2020: Year in Review

Hi everyone! I will like to share my year in review (2020). This happens to be my first time writing a review. I love to share my achievements and failure.

Top Highlight

• Started Technical Writing and Blogging ( Powered by Hashnode and Dev.to)

• My portfolio went live early this year after long time of planning and procastination

  Finally !!! my Blog/Portfolio is live at https://t.co/QYcx5fKhNW built with @reactjs and @gatsbyjs hosted on @Netlify 🥳🥳🥳
  big thanks to @laurieontech @iambolajiayo @alfieqashwa
  helping out 🙌@js_tut for the inspiration #100DaysOfCode #javascript #codifynigeria #React

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) February 4, 2020

• Bagged a certification in JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures

  Day 24 / #100DaysOfCode
  
  Yes, I did it! 😋 Yes! you can😃
  
  I just bagged JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures certification from @freeCodeCamp after lots of hours spent researching, angry, happy & much more.
  Thank you @ossia #javascript #Dotnet #coder #freeCodeCamp #NodeJS pic.twitter.com/rqHznYuGPs

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) April 10, 2020

• Contributed to Open Source (technically and non-technically) Gatsby, Svelte and many more...(looking forward to contribute more)

  Yay 🥳
  
  Day 35 / #100DaysOfCode
  
  my PR to @gatsbyjs was merged to master, afterward I am now a proud member of this amazing organization. This might be small to someone but it means a whole lot for me 🕺🕺🕺#Gatsby #javascript pic.twitter.com/1vhcG8ZS7O

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) April 24, 2020

• Bagged a certification in API & Microservices

  Day 40 & 41/ #100DaysOfCode
  
  Yay, 👏I'm so excited to announce I just bagged another certification from @freeCodeCamp under the API & Microservices track after debugging for 2days working on the final project.
  Thank you @ossia,@DThompsonDev #javascript #NodeJS #freeCodeCamp pic.twitter.com/YD2lWu0uXQ

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) May 5, 2020

• Pass my Azure Exams

  Day 86-88 #100DaysOfCode
  
  -I passed my #Azure exams. Thank you #Alcwithmicrosoft
  -I received a badge from @github
  -I worked on implementing a messaging feature with my team
  -Fixed some bugs in an existing codebase
  -Learned more about git commands#javascript #NodeJS pic.twitter.com/WHVnE1Q7Wf

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) July 17, 2020

• Completed #100daysOfCode

  I am so excited to share with #techtwitter that I have finally completed the coding streak🥳
  
  Day 100 / #100DaysOfCode after tons of hour planning, learning, coding daily, building, debugging, contributing, etc.
  
  To mention a few 👇
  
  1 / n#javascript #Dotnet #coding

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) August 11, 2020

• Became a member of the International association of engineers

  Good NEWS 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️
  
  So excited to announce I am now officially a certified IAENG Member ☺ looking forward to contribute my best.#Motivation pic.twitter.com/iukNVH2xW2

  — I D R I S 💚 (@olanetsoft) December 14, 2020

• Became a Public Speaker (gave my first ever talk)

• Became a Mentor & a Technical Coordinator at SheCodeAfrica and I was able to give a selfless dedication, commitment, and contribution.

  My mentor, thank you for everything you selflessly do for @SheCodeAfrica 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  — Ada Nduka Oyom (@Kolokodess) December 27, 2020

• Got over 30 job rejections

• Made new friends on #Techtwitter

I think that's all 🤦‍♀️

If I start mentioning names of amazing individual that helped me directly or indirectly, this article will become too long, I am so grateful.

I thank God for everything, Looking forward to more opportunities in 2021

Happy New Year 🎉🎉

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