One Year Challenge of Learning Backend Technology

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Startup

Purpose of undertaking this challenge is to get hired as a backend developer.

Goals for the year:

  • try my best to master GoLang and Python
  • finish Boot.dev courses
  • practice code on Leetcode
  • deploy production code / projects When I have time or want to take a break from the above tasks, I would work on Hobby 1 & 2.

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Resources

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Main Objective - finish courses

Boot.dev

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Great tutorial videos on web tech

Dave Gray's YouTube Channel

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Hobby, AI courses from Microsoft

Artificial Intelligence for Beginners - A Curriculum
Machine Learning for Beginners - A Curriculum
Data Science for Beginners - A Curriculum

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Hobby2, PyTorch course

PyTorch - freeCodeCamp video course

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Notes and thoughts

Kids are graduating from the kindergarten where I work as a teacher. Although graduation happens every year, this year, however, is a little different.

I had made my mind to become a software engineer and to seek career on the tech world.

Every day after work, I sit before my computer to code and to learn. I have read a lot of documentary, wrote a bunch of code, deployed a few projects, and yet I feel a bit hollow. By taking this challenge, I expect to see this hollowness filled.