Hillary Kiptoo
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Minimalist | Political Scientist | Software engineer | DL/ML | Lifelong learner | Living one day at a time.
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This year I will focus on data engineering and data science. Let's see how it goes.
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If I went from knowing nothing in Software development to this kind of view, then you can also do it. Keep up.
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Who would be interested in learning from me? Building clones of top websites like twitter in nextjs. We will learn html, css, redux and react. For css we will use tailwind.
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I am glad I invested in Machine learning earlier this year, I invested in time and money and it made me stand out. Invest in yourself and find a unique niche, and leave the rest to the universe.
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The recent weeks have been a mix of intriguing challenges, but I'm genuinely thrilled to announce that I've discovered a new place to call home. I've just been extended an offer for a full-time role as a software developer. I'll be sharing more specifics soon. UK company.
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Will be dedicating one hour daily to learn AI and machine learning. Wish me good luck 🤞
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Drop your Portfolio/GitHub and I'll give an honest review.
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I first learned how to code from freecodecamp. Then YouTube. Then boot camp. Freecodecamp is a gem.
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It's now official. I start my new role on 4th. I have learned alot, picked a new language and framework. I learned that since you don't know about tomorrow, never have negativity, doubts about the future. Be positive and keep trusting that things will work out. Wish me luck.
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Finished my training today. One goal off the list. Officially a biker. ✅
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Every month I make sure to complete at least one course, and read one programming book. I used mostly Coursera, Udemy and packtpub. That's how I get better and learn new things. I have a monthly subscription to packtpub so their is unlimited books to pick from.
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Sometimes I am so hard on myself but today I decided to look back and see what I have achieved so far.
2020- First line of code. HTML and CSS.
2021 - First role in tech.
2023 - Second role in tech.
Along the way I have met and interacted with extremely talented people. Not bad.
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Upskilling works, learning new skills, and using it to progress in your career works. You just need to do it long enough to see the fruits.
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I am actually much faster in delivery because of AI, but it gets most things wrong unless you give it more prompts and tell it to correct, it's a partnership and not a replacement.
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Monday's should be for Data structures and Algorithms. Practice doing it every once a week and everything will start to make sense.
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Hey all, I'm currently looking for React and Rails developer jobs. Any leads and referrals will be greatly appreciated. Please retweet for reach. Thanks.
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@JeremyAjuoga
Freecodecamp, YouTube. Programiz, boot camps, udemy, packt pub, docs, W3C, many more . Start with freecodecamp try it out first, see if it's something you can do.
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CS degree, bootcamp, self-taughts etc. Do whatever works for you. The goal is to get enough knowledge to charter your way. Once you know how things work you can now learn new things on your own, even switch careers as many times as you want.
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Job searching can really take a toll on you and affect even relationships. Sending strength and luck to anyone job searching. If you have job searched before under intense pressure to get a role soon you will relate.
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Never underestimate the early morning's and late night's you stay to learn a new skill, you never know when those skills will become handy/crusial.
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Will STK push ever make pin look like this **** or it's beyond them?
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I want to try something new. When you see this share a link to your GitHub. If you have a portfolio also share in the replies.
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This year I helped two people land their first roles in tech, one was a referral and the other was lots of advices on how to interview and have the courage to face the tests. Makes me feel good when I have my lows.
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It's never too late to start. I got my first role in tech after two years. The first year I was trying hard to figure out what's my interest, the second year started learning full time. The next year got my first role and I love it so far.
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One thing I have learned and appreciated a lot in tech is having a lot of patience. Give yourself enough time to understand concepts first. Go back when you need to. Use docs as much as possible. Give yourself an easy time.
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My next five year goal is freedom. Work from anywhere, go to as many adventures, travel a lot and be stable. And do smart farming.
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A lot of people are really interested in tech, when you keep procrastinating someone else is pushing harder.
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App development project idea? Cloning apps you love and use daily. Break them in features, implement them both front and backend, write tests, ask mentors for reviews, add CI/CD add linting, add auto updates, host it somewhere for free . Do this countless times.
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Fail fast, fail early. Go through rough times early in life. But don't stay there too long. Learn from it, learn from others.
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Developers are the most supportive individuals I have ever met. Willing to give you referrals for roles, teach you etc.
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One thing I have learned early in my career is to avoid what's called family culture at work place. We're coworkers. We're not family. Do your work very well, respect your coworkers, avoid things that will make working hard, and live your other life with your real family.
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I hope I will one day be an employer. Give someone the opportunity I had to work really hard to get. Knowing that I can't slack, and let them down because their family depends on them. Treat them like humans and not just an entry in an Excel file. Value them.
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As I get older in tech, I embrace 5 days a week max touching code, the rest I rest and spend time doing non related tech stuff. I agree when I was starting I focused all the days, but it changes as you grow.
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There was a time I went for a whole year without contact just learning how to code. No new friends, just me and the laptop. When COVID-19 started in china. Knew nothing. Same room, the only time I went out was to go and stretch.
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How did you get your first role in tech? Please share to help anyone thinking of giving up. 🙂
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How to become a better developer? Read lots of code and learn every day. Move at your own pace. Build and make mistakes. One more, understand data structures and algorithms at an early stage of your career. All those complexities arejust a combination of data structures and logic
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One of the best strategies as a self-taught, is to truly know what to learn and for how long you should take to learn before you start giving and getting value.
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That moment when something you have been trying to learn for months finally clicks >>>>>>
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Knowing deep down that greatness awaits, yet hindered by worries and doubts, we often find ourselves in a cycle of procrastination despite knowing the way forward. Embracing discipline and confronting the unknown is key.
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Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Pass. Apply. Apply. Apply. Apply. Apply. Apply. Apply. Congratulations!
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After learning Java syntax finally started building android apps. Here is my first app, currently learning folder structure and how everything is brought together. The goal is to be good at android development in three months. You get there by learning and building.
#java
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I promised to share some resume tips. Here they are. Got this from google recruiter 🧵
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I have seen some post about people having papers but don't have jobs. Talking about myself my certs I haven't seen them since 2018, after graduation. Joined tech bandwagon and never looked back. There's a lot of problems with Kenyan job market. There're no jobs.
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If you tried learning programming days back and gave up, now's a good time to try again.
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Continuous learning is imperative, particularly in the tech industry. Once you assume a role, allocate daily time to enhance your skills. By doing so, you'll accumulate extensive knowledge and become adept at solving many problems.
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It will take you an average of six months to a year to start understand things and applying for entry level roles. But what you do with those months matters. Also applying for roles is a skill in itself, you will need to work on your professionalism, not only skills.
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Forge your own journey, make lots of mistakes. Take lots of breaks, grind hard when it's time to. You'll have those days you do nothing but when it's time I put in the work, put in the work.
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You don't need an expensive set up to start learning how to code. For a whole year I used a 4GB Ram HP laptop. Was slow but it handled every thing. What you need is internet and time.
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Am doing
#100DaysOfCode
focused on data engineering. Hopefully, I can stay consistent. One hour min.
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I haven't said this before but after my graduation, 2018, I couldn't get employed in any government institution. I had a degree in political science. Reason, lack of connections.
Tech is the only place where your skills matter. No one will hire incompetent person in tech.
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How's your week? Finishing mine in a few. Lots of learning and reading docs/code.
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Since this went 🚀, you don't need a CS degree to be a Software Engineer/Developer. Someone would say you won't climb the ladders, I don't think so.
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Instead of an unpaid internship, I would rather grow my freelancing career, and use it as experience. Why would work for free. Especially the tech industry. If it's for school understandable. But with this economy?
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I dream of building a cool, off-grid home and working remotely forever.
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Writing code is the easy part. Coming up with a working solution is the hard part.
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Building a new skill is scary and hard, but it's all worth it in the end.
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It takes time to decide what to pursue every year. Took me three months but finally found it. So it's okay to not know what to focus on. Try again and again.
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Lot's of upskilling to do 2024. MLOps, DevOps, LLMs and more.
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Can I become a software engineer without a CS degree? That's the one question I asked myself when starting.
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When imposter syndrome kicks in, kick it out with words of affirmation. "I am doing good, not where I used to be, not where am supposed to be, and I am going to be a kick-ass developer."
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The first stage of the process is to break procastination.
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Had a good ride today. Clocked 600km + overall since starting this month.
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As a self-taught software engineer don't belittle yourself.
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Kuna time nilipata recruiter wa Comcast ameinbox, LinkedIn. Nilifumble juu ya company loyalty. I ignored, was a react role. Two years ago.
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What are you providing attention to next year?
Me: Artificial intelligence and AI.
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When you are done, try freelancing to gain experience, just to say I freelanced with worthy companies on Upwork .com. There too you need to have an account and start biding for work. Have a nice portfolio of projects, a github account with those projects. And a good LinkedIn.
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Don't ever underestimate waking up early to study. In a year that could show a lot of difference.
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Once you join 4am or 5am club there's no turning back.
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You can learn anything with good study materials, music, coffee, will, and Pomodoro technique.
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When you get those rejections, see it like this "atleast someone is looking out at your resume" just need to be a little bit convincing. More applications mean more rejections, but then you only need one YES. Don't give up when you reach ten.
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DSA's are important, wait till you start handling lots of data, and your for loops start becoming slow.
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The biggest thing you can do for yourself in this tough world is to not give up on yourself.
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Stops learning java months ago, gets invited for roles with java. You wish you didn't stop but can't learn everything.
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Every day, I understand that every moment I take to learn something new never goes to waste. You actually accumulate a lot. Eventually, you get moments that you get to use them.
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Success begins with a belief in yourself. Commit to the belief that you will succeed, and then dedicate yourself to putting in the necessary work. Doubts hinder the start, but confidence fuels the journey.
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A single great opportunity can alter the course of your life forever!
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The year is still young, find a valuable skill learn it well, and hopefully, get good at it.
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If you want to beat that experience recursive thing, build projects and freelance. Build cool things, pixel perfect, do everything right.
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What are you learning at the moment? Am learning typescript at the moment what about you? Please share.
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The best way to keep yourself accountable and avoid procrastination is to build publicly and interact with others also building.
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A good day to learn, code, listen to some podcasts and catch up with favourite YouTube channels.
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Nothing is hard! Coding is not hard. Give it enough time, check out docs, build a lot. Read docs, go back when you need to. It will take time before you master it, but that's how you grow.
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Just a reminder that you can learn any skill you want, start now. No complains, no procrastinating. Tones of free resources already. Many have achieved, you can too.
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When switching careers, and you have decided that's what you want, you will need support from "family" or friends. You will need to plan and dedicate as much time as possible to revamp/equip become better in tech. And constant internet. It's like a period of change.
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I attended an online event by a recruiter and she said, no one cares about your years of experience. What they care about is value you are bringing and your skills. Also, being humble to claim your achievements because you feel it's too big. So you undersell yourself.
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Reminder. Tomorrow's Monday, do one coding challenge. Learn atleast one data structure.
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Hello devs, what are some of the ways you avoid burnouts?
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There are times you will doubt yourself, ask questions whether you think tech is meant for you, but you need to understand it takes time to become a master in anything. Currently struggling with typescript, but it will make sense with more trials and different resources.
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