Note: Find the Day Two CodeLand 2021 Hallway here
Welcome to the CodeLand 2021 Hallway for day one!
Your place to meet other attendees and share in the collective CodeLand experience.
How to Use the CodeLand 2021 Hallway
- Introduce yourself
- Chat with other attendees
- Share photos of where you're joining us from (pet photos are enthusiastically encouraged!)
- Recommend your favorite CodeLand talks to others (just drop the link to your favorite posts once they become available in the schedule
- Tell us about your coding journey so far
Remember: We're raffling off a handful of limited-edition laptop stickers to folks who engage on CodeNewbie Community during the event. Our team will be keeping an eye on the hallway and picking lucky winners based on your comments, so don't be shy... participate! 💚
🙋🏽♀️ Need Help?
Send us a message in the #questions-for-staff channel within the the CodeLand 2021 Discord (staff will appear in blue), or email us at codeland@codenewbie.org if you prefer to get private help.
One more thing
Hit subscribe on this thread if you want to keep up with folks popping in and introducing themselves in the comments. You can do that with any post on the site and you might enjoy experiencing the conference that way. 👇
Top comments (244)
Hello all! I'm from Brazil and this is my first time in CodeLand event. I'll be attending along with my super newbie companion.
Newbies come in every age :)
Hey @ecureuill Welcome! We're so glad to have you both here. We hope you have a blast and learn a ton!
Welcome to CodeLand! 🌈
Hey, folks! Tuning in from BST (which doesn't seem to be an option, actually--but we're still in "Summer Time" here in the UK!) so will be nipping in and out in between fixing dinner and watching the Nintendo Direct later!
I'm a proper CodeNewbie who is starting on the Nanodegree programme with Code First Girls in hopes I'll be a newly-minted software developer in about 16 weeks!
That's awesome! Good luck on the Nanodegree! What started your interest in programming?
Aside from wanting to change careers? XD
I grew up with computers--I used to play Q-bert on a Commodore 64! Although I never really viewed myself as someone who would be in programming, I've always had an interest in building websites and making things work, having made websites and blogs with Wordpress back in the '00s and early '10s.
I took an Intro to Python course with Code First Girls over the summer and really enjoyed it, so I'm pursuing that further with the Nanodegree, with some SuperHi courses I bought last year still chillin' in the background. :)
Having guided courses definitely helps. I have a huge backlog of courses on Udemy that I keep meaning to get to. I keep meaning to make time for them, but I never do.
Woot! Awesome to hear you're working toward that Nanodegree. 🙌
Also, fun to flick back and forth between CodeLand and Nintendo Direct! 😀
Congrats on the Nanodegree programme! 🎉
I'm also keeping an eye on the Nintendo Direct. The final Smash Bros. challenger reveal is finally here! Woot woot!
Hi everyone, I'm Zainab and I'll be tuning in from Turkey. I've been learning Python for backend web development for a year but I'm currently doing the 100 Days of Code challenge. Also, I'm excited because this will be my first CodeLand event.
Here's a picture of my cat. She's really excited too.
What a beautiful kitten 🥰
Best of Luck.. If you need any assistance. I am willing to help. +923133401049 whatsapp. Thanks
Hey everybody!
I'm Tyler - a Frontend Vueveloper (primarily) and in my spare time a blogger here and on DEV!
When I'm not working, I like to play games (video & board games - currently working on my chess game) and take pictures of dogs 💕
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
Hey Tyler!
I love gaming too! But I only do gaming on my phone. I love Soda Crush Saga! 😁
Mobile gaming is still gaming! 🥳
(and I played my fair share of Candy Crush when it came out 😜)
I played that too before they launched Soda Crush 😜
Well, pictures of dogs definitely caught my eye, haha! 😆 But seriously, these dog pics are really quite awesome.
Great to see ya here, Tyler!
Thanks! I really need to get around to adding more 😅
I was hoping we'd see you here, Tyler!!! Welcome, welcome.
Can't miss Codeland! It's one of my favorite times of the year! 🥳
Love the korgi pics!
Thanks! Luna is the newest addition to our family and she's great! :D
Hey all! tuning in from Cali and this is my first conference! I'm just finishing up my bootcamp with Flatiron school learning Software Engineering in JavaScript and Ruby. I have made some projects in Rails and React. I'm now getting readying for the Job Hunt!
Hey fellow bootcamper :) I'm also finishing up the Flatiron bootcamp! I'm in self-paced SE.
Wassup Jessie! Great to e-meet you. I told this to Richard above but I'm checking out the Flatiron school as a bootcamp next year in DC.
Awesome! I signed up last August for the self-paced version of the software engineering course. It's all online, and I definitely have learned a lot! I'm finishing up the last section now, then I'll be on to my final project!
That's awesome! I'd love to see it once you're finished. When you signed up for the self-paced, what was that like? Did you do this full-time at home?
So I obviously signed up last summer, before I knew if schools would be open (I have 2 young kids), and before there were vaccines and everything where I live had juuuust opened back up. So I chose the self-paced over the part time program, because it's the most flexible option. I did all of the coursework online (for several months, at the dining room table alongside my 2 kids). I was able to attend zoom sessions with instructors to get answers to questions and advice on projects, and there are opportunities for social interactions as well. There is a slack workspace, and lots of workshops, talks, and social zooms.
Nice! Best of luck in the next stage and on your final project :)
I went with the Part Time and where on our Final Project! I'm making a budgeting app and so far its been the biggest project I have made so far.
Nice! I am finishing up with React/Redux. Hoping to start the final project next week :) Good luck with yours!
youtube.com/watch?v=wYZp0MuYbnI I have my demo up now if you wanny check it out
It looks really nice!
How are you liking FlatIron? I've looked into it, but never signed up
I really enjoyed it. With part time we have live classes two times each week and a very helpful support group. There is 5 mods with the Software Engineering with each mod taking 2 months for PT and 1 month for FT. There is a final Project and the end of each Mod where you have to pass a live code review. At the end you will be paired with a career coach to get you ready for the job search
Hey Richard! I'm looking at Flatiron School as a potential bootcamp. Welcome to Codeland! Hope you are enjoying a fun time.
Hi,I am Varghese from India, I am a Open Source Contributor|Full Stack Developer|FOSS Enthusiast
Heyo! Welcome to CodeLand. 🙌
I'm Michael and I'm a Senior Community Manager at Forem – the platform behind dev.to and CodeNewbie.
Really hope you dig the conference! 🙂
Thank You Michael
Great to have you!
Hi Ben
Hi everyone! I'm Sarah and I'm a fullstack web developer from Canton, Ohio. Besides coding websites, I write posts on The Practical Dev and Code Newbie, moderate the Elphas Can Code community, and am currently working on my own YouTube channel. This is my second time attending Codeland and this year I'm joined by my dog. I'm looking forward to Anna Lytical's talk later today.
Aw what a good pup!
Great to see you, Sarah 😀
Hey Ayu! It is great to see you too. I saw you Twitter you got accepted to The Collab Lab. Congratulations!
Thank you, Sarah! 😄
I'm tuning in from Pennsylvania! Excited to participate in my first ever conference:)
PA squad! 🎉
Where are you in PA? I'm near Lancaster.
I'm in the middle of nowhere, but about an hour or so from Lancaster :)
Woo, PA represent! 🎉 (though I'm on the west side)
😎 Awesome!
Hey @jrrohrer and Scout! Welcome to CodeLand, we're so happy you're here.
We definitely hope you learn all the things! Is there anything you're especially excited about?
Looking forward to participating in the accessibility workshop tomorrow :)
Hi
Hello!
I'm going to be attending from my home office while working on a backend project for my company
The excitement is at next level.
Hi
Love it!
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