Future Career
I am looking forward to what comes next for me after I graduate from Oregon State University (OSU). I have always been in computers and how they work and OSU has been a great opportunity to learn and practice new and old technologies vital for a new developer looking to make their mark in a new career in web development.
My initial exposure to web development in Microsoft .NET and the C# programming language. I really enjoyed web development from the beginning because I was able to render pages right away after the code was written. I liked the instant gratification of seeing my results right away. This joy has not changed much since my humble beginnings and I have learned so much since then. My first software job had little to no web development for any of their projects, but I did learn a lot about back-end technologies while I was there. But I was more interested in web development, so I spent a lot of time outside of work learning web development on my own.
Now that I am close to graduating, I am trying to implement what I have learned at OSU into what I know about web development to create a portfolio page that encompasses my hard work and accomplishments in the past 4 years. I have a good idea of how I want to set up this page, but I was to learn more about React which is a JavaScript front-end framework. React has a steep learning curve, but many large and small companies and businesses use this framework to create websites that are maintainable, dynamic, and high-performance.
I am currently searching for jobs that use React in their tech stack. I hope to get an entry-level position and I won’t mind if I am paired up with a mentor that can guide me through my first year of employment. Even though I have some professional experience, I think a mentor could help me progress quicker. I also would like to work at a place where frequent code reviews are conducted. I feel that I would benefit from learning proper coding standards and practices.
My goal is to become a full-stack developer. I like the front-end more than back-end development, but I am a lot more comfortable working with both than I was four years. Hopefully, some company will give me a shot and things will work out for the best.
