In the last 2 years, my life has changed completely.
How I went from working full time with 3 hours of commute a day to working remotely and taking a plane to visit the Silicon Valley?
If this will help just 1 person it would have been worth.
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(written on a βοΈ)
How I went from working full time with 3 hours of commute a day to working remotely and taking a plane to visit the Silicon Valley?
If this will help just 1 person it would have been worth.
a /thread
(written on a βοΈ)
πΌWorking in an office
December 2019: I had already worked for more than two years for the European space agency.
Nice job, but very tiring, with very few breaks.
I finally managed to take a week off and I went to Paris with my girlfriend. πΌ
December 2019: I had already worked for more than two years for the European space agency.
Nice job, but very tiring, with very few breaks.
I finally managed to take a week off and I went to Paris with my girlfriend. πΌ
It was a great vacation!
I decided i couldn't carry on that life forever: 3h of commute, 9h of coding, sometimes extra work at home, barely time to sleep.
This was not healthy.
During the christmas holidays, I decided to create an app and to start promoting it on Twitter.
I decided i couldn't carry on that life forever: 3h of commute, 9h of coding, sometimes extra work at home, barely time to sleep.
This was not healthy.
During the christmas holidays, I decided to create an app and to start promoting it on Twitter.
I didn't have high expectations and was very scared of interacting with other people online.
But then the magic: I started to meet people who I now consider friends, and to focus all my attention on the developers who had a Twitter account
(I also stopped following Elon Musk).
But then the magic: I started to meet people who I now consider friends, and to focus all my attention on the developers who had a Twitter account
(I also stopped following Elon Musk).
However, I still had the problem of showing myself in front of the camera.
I started connecting with people who already had a YouTube channel or who were generally making videos.
This made it look way less strange to me.
On the 7th of August 2020, my first video on YouTube.
I started connecting with people who already had a YouTube channel or who were generally making videos.
This made it look way less strange to me.
On the 7th of August 2020, my first video on YouTube.
It's not a programming video because I was too ashamed to talk.
But there is one thing I like to do, and that is running. so I thought that was a good idea.
And f*** it was.
A curiosity: Intalk the first time on my eleventh video!
But there is one thing I like to do, and that is running. so I thought that was a good idea.
And f*** it was.
A curiosity: Intalk the first time on my eleventh video!
Then I started to record my first tech videos, but I saw that I was having a very hard time recording it, even 2/3 weeks for 3 minutes of video!
in September 2020 I had my first talk, for the Google developer group, invited by Danny Thompson.
in September 2020 I had my first talk, for the Google developer group, invited by Danny Thompson.
Then in October 2020 the turning point: I put a video call made with Adrian Twarog on YouTube.
Since that call everything changed.
My fear of camera magically stopped.
I felt free. when I feel free something good happens to me.
Do you know that "Francesco" means "free man"?
Since that call everything changed.
My fear of camera magically stopped.
I felt free. when I feel free something good happens to me.
Do you know that "Francesco" means "free man"?
I just started talking to my friends and people I admired, posting videos, 1 per day for 100 days.
This improved my english (still not good) and allowed me to monetize my youtube channel. I finished this challenge on February 2nd 2021.
On March 31st 2020 I quit my job.
This improved my english (still not good) and allowed me to monetize my youtube channel. I finished this challenge on February 2nd 2021.
On March 31st 2020 I quit my job.
I started working as a freelancer and I was liking that life.
I decided to become a developer advocate, without actively seeking it, instead attracting it.
June 30, 2020: I became Docker Captain. Incredibile.
The day after, I received an offer as a Dev Advocate π₯. It worked.
I decided to become a developer advocate, without actively seeking it, instead attracting it.
June 30, 2020: I became Docker Captain. Incredibile.
The day after, I received an offer as a Dev Advocate π₯. It worked.
October 2021: I started working with dailydev team.
I am still on good terms with the San Francisco company and am going there to meet them and visit Silicon Valley.
These were my last 2 years in short.
Success is built day by day and not overnight.
Good luck.
I am still on good terms with the San Francisco company and am going there to meet them and visit Silicon Valley.
These were my last 2 years in short.
Success is built day by day and not overnight.
Good luck.
β οΈ The end?
This is not the end! in the next year I will keep sharing content and keep learning, and I will be very focused on Web3.
Stick with me if you like my style.
This is not the end! in the next year I will keep sharing content and keep learning, and I will be very focused on Web3.
Stick with me if you like my style.
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