My name is Michael, I currently work in Operations at a Mental Health Startup in the Bay Area, have a cute Shiba named Amaya, and love building mechanical keyboards! Hit me up if you want to connect on LinkedIn or have a coffee chat!

Just had my first day at my new role and it was great! Had a 1:1 and excited to dive even deeper into SQL and API’s 🔥

Test

Within a month of leaving prison, I was accepted into @UCBerkeley and received my bachelors with a 4.0. My felony record prevented me from finding work, even at my alma mater. A thread.

Flooded streets aren't fun. I adopted my own SF storm drain at adoptadrain.sfwater.org. Claim and name yours #sfsewer @sfwater

I named it DRAIN GANG after @viggyswam

the Bay Area rn

We are going from Zero To Hero with Git & Github!

@Microsoft @Azure are sponsoring our #100Devs class in 60mins at (6:30pm ET) on leonnoel.com/twitch

Raffling SWAG all stream!

Also, check out aka.ms/learnwithleon for more Github Courses!

#100DaysOfCode #LearnToCode

Thought about doing SantaCon in SF this year but with how hard it’s raining it’s a no for me

this what adhd brain looks like

Hiked 7 miles this weekend up near Marin Headlands, might do Mt Tam next weekend

Burnt cheesecake for Thanksgiving, really thankful for everything happening in my life, career change and all. Hope y’all are doing well and enjoying your time too!

relearning React and making sure things solidify 💪 does anyone else have any other resources they use for React?

Wanna be a better software engineer?

Get 8 hours of sleep
Workout

What does your setup look like at the moment? Looking for some inspo to improve mine!

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Want to learn to code these courses are 100% off this & next week:

freecodecamp.org
theodinproject.com
fullstackopen.com/en/
youtube.com/@TraversyMedia
edx.org/course/introdu…

plus every other week...

Don't compare your first 6 months of programming to someone else's 6 years of knowledge.

You are right where you are supposed to be and you are making great progress. Focus on YOUR journey.

don't be fooled by tech grifters on twitter

how to spot them
1. quick / fast way to learn X
2. threads galore
3. rinse repeat advice
4. targeted towards those who are new in tech

there are no shortcuts, head down, book open, hands on keyboard, and you will succeed, eventually

BREAKING: Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud.

I miss San Diego carne asada fries