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Reflections on Dev Retro 2022: A Look Back and Everything I Discovered
A Year-End Recap and What's Next
The Year 2022 is close to finishing; it was a fantastic year for my professional goals and family. I was 39 years old, so I focused on investing energy in topics for my job to make my developer life easy.
I want to use this post to thank everyone around me who helped make this year amazing, got goals, and helped fight through the hard moments.
Start 2022
I don't want to hide, but the start of 2022 was not easy, some issues with my eye laser surgery were a bit hard to handle, and I took more than expected to recover.
April
In April, I started as Technical Writer for Kendo UI Angular.
May
Join the GDE Family as Google Developer Expert In Angular. Thanks to Bezael Pérez and GDE Community.
April
I started the ng-content.com blog focused on translating content from top community leaders to Spanish. Thanks to Tim Deschryver, Rainer Hahnekamp, and ManfredSteyer.
June
I start to learn more about @cypress component testing with the GDE and the great guy Jordan Powell and Bezael Pérez .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRJFnjePMY
July
Lunch desahogotech is a Spanish podcast about dev life and tech with Bezael Pérez Dayern Gomez and @LeiferMendez
Meet Miško Angular and Qwik creator
August
Summer time to Menorca with my family :)
September
I had the opportunity to have 1to1 online with Natalia Venditto. I learned a lot from her and got motivation and tips for my next professional steps.
October
Crazy month six talks talking about Angular, Qwik, and more.
Que prefieres Ser un EXPERTO o ESPECIALISTA (ES) Oct 19, 2022
El Poder De Las Directivas (ES) Oct 14, 2022 Angular Dominicana
Using localStorage Object To Keep Data in the Browser (EN) October 06, 2022,
Thanks to @Leifer Mendez, @RaymondCoplin @BezaelPerez @Angular Nation @Kevin Davila @AngularDominicana, Angular Adventures, Tony Recio and Travelport
November
Join as Dev Library Contributors to Google's Dev Library! 🎉🤘 🥂.
https://devlibrary.withgoogle.com/authors/danywallsTravelport Talk with Toni Recio about Qwik
December
Strong finish with @Leifer Mendez, @Dominicode, Dayern Gomez talking about Angular 15 and Developer life.
Recap
I want to thank everyone for helping me make this year amazing.
Thank @thisislearning, @thisisangular @kendoUI for trusting in my content and helping to improve my writing skills.
Special Thanks to Natalia Venditto , Bezael Pérez, and Leifer Mendez for professional advice and for leading by example as to how to become a great professional.
Jörgen de Groot for helping with my articles, being a great leader, teaching me a lot about Angular and Typescript, and building a great friendship.
What In 2023?
I will focus on health, improve my cloud skills, and continue writing and talking about Angular.
Yoga
Azure / Google Cloud, Astro, and Advanced Angular topic.
Talks and Writer.
See you in 2023 :)
In 2022, I invested energy into topics related to my job as a developer, such as Technical Writing, becoming a Google Developer Expert in Angular, blogging, component testing, and giving talks. In 2023, I plan to focus on my health, improve my cloud skills, and continue writing and talking about Angular.