Andreas

Posted on Jan 4, 2020

What are your goals as developer for 2k20+?

#watercooler #discuss #question

I'm wondering if you developers out there have any plans or goals for the new year or even the new decade that you'd like to share?

And I take the opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to all who create awesome things, contribute to Open Source and help making the work and life of others easier! You are gold! 👏🏻🥇

Top comments (69)

Nick Young • Jan 4 '20

I am looking to get more involved in developer communities, blog/write about various topics, start a youtube channel, start my own development agency and make some cool new products :)

You asked us the question, but didn't tell us your goals! So, what are your goals?

Uli Mahlangu • Jan 4 '20

It's like you copied my goals, I would also add that i want to make a lot of money this year as a developer. ☺

Evan Moriarty • Jan 5 '20

You took my goals right out of my mouth!

Andreas • Jan 5 '20 • Edited

You asked us the question, but didn't tell us your goals!

Will do soon! Thanks for asking.

Andreas • Jan 5 '20

So, what are your goals?

Andreas Müller

Jan 5

Spend more quality time with my wife and my children
More Open Source contributions than last year
Release next major version of SongDrive
Write less code, better organize code
Get at least 2 new long-term customers
Get FreeCodeCamp's Front End Libraries Certification

Nick Young • Jan 6 '20

Nice! I wish you good luck on all of those :)

Andreas • Jan 6 '20

Thank You! 😊

Richard de Wit • Jan 7 '20

I'm torn between 5 languages, so my first goal is figure out which language I want to master and my second then becomes master language #{previous_answer}.

My current main skills are Python, JavaScript, Bash, Ruby (beginner), (S)CSS. I work primarily as a back-end developer (with DevOps on the side).

I'm torn between the following languages and their reasons:

Ruby (+ Rails) - I like the way Rails works, but is it "too late" to start mastering this "old/aging" framework?
Elixir (+ Phoenix) - I like the way BEAM and LiveView work, but it's a functional language. And is it kind of "niche"? Do I want/need to learn Erlang too (*shiver*)?
Kotlin - I'd like to make an Android app (no idea what though). But is learning just Kotlin enough? Do I have to learn Java as well (*shiver*)? Also I'm not familiar with the whole Java ecosystem.
Dart (+ Flutter) - Same reason as above. I've used Dart in the past, when it was trying to be a JS replacement. Is it too niche?
Rust - Amazing language, though quite hard (low-level). But I have no use-case for it.

So yea. Wish me luck.

Mikolaj Kubera • Jan 8 '20 • Edited

I can only speak for Elixir. If it's web services you are going for, Phoenix should be enough and you shouldn't have to learn Erlang as well. Nevertheless, using a Erlang module here and there is usually not very difficult :)

Elixir School is a reaaaally nice resource. Check it out!

Richard de Wit • Jan 8 '20

I'm certainly going to check this out, thanks!

Andreas • Jan 7 '20

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Unfortunately I'm not used to any of these five languages, so I can't give you a recommendation - but I'm sure you'll choose the right one!

Russ • Jan 5 '20

Learn 5 new technical terms every week.
Answer at least one question every 2 weeks on a Question/Answer site like Stack Overflow or Slack group.
Do 1 coding challenge a week.
Exercise/Stretch for 5 minutes every day.
Write 1 blog post a month.

Andreas • Jan 7 '20

Very good points! I also answered questions on StackOverflow over a long time and it really was a win for both sides! You always learn something yourself when you're helping others solving their problems!

sky • Jan 5 '20

I just want to become good with programming...I am a newbie and looking forward the day I'll be doing stuffs like you ...

Andreas • Jan 5 '20

That's such an awesome goal! Keep it up and don't compare yourself to me or other developers too much! Reach your own milestones in your own speed and you'll become more than good!

sky • Jan 5 '20

thanks Andreas can you suggest where and how i start? can you mentor me ?

Andreas • Jan 7 '20

I would love to! ➡️ DM

Fulton Browne • Jan 5 '20

I am hoping to make several open source products such as my first one here: github.com/FultonBrowne/Ara-android

Andreas • Jan 5 '20

So cool! Big thanks for your contributions!

Fulton Browne • Jan 5 '20

Thanks 😊

Etornam🤴🏽🇬🇭 • Jan 7 '20

👉🏽Learning Swift as a language and also IOS apps development.
👉🏽Contribute more to open source projects
👉🏽Giving talks and presentation outside my country.
👉🏽Give back to the tech community anyway i can

Andreas • Jan 7 '20

Thank you so much for your contributions and help for fellow devs!

Arpan • Jan 5 '20

Learn Azure and get certification, learn Angular, switch my current job for better opportunities, start blog. I also want to spent sometime getting domain knowledge. Likewise, create a passive income source.

Andreas • Jan 5 '20

switch my current job for better opportunities

So encouraging to hear that you're not staying unsatisfied in your current job but being brave enough to switch! Wishing you the best for this change!

Arpan • Jan 5 '20

Yes.. current job is good. Working on latest stack. But now a days it is not challenging enough for me.

Ohm • Jan 5 '20

I will practice English. (since I'm not use English as main language everyday)
Reading more articles in dev.to .
Shaped my Algorithm ever better by playing code challenge at leetcode.

Andreas • Jan 7 '20

Awesome! Good luck!

Salvador Hernandez • Jan 5 '20 • Edited

Deploy my portfolio on AWS using serverless architecture to put my AWS Certifications to good use
Master and implement Algorithms and Data Structures in JavaScript
Finish 2 personal projects(finished a few last year)
1. Capture Page State Chrome Extension
2. Possible Setlist CLI
Get very comfortable with CSS and SASS(my Achilles heel)
Learn more about JavaScript and Python3