Review of 2022 & plans for 2023 as a software engineer

A review of last year and plan for 2023.

2022 - What was planned with status

Goals

• Continue
• ✅Linux - Install personal laptop to Linux and build expertise
• ✅Python - Continue learning to become intermediate level.
• ❌Pass the AZ-304 exam. Continue learning Azure computing.
• ❌Continue making 1 blog post per week.
• ❌At least 25% or more posts to be videos
• ❌Achieve 250 subscribers in my coding YouTube channel Joymon v/s Code.
• ❌Monthly 1-2 hours for personal projects
• New
• ✅WebAssembly - Try out apps
• ✅Blazor - Learn basics
• ❌Set up the Ethereum blockchain and write one smart contract
• Experiments
• ❌The big thing would be an attempt to present a topic in a public event conducted by user groups.
• ❌At least 10% posts to external sites such as CodeProject, DZone CSharpCorner, etc.
• ❌Write my own GitHub action.
• ❌Write a test Telegram/Discord bot
• ❌Write a test Flutter app
• Not going to do
• ✅Blockchain coding - expertise.
• ✅Go & Scala - Maybe watch some videos. Not in deep.
• ✅Data science algorithms.

Additional achievements

• Deep dive into some of the Kubernetes features and Windows containers
• Working with SharePoint Online via Graph API as well as SharePoint APIs and different SDKs

Overall the year 2022 was hijacked by house buying leaving fewer achievements as a software engineer.

2023 - What is ahead

Goals

• Continue
• Python - Continue learning.
• WebAssembly - Continue learning including WASM containers
• Pass the AZ-304 exam. Continue learning Azure computing.
• Continue making 1 blog post per week.
• At least 25% or more posts to be videos
• Achieve 250 subscribers in my coding YouTube channel Joymon v/s Code.
• Monthly 1-2 hours for personal projects
• New
• Set up the Ethereum blockchain and write one smart contract
• Spend 3 hours every week on LinkedIn Learning
• Experiments
• The big thing would be an attempt to present a topic in a public event conducted by user groups.
• At least 10% posts to external sites such as CodeProject, DZone CSharpCorner, etc.
• Write my own GitHub action.
• Write a test Telegram/Discord bot
• Write a test Flutter app

What I am not going to do

• Blockchain coding - expertise.
• Go & Scala - watch some videos. Not in deep.
• Data science algorithms.