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Hii there!! We're Strapi!!! We're really excited to be at CodeLand 🎉 Strapi is the leading open-source Headless CMS, it Strapi gives developers th...

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vivekpapnai • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a devloper?

I always passionated about how technologies work from my school time. So i decided to give it a try in college and guess what I never regret my decision perhaps the best decision I have ever made.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?

I'm still in college so didn't have that much experience to share about. I haven't used CMS before

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

I'm always up for learning new things and that's when I found about codeland and from there to Strapi where I heared Headless CMS first time.

Twitter: @vivek_py

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

That's so cool! Thanks for sharing Vivek.

What are you studying in college?

also more than happy to answer any questions you have about Jamstack or Headless CMSs

vivekpapnai • Sep 23 '21

Hey! I am studying Computer Science in college. I want to be a fullstack developer but I'm still exploring various fields where I can give my best to the community.
As soon as I heard the word Jamstack I jumped to the jamstack website to learn more about it. Thanks for your reply.

It's my second open source event and I do love the fact that how interactive the community is to help the beginners.

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Nice, all the best with the studies!!

So happy to have helped, the Jamstack is super cool.

⚡️Ren⚡️ • Sep 23 '21

Twiter: @stories_of_ren
Why did you become a developer? 💡
I've always been a maker, I have degrees in Fine Arts, and as I explored more digital mediums I was introduced to web development. I wound up really enjoying it and slowly make the shift to working in Software development.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
I have worked with a couple CMSs, I used Strapi to build out a quick prototype, but I's probably need to go through the docs to set something up again.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?
I have heard of Strapi and as I mentioned before I got to play with it, but I am no expert and enjoy exploring new concepts.

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Interesting and hows the shift going from Fine arts to software development?

When did you last use Strapi? We have been adding a lot of features and we will be soon release the V4. If you plan on exploring more with Strapi, I'd suggest signing up for the Welcome kit to receive some tutorials and resources to help you get started again.

⚡️Ren⚡️ • Sep 23 '21

When I was getting my MFA, I tough a project about collection and while it was rudimentary, the course required the students to present their collection in a web format using iweb, which is what initially got me interested in building web sits, but then I want the sites I was building to do more which led me to learning javascript bit by bit and taking classes to understand a bit more. Hanging out with local meetups, but in my mind there isn't much difference between software development and creating art, because in the end you are still making something that you enjoy.
We've been using NextJS in my current projects, but I'll have to take a look at Strapi again, soon.

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Love meetups, great way to learn!

Also Next.js is amazing! We have a tonne of resources on getting started with Next.js and Strapi | one of our popular ones

⚡️Ren⚡️ • Sep 23 '21

OH neat! I'll need to take a look at that!

Tiffany (she/ela) • Sep 23 '21

Hi Strapi 👋

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I have always loved to build things. Learned some HTML/CSS as a child but was never able to learn how to code. Life happened and, as I was about to turn 30 and unhappy with the career path I had been led to, decided to follow what I wanted to be as a child (: I'm a second semester undergrad student and have just began on my first Junior Developer job.
What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
Only Wordpress and not as a dev, but as a desperate teen pushing buttons and trying to make it work without knowing how to code lol
Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
Nope, this is the first time I hear about it, and I'm looking forward to learn more on how it works.
Twitter: @spooniepunk

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

You can never go wrong with pleasing your inner child! Also, huge congratulations, first job is a big deal. How are you finding it?

Haha I can relate the the desperate teen thing! Also happy to help with your Headless CMSs journey, hope the resources help!

Tiffany (she/ela) • Sep 24 '21

Hi, Daniel! I'm loving it, thanks for asking - it's both challenging and rewarding, exactly what I was looking for when I decided to switch careers. I love seeing things that I built working, and the path to build those things is what makes me going.

jamesDaniel • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer?

I've always been into technology and it was time for a career change!

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

Actually, I have not used a CMS and did not know that things like Strapi existed until recently.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

Nope, but I have heard of Jamstack in passing.

@DannyNodes

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Hello there!! Congrats on the career change, what were you doing before?

Happy to point you in right direction should you need anything!

jamesDaniel • Sep 23 '21

Thanks Daniel.

I went into tons of debt, got my JD, passed the bar exam, and then realized I did not want to practice law!

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Better late than never! How are you liking programming?

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Interesting, I encourage you to register in the welcome kit, it would be a great way to join the jamstack ecosystem, headless cms, and detailed tutorials.

jamesDaniel • Sep 23 '21

Thanks Shada. I tried to register, yet I'm not sure if it was accepted. My email is james.daniel.bain@gmail.com it you could help.

Mishi • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

Because it's the coolest job. 🤠 And you face new challenges all the time. 🧠

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

Used a lot in my work. My favorite is Drupal. 👌

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

Yes, and following @strapijs closely. 🕵️

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

We are happy to have you in our followers Mishi. A lot of new things are coming soon with the V4, stay tuned ;-)

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Yess, so so many challenges!! Drupal is cool, what type of applications do you build?

Haha what about Strapi caught your eye?

Richard Dewey Hammers • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a devloper?

I have a pretty active creative side and wanted to find something that I can strive in. Once I started to learn to 
code I fell in love with it and wanted to learn as much as I can. I'm now finishing up my studies at Flatiron 
Bootcamp learning JavaScript and Ruby and ready to keep on learning!

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?

I have no experience with CMS yet but would be willing to look into it

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

Not yet but would be something I would like to learn

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

How's the bootcamp experience?

Richard Dewey Hammers • Sep 23 '21

I really enjoyed it! I went with a part time which was 10 month with 5 mods each one being 2 months long. I have learned more though the bootcamp then I would have ever self taught myself. I ended up with 5 full projects at the end and I'm working on finishing up my last one right now. Now I need to take on the hardest part and working on getting that first dev job. Flatiron will pare you with a career coach to help you get your first job. Right now where working on finishing up my resume so I can start handing it out everywhere

Ujjwal Pratap Singh • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a devloper?
Here's a question. Why do we study? Some will say "to make sure that we have some kind of survival tool" and some will say for the love of the subject they like the most. For me, the second view holds true. I was initially into competitive coding but my mind changed and I got into development when I realized that I was just coding and competing with others while creating no value from my skill for the community.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?
I have some experience using Wordpress as I am currently using it to build my website.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?
This event is where I heard about headless CMS for the first time and I am sure that it is going to be amzing to learn and use it.

Twitter: @ujjwaltwitx

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Interesting perspective @ujjwaltwitx - what type of development are you doing??

All the best with learning, it's quite an interesting space tbh!

Ujjwal Pratap Singh • Sep 23 '21

Sorry for late reply. I am currently into android app dev with flutter. I am also a backend developer.

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Ohh that's cool! We have a nice write up on using Flutter and Strapi together.

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Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

8 years is a lot of time!!

Wow, AEM that is quite the tool to have used! So happy to hear Strapi is serving you Luca, how did you stumble on it as a tool?

What do you use Strapi to power? Mobile Apps? Websites?

also not, we're working on getting a store up soon :p

Rahul Ch. • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡
The Day I saw Floppy Disk Before Higher School, I decided to Explore more and then Journey Begins. Never Ending Story, I am the one First Developer/or CSE Engg. in my Family . I really Love to Design Code and Foremost My Fav UNIX love.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?
Yes I have used Couple of CMS tool including WordPress and few more.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools
I have heard but so far haven't get chance to work on that, Looking in Future to explore and work on the same.

@virusxxx59

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

Hello Rahul,

It's such an amazing achievement to be the first in our family to try a new path. Congratulations!

We are here to help you learn more about Headless CMS :-) Feel free to send us your questions.
In the meantime, enjoy the CodeLand event! :-)

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Ahh that's so cool Rahul! You don't see that many floppy disks these days. Also that's lovely to hear, sure your family is super proud!

You should totally give them a shot if necessary. What type of apps do you build?

Jessie Rohrer • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I have a creative streak, and enjoy making things that people will use. I've been making websites for fun since high school and geocities, and decided when it was time to go back to work after staying home with my kids that I'd rather go into tech than back to social work. So I jumped into a bootcamp, and now I'm starting my job hunt :)

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I have used things like WordPress for personal projects in the past. I have also built a full Rails app (front end as well as backend), and I have built a Rails API backend to manage content for a object-oriented JS frontend.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

I have heard of Jamstack previously (actually heard about it in a CodeNewbie podcast). I found Strapi this morning as I was scrolling through job listings. And I did not know before today what a headless CMS is, but turns out I did know; I just didn't know what it was called. 😅

Twitter: @jrrohrer

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

Hello Jessie :-)

It's never too late to learn about Headless CMS. It was a new concept for me as well 4 months ago.

How is your job hunt doing?
I bet your kids are excited for your career transition!

Jessie Rohrer • Sep 23 '21

I am just getting started with my job hunt while I finish up a coding bootcamp. Getting my resume together, seeing what's out there :) Looking forward to putting my experience as a social worker and my coding knowledge together towards creating accessible tools everyone can use!
The kids are great:) They like being QA testers for my projects -- if my 7 year old can break it, it's back to the drawing board, lol.

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

haha yes, kids musth be the best QA testers :-)

I hope you get a lot of value from the CodeLand talks for your resumé and kickstarting your new career!

Jessie Rohrer • Sep 23 '21

Thanks!

Manav Modi • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

enjoyed the CS classes in school, decided to apply for cse in uni. still a student,enjoying the journey tho!

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I'm still in college so don't have that much experience to share about. I have used CMS for my personal portfolio site tho

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

I'm always up for learning new tech! Found strapi at a conf, and have since scaled up my knowledge about it.

Twitter: twitter.com/manavm_twt

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Hey Manav,
Nice, where did you come across Strapi? If you have built anything with Strapi, feel free to share it with us. Would be happy to feature it.

Manav Modi • Sep 23 '21

It was on Strapi Conf AFAIK..

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Yess, we have another StrapiConf in the works. Look out for that 🎉

Brittany Huntzberry • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I ended up exploring web development when I started going to a community college several years ago. Before college, I never would have envisioned myself as any type of developer since I thought the career only accepted folks that have extremely advanced mathematics, computer science degrees, etc. I was more interested in art, drawing, crafts, design, and I had already assumed I couldn't be someone that develops software professionally.

I realized that software development is extremely, extremely broad, and there are countless ways to craft software: developing, creating UIs, testing, writing, and so so so much more.

Plus, there are so many welcoming communities online that lift folks up, especially newer people that are interested in learning, and I realized that maybe this is something I can do. There are so many resources to benefit from and help you, so that you can be a valid contributor without having a full 4-year computer science degree. It's been a wonderful experience, but there are still tons of challenges. I am definitely sticking around, helping where I can within reason, and want to try to make things a little better for someone out there.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I actually have become intimately familiar with a specific CMS called Drupal! That's the open source technology I worked with closely during my early career as a developer. I wasn't crafting the content, but I was helping out the folks that are in charge of that aspect of the websites. I also helped with the public-facing view of the sites. I'd like to play around with other CMS so I can have a better understanding of what solutions they've come up with to common problems for sites that are running as a CMS.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

Definitely have some familiarity with Headless CMS setups. I don't claim to be an expert with the front-end side, but I have some understanding of the underlying architecture and how data is fed from the CMS to the FE piece. I believe I've heard the name Strapi, but never explored further. I am interested in looking more into Strapi and what solutions exist that are powered with Strapi!

@britthuntzberry

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Thanks for sharing Britanny!!

So many people feel they need to have amazing math skills to be good at or even consider a career like this. I'm sure you sharing this gives them something to think about!!

Oooh looks like you've got quite some experience with CMSs. what problems are hoping CMSs have solved as you get into exploring others?

Brittany Huntzberry • Sep 24 '21

A big thing for me is the content editor experience, but also tempering that with accessibility. It's a complex area to populate with robust solutions, especially since accessibility is so dependent on context.

Content management systems that build with accessibility in mind from day 1 are very rare and I'd love to support those that do!

Mudita Baid • Sep 24 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I used to love Maths, Science and Technology in my school time. And I chose Computer Science as my major in college as I used to love solving problems specially mathematical problems and was curious about how different websites are created, how softwares are developed. I started with web development in my 2nd year and from then onwards I started building webpages and maintaining websites. I like how programming allows us to develop new softwares and create whatever we want. And that's how I became a Software Developer.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
It's been only two months that I have started working as a Software Developer but I am new to CMS.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
No, I haven't heard of it until recently. I just got to know about it during this conference and it seems so cool. Excited to know more about it.

Twitter handle: @muditabaid

Felix Jerome Dela Fuente • Sep 24 '21

Twitter: fj_delafuente
Why did you become a developer? 💡
I've always been passionate about technology and design, and that's what got me into web development. I really love doing mockups and UI designs first and do the whole process properly and then code it to create projects. Integration of design and web development is the reason I'm an aspiring web developer right now.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
Yes, back on my internship, our company mainly uses WordPress to create websites and for CMS as the company has a event blogs.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
I've heard about the terms but I'm not knowledgeable on implementing these technologies yet.

Melanie Almeida • Sep 24 '21

Hello Felix,

Nice to meet you.

Knowing how to do mockups and UI design is a great skill for your dev project!

If you want to get more familiar about Headless CMS, have a look at the blog articles Daniel shared in the booth description.

Carike Blignaut-Staden • Sep 23 '21

Hi @strapijs !

I’m @carike , follow me on Twitter: @carikebstaden

Why did you become a developer? 💡 Was looking for a career with many possibilities.
What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬 Used Joomla and Wordpress for some projects
Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔 No I have not, but will definitely have a look

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Hey Carike!!

Nice, there are definitely lots of possibilities here! What did you do before?

What type of websites do you usually build with CMSs?

Shelley M • Sep 24 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I am a high school chemistry teacher and curriculum developer that is transitioning to web developer. I am excited to start creating tools and experiences on the web for all learners.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
I'm two weeks from completing a full-stack coding bootcamp!

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
No I have not and would love to learn more.

twitter: @shelleymcqDev

Abhishek Agrawal • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer?
Games. I was always into games, and I was in my middle school when i got to know that that people using something weird caled "programming" to make them. That's how it started.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
I have a blog created with WordPress ( I know😅), and thats a CMS I use regularly.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
I interned at a company which used a headless CMS for their blog, and I got to experiment a little with It.
I haven't specifically heard about Strapi but I know about Jamstack tools.

twitter - fazer1929

Melanie Almeida • Sep 24 '21

Hello Abhishek,

What's your favorite video game?

No worries, I also use WordPress for my personal blog. But will move soon to Strapi ;-)

Abhishek Agrawal • Sep 24 '21

As of now, Sleeping Dogs, there's nothing extremely different about it, yet it has something that I love.

Kevin Mezu • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I always had a thing for small gadgets and electronics and how they worked in a system. When I decided to switch from Engineering to Digital Media, I realized Software Engineering combined a good amount of solving problems and then showing that work to people who could play with and find their own usage for your solution

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I have experience using Drupal CMS and decoupling an API for mobile app consumption from my summer internship. I have always enjoyed writing Express Routes and the reusability of user auth modules. Strapi seems really interesting as a way to Decouple an app.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

Yes, yes, and yes! I really enjoy the concept of writing a blazing fast API in seconds, that can be consumed by several clients.

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Heyy lovely to hear Kevin!!

Strapi is a lovely way to decouple an app, it doesn't use Express though but we have a very interesting way of authenticating users. Here's an idea of how that works

Got any projects you wanna show off?

ElizabethGraham • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer? 💡

It started off with me just wanting to make fun little games and tinker with tech in my free time, but now it's my career! I love being able to spend my days chilling at the computer and tinkering with code :)

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I haven't come across a situation yet where I've needed to work with one, but I'm definitely going to look into it now!

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

Not before today, no! Excited to look into it though!

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Jamstack and headless CMS is a great learning journey. Im sure you will enjoy it. Feel free to register above to receive some tutorials and resources to help you get started.

🚀 Ishan Velle { 🖦 🍁 🗺 } • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

👋 Hi, there! Great to be here in the Hallway with @strapijs !

🎯 I never imagined i'd end up in the tech community after i discovered my love for Android ROM flashing/modding/rooting almost a decade ago! But here i am, a newbie web developer hoping to make it big in the Cybersecurity industry soon. 😃

🎯 Not much experience to be honest. Apart from a couple of portfolios i deployed to Netlify CMS while learning HTML-CSS, there isn't much to tell.

🎯 Of course i've heard of Headless CMS/Strapi/Jamstack! Just hadn't quite got around to actively try 'em out/work with them.

@thefoss_m

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

Good luck in your Cybersecurity journey!!
It's going to be a fantastic one :-)

🚀 Ishan Velle { 🖦 🍁 🗺 } • Sep 23 '21

Thank you so much! 😃

Aaron McCollum • Sep 23 '21

Hey Strapi team! I'm Aaron, (@aaronmccollum_ on Twitter) and I like your booth!

I became a developer after learning some HTML for a previous job and loving the process. I find the IT industry really fascinating, and I want to work with others and build some great things with code!

I have used CMS products in the past with blogging - Wordpress, Blogger way back in the day (pre-Google Blogger).

I have never heard of headless CMS tools or Strapi! So this is my first time hearing about it, however I'm going to check out the links above.

Thanks for being here today!

Melanie Almeida • Sep 24 '21

Hello Aaron,

Thank you :-) We also enjoy to have you at our booth.
Blogger brings a lot of memories :-).

Feel free to ask questions if you have some after reading the blog articles.

Novice • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I have love for software, writing codes, a passion to solve real-time problems which help people around the globe. Not to forget the love for communities who are doing awesome work, to work with them, learn more and more, and give back to the community! As I am still a student, can be said that I am a developer-on-path haha.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
Nope. Not yet, but truly excited to learn about it and use it soon!

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?
I have read about Strapi through a blog post. CMS is also heard. However, Jamstack is unknown to me yet, but planning to learn more about these tools soon!

Twitter: reachtoana

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Being a developer is awesome, there is always something new to learn and a community to helo out. Feel free to join the Strapi Discord added above.

Novice • Sep 24 '21

Thanks Shada, already joined :D

Johan Bijlsma • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I started as a web developer, but found out that I enjoy building more, than I enjoy designing

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
Besides the regular CMS's like Wordpress, I do have some experiences with Strapi, Forestry, and Sanity

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
I have been a Jamstack enthousiast since I first heard about it. Went to JamstackConf London, and build apps using Gatsby, and 11ty.

@johanbijlsma is where you can find me on twitter 🤓

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Hey Johan, That's awesome, the next Jamstack Conf is happening in the first week of october and we will be there as well. Do you have any projects built with Strapi? We have awesome tutorials with Gatsby and more on 11ty coming soon.

Thomas Bnt • Sep 24 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I really love creating news websites, news designs and others stuffs !
Creating from scratch can be scary at first, but lately I really enjoy seeing the website evolve 💪🏼😄

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

Yes, not much for me but I used WordPress. I use NuxtJS static content for my new website (if you want to see that 👀)

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

I already heard that but never touched (not for the moment) Strapi. I starting using NuxtJs with nxutjs/@content for static posts generated with Netlify.

My Twitter : @Thomasbnt_

Shada Wehbe • Sep 27 '21

Thank you for sharing your website. We have some great tutorials with Nuxt that you could try.

Thomas Bnt • Sep 27 '21

Thanks!

Abhijit • Sep 24 '21

Twitter - @abhi_exe

A1 - The power of being able to create websites and apps that I used to be amazed with growing up is probably the reason I decided to take Computer Science and become a developer.

A2 - I had dabbled with WordPress for a while last month, but I haven't made anything significant with it.

A3 - I have heard about headless CMS on my twitter feed, but I didn't research further on it since I wanted to focus or JavaScript basics at first. But would love to try out Strapi for my next project, it looks really cool and intuitive

Suryansh Singh • Sep 23 '21

Twitter: @singhsuryansh12

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I'm interested in solving problems through technology. I love coding and building software. Through software development, I get to learn something new each day.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
I have used Wordpress, Hashnode, and Ghost.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
Yes, I've heard of headless CMS, but I got to know about Strapi for the first time through Codeland, and I found the product interesting. I don't have a great idea about Jamstack tools.

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

We would be also happy if you get to try Strapi as well. We have many step by step tutorials to get you started and Discord channel with an awesome community of developers that can help out. Feel free to subscribe in the welcome kit above.

Nikhil Shanbhag • Sep 24 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer? 💡
Honestly, I never thought of becoming a developer. But when I had to choose among other courses, I found Computer Science fascinating and one which could provide me with lots of opportunities. I am glad that I made the right choice.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
Yeah I am familiar with Wordpress, but if I am in no hurry, I prefer to work the old way.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?🤔
Yes I have heard of Strapi, but have never used it. But I might use it in the future.

Twitter: @Nikhil_1503

Estee Tey • Sep 24 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I wanted to make a positive impact on the world, and solving problems using code was a surprisingly satisfying and convenient way to do it.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I have used Wordpress for making a school faculty website and Strapi for a community hackathon site before. Strapi is a lot more developer friendly compared to Wordpress.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

I have heard of headless CMS before and once saw that Strapi is a good choice to get started with the concept. However, I'm still not very familiar about the "headless" concept and would love to learn more about it.

would love to connect with Strapi and fellow devs that are keen to learn together ✨ : my twitter handle

Nitesh Seram • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer?

I never thought of becoming a developer from my early age. But, circumstances made to go into Computer Science Engineering just on random. I am so greatful that I went into this line and now I am just in love with what I do.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?

I have not used it in any of my projects till now but I have been watching lots of talk about CMS recently.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

Yes. I have heard about all of it since I am into Open source and it's everywhere. So, it is hard to missed it.
Twitter: @niteshseram

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Great to hear you're enjoying it!!

What type of projects do you work on? Also shout out to you, contributing to open source is so cool!

Nitesh Seram • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Thanks for reply. I am generally into any web dev projects but not restricted to it.
Currently been busy building my portfolio
Yes, Open source is ❤.

Rizqy Hidayat • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I love being someone useful for other people lives. I think being a developer is one of things I can do for that and also enjoy it in the same time. In short, I found the purpose of my life by being a developer.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

Yes, I used to work with WordPress in the past building theme. Actually I learned a lot of web development stuffs while worked with it. So I guess it takes an important role on my journey.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

Yes, quite a while now, but haven't used it on my professional work. I tried Strapi maybe around 2018-2019. I actually pretty excited on Jamstack and its possibility forward. Last year I give small talk about Jamstack in a local developer conference.

My Twitter handle: @rizqyhi .
Thank you 👋

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

Congrats on your talk!! It's a great achievement.

Strapi has evolved a lot since 2018-2019, feel free to test Strapi again when you have the time.

Devansh Mehra • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer?

I love Programming Developing Stuff tinkering with new technologies  

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?

I have used WordPress
 Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

Yes I have heard of Headless CMS I have used ghost to built a website first heard about the strapi on jamstack.org when i was learning about Gatsby & netlify

Twitter mehra_devansh

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Nice, feel free to share what you have built with us. We also encourage you to try one of our step by step tutorials - we have some awesome ones with Gatsby.

Nguyễn Đăng Khoa • Sep 23 '21 • Edited

Why did you become a developer?
--> Because I love making beautiful websites and all the new libraries and frameworks keep me occupied everyday.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?
--> I know a little bit of Wordpress but I hate everything about it, it just looks outdated and boring to me.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi?
--> Jamstack tools? Jamstack, headless?? what are these new words I never heard about? 😂 I'm a .NET developer but javascript tech always interests me.

Twitter: twitter.com/wentallout

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Haha I love that! Any websites you wanna show off?

Also what library is your favorite at the moment?

haha I have lots of respect for .NET, built a few services with it. What about the CMSs you dislike would you like to see in other CMSs? Also Headless is pretty cool, I'm pretty sure there's a funky .NET CMS out there lol

puginator • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer?

After running my own business for 12 years, COVID19 destroyed it. I knew it was time to make a career change and I have always had a love for tech. I have spent the past year learning to code now I am looking for my first job to break into the industry! Can't wait to be apart of this community.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?

I have never used a CMS but I am excited to check this out!

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

I have heard the words, but never explored the topic

twitter @AustinCodez

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Heyy!! So glad to see you're pulling through! The first job is (usually) the hardest but you've got amazing community backing you so I'm sure it's a matter of time!

What jobs are you looking for?

Denny Biasiolli • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer?

I think I became a developer because I love to receive a feedback from a machine after inserting my instructions.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?

Never used a CMS

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?

Unfortunately not :(

Twitter: @dennybiasiolli

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

This is a very valid and real reason to become a developer haha, what type of applications are you building by the way?

Sarah Abbett • Sep 23 '21

@smabbett

Why did you become a developer? 💡
I've always been curious about technology. I just love trying new things. I love the feeling of building something and solving problems. It took me a long time to decide to pursue my passion. I recently transitioned from my previous career as a flight attendant to pursuing a career in software development.
What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
I have experience with Joomla. I created websites for a few ski clubs while I was a member.
Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
I haven't heard of these but I'd love to learn more.

Melanie Almeida • Sep 23 '21

Hello Sarah,

We are glad to hear you want to learn about Headless CMS. There is a lot of great ressources out there.
You can start by reading the blog articles posted by Daniel and we are here to help you if you have any questions.

Josh • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡
It feels like I'm still working on it, to be honest! I got interested in software development because I had an idea for a business and didn't want to rely on others to build it.

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬
I have some experience working on WordPress, but I have mostly moved over to Gatsby for personal work. I am starting to look into doing more CMS work though because I am toying with the idea of starting an agency.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔
I have heard of headless CMS before, but I have never personally been in a position of putting out enough content to think it really matters to me. It does sound way more exciting from the dev perspective though so I am curious to learn more!

Twitter: twitter.com/joshgotfired

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Hey Josh, Interesting, I encourage you to check some of the Strapi + Gatsby Tutorials. Feel free to register in the above Welcome kit to get more structured resources. And yes, Headless CMS is indeed exciting and trending.

callumreid • Sep 23 '21

Why did you become a developer?
I spent a few years after college working in state and local parks. While I loved being outdoors for work all day, I knew something was lacking. I missed the challenge that school provided, the thrill of solving problems and the satisfaction of learning how things worked. I had taken some computer science classes at school, and remembered how much I enjoyed the challenge. I decided to jump ship on the path I was on to chase a more mentally demanding path and all it entailed

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?
My experience developing applications and websites has so far been done without a CMS, focused in React and full stack Javascript. Despite this, I am eager to learn more about them given what a wide proportion of web content is created with CMS.

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?
I have heard of Headless CMS through a blog post linked below, and thought it proved an interesting solution to issue of compatibility to the numerous devices accessing the web. I am curious to get the chance to try using them in my own development process.
medium.com/@soni.dumitru/what-is-a...

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Interesting answers. We have a lot of starters with React that allows developers to get their project up and running in no time. Feel free to take a look at resource center - you can also sign up above to get content delivered to you.

Shawn Swineford • Sep 24 '21

Why did you become a developer?
I've always been interesting in becoming a developer. For years I've dabbled in it creating simple websites while my main job was working as a Cisco Network Engineer. Recently I decided to go all in and go to a full stack boot camp and am having a great time learning more. I'm hoping to have a job as a developer soon!
What's your content experience, have you used a CMS?
I ran a blog and a comic website through wordpress for a few years. My wordpress blog is here: pshawnswineford.wordpress.com/
Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools?
I have not but I am looking forward to learning more about it!

Shara Crosslin • Sep 24 '21

Why did you become a developer? 💡

I became a developer because I fell in love with technology when I started building documents, lessons, and activities as a teacher. A colleague turned me on to programming and I became fascinated in building my own projects

What's your content experience, have you used a CMS? 💬

I have a bit of WordPress and Wix experience

Have you ever heard of Headless CMS? Strapi? Jamstack tools? 🤔

I've recently become interested in learning more about Jamstack because I want to help my friend's nonprofit update their website. I hadn't heard of Strapi prior to CodeLand2021, but I'm excited to learn more about it!

You can find me on twitter @crossh8

Shawn Swineford • Sep 24 '21 • Edited

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Hey Chisomo, This is Shada from Strapi. Love your answers. Hows your progress so far? If you managed to create your blog with Strapi, feel free to share. Also, you could sign up above to receive more resource (including step by step tutorials). Happy to help if you need anything else.

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

Not really. However, we regularly post internship opportunities. I would encourage you to keep an eye on our careers page.

Shada Wehbe • Sep 23 '21

I would also suggest to register for job alerts

Daniel Madalitso Phiri • Sep 23 '21

Looking for any specific internships?