Tony Tam

Link: Web Developer Learning Path

I wanted to share a great visual diagram of the learning path of a web developer. click through for the original image https://www.ladybug.dev/episodes/web-developer-learning-path

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Contributor to AntennaPod podcast app to keep podcasts more open and free of ads

I spend a lot of my weekend time working on improving the AntennaPod podcast app to contribute features and bug fixes in order to help make my own podcast listening experience better. Also it helps me learn Android development. That was WHY I started contributing. In this journey, I also learned how to work in […]

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Coding At Home

Music stand for my laptop that I move around for Zoom meetings and I can stand or sit. Double monitors Art for inspiration 2 Pots of flowers to keep my happy Books to keep me learning A garden to keep me grounded

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The beauty of being older at 50

Being older feel like I have spent a long time with the people in my life consistently, spending 30 years honing my engineering craft. I have internalized more of this world and becoming a little more wiser. I have built small but tight communities around my passion areas. I look forward to learning more, playing […]

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Unknown Unknown problems

We don’t even know this problem exist. How do we know it is even needed? How do we get to a better state with these unknown unknown problems? My co-worker Michael L. wrote an internal page about how he thrives on these type of Unknown Unknowns problems. I’m reminded recently that I get a lot […]

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2021 What should be in your toolbox as an engineer

If you want to be an effective engineer in our industry, get ready be good at the following Basics 0 – This is the basic toolbox as an engineer Be proficient in your favorite IDE (Visual Studio Code seems to be the most popular right now) – my personal favorite is still VIM. git – […]

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Productivity

How do you think about productivity?

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Seth Godin: Finding Your Passion – Love What You Do

” Do what you love” is for amateurs. “Love what you do” is the mantra for professionals.

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When is it okay to quit?

Angela Duckworth : When you quit on a good day. As said on Guy Kawasaki’s podcast. Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People: Angela Duckworth MacArthur “genius” grant winner, researcher, and author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/5179940e-b8f5-4d80-ab1a-d23cb4bed0b0/episodes/20edc8b3-a3a0-4867-b506-603c8e607457/audio/8a452c24-ba43-46e8-8bb6-1652667262ed/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=A7fI4ltj [00:45:36]