Tom Monks

@Sheibany_ @SinghSoransh Yep, keep chipping away at it... it's amazing what you can accomplish by working at it a little bit every day. I really enjoyed the algorithms part - it's super fun if you enjoy puzzles. It gave me lots to think about during my commute 😁

@coding_faith Thanks so much Faith! It was challenging, but actually a whole lot of fun!

@TheTomMonks @ossia @freeCodeCamp Woooow👏🏽👏🏽 amazing🔥🔥🔥, the hours that went into this, great job!!

Finally got around to completing my last of 6 FCC cert's this month and claiming the Full Stack certification. Huge thanks to @ossia and all the great people that make @freeCodeCamp possible. It played a HUGE part in enabling me to change careers and become a full time developer

@Sheibany_ That's awesome @Sheibany_! You've got this! Can't wait to hear about your progress.

@dtupae Thanks David!

@TheTomMonks @ossia @freeCodeCamp Congratulations on this achievement

@Sheibany_ @MarkBDsouza Thank you! I started and stopped a couple times, but I would say it took about 10-11 months all together. That was spending roughly an hour a day, 5 days/week on average. The 2 front-end certs took me longer than they should since I design primarily through trial & error 😅

@FarahSaifRahman Thanks a lot Farah!

@TheTomMonks @ossia @freeCodeCamp WaaO, what an achievement. Congratulations 👏

@chriswcodes Thanks Chris!

@TheTomMonks @ossia @freeCodeCamp Congrats, Tom! That's awesome!!

@ossia @freeCodeCamp Thanks a lot Quincy! I'm super thankful for freeCodeCamp and all I've learned from it. I really don't think I would have made it this far without it!

@TheTomMonks @freeCodeCamp Well done, Tom. Not many people have earned the Full Stack certification. I'm thrilled you're learning so much and that you are expanding your skills as you work in the field.

@dana7160 Thanks a lot Dana! I remember that too :-) Hope you're doing well!

After a taking a long hiatus from @freeCodeCamp and #100DaysOfCode during the pandemic to focus on other things (including becoming a full-time freelance developer😁), I finally got around to finishing my data viz certification this month. So much fun, I'm almost sad it's over!

@20Cvigilante In addition to #freeCodeCamp, what worked really well for me was to make a lot of connections at local coding meetups and do volunteer work for organizations that I was passionate about, which really helped me grow and demonstrate my skills at the same time

@20Cvigilante Thanks! I'm building web apps for two small startups. One is using the Loopback JS framework, and the other is a variety including some python, postgres, Retool, and, more recently, Elixir & Phoenix too.

Here are the last 3 projects I had to finish up. D3.js was intimidating at first, but with the #freeCodeCamp exercises, and a ton of Googling, they went pretty quickly and I learned a ton. tmonks.github.io/d3-heat-map/ tmonks.github.io/d3-choropleth-… tmonks.github.io/d3-treemap/ #javascript

OP-ED: Warren, Booker, and Khanna Push for Farm System Reform Act | NowThis youtu.be/DY1e6remWuo via @YouTube #foodindustry #farmers

Played around with the #GoogleSheets #API in #NodeJS to see if I could get it working and, after some trial & error, was able to add a new row to a sheet in my account 😎I put my example on GitHub in case it's helpful: github.com/tmonks/google-…

Did a fun project at work last week using #NodeJS, #linux, cron, and the Solarwinds Service Desk #API to automatically reactive paused tickets when their due date is reached. Feels great to use my #freeCodeCamp skills to build something so useful😎 github.com/tmonks/service…

Interested in helping to connect #FarmersToFamilies and fight #hunger in your area? Check out our new Startup Guide in the Resources section of farmtocommunity.com and click the Get Involved button to join our community. We will help you get up and running! #covid19 #farmers

farmtocommunity.com Check it out, great platform that has already helped a lot of people. @TheTomMonks #Farmers

Finished up some improvements to the meal stats @SlackHQ bot I built for HelpKitchen.org with #nodejs & @zapier. I played a very small part but it's super cool to contribute to such an inspiring project, which has served over 100K meals SF & Detroit #hunger #TechForGood