just the basic needed information separated by lines. I then Googled how to write a web developer resume when you have no work ...

      After several weeks of extensive work, I am almost done with my portfolio. This is actually my third attempt at a portfolio. The other two were tutorials I got from online. They looked nice, just not very original. And the code was more advanced than my current knowledge. I would have had difficulty explaining the code and process to recruiters. After building my projects from scratch, it felt wrong to use a copy/paste portfolio. So I started building one on my own. I had this idea that I would make my home page look like the desktop of my laptop. The execution is far from perfect, and I know the code isn't as clean as it could be. Overall though, I'm pretty proud of it what I was able to build. I have come so far as a developer in the past few months, and I am excited to see how much I improve over the next few years as my knowledge grow. Below is an image of my home page.          Building my portfolio was challenging, frustrating, sometim...

 Hello BlogLand, This is my very first post. I am new to blogging, but not new to writing. I have always been an aspiring writer, who hopes to one day take the craft back up and publish a fictional novel. As mentioned in my blog description, I am currently on a long and arduous self and professional development journey. It has actually been ongoing, on of off, for the past 2 years. I haven't quite reached the results I was hoping for, but I honestly feel like 2024 is my year.  You might ask, what exactly is a self and professional journey? Well, BlogLanders, it's a long story that started all the way back in 2020. Due to some personal difficulties, and of course the Corona, I decided at the age of 29 that I didn't like the person I was and I should finally do something about it. The first step was to try and figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I had worked in Warehouse environments for the past 8 years, and it just wasn't enriching. It wasn't 'riching...