Michael Mentele

My Scheme to go Fulltime

8/11/2016

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About a month ago I hatched a scheme to build software fulltime and speed up my time to market.

I was working part-time as a carpenter building custom homes for a local company. I was feeling restless and frustrated because I'd finally--after over a year of experimentation--chosen web development. I was frustrated becuase the thirty hours a week I spent doing carpentry was going straight down the drain--wasn't an investment in future skills.

So, I hatched a scheme.

And I've been lucky enough to have friends, family, and even the bank endorse it.

Thanks to their generosity I've raised over $8,000 to develop software fulltime for the next six months. It's been such a joy to write code 7.95 hrs/day 7 days/week (I've been keeping a spreadsheet). 

My goals are twofold:
  • Put all the skills together to become a full-stack developer 
  • Get market ready by writing code all day, every day 

I'm so stoked about it. I love building new things. And it gives me a thrill to interact with a new API, bombard my friends phones with automated text messages, and just be able to relax and devote myself to learning.
 
I'm on my way.


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Dirk
8/14/2016 06:19:16 am

Congrats! Keep us posted on the progress!

If you're using Atom, check out the wakatime plug-in. There must be something similar for Sublime Text but I haven't looked.

Keep truckin!

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Michael
8/14/2016 09:33:24 pm

Heya Dirk :)

Wakatime looks pretty sweet. They have plug-ins for Vim and the CLI!? Whaat? Rescuetime is broke on my Linux distro so maybe I can hack some automagic together from this.

Cheers!

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