2016 Reflections

What I did in 2016:

• Created BCDevExBot twitter bot
• Contributed to mozilla web qa bot
• Helped my Dad with his wordpress website (http://cowichanbowmen.com/)
• Volunteered at a Ladies Learning Code Wordpress workshop
• Played around with Hubot and made two small plugins:
  • hubot-credit-card-number-generator
  • hubot-lmgtfy
• Worked on problems on hackerrank
  • Competed in the Ad Infinitum 16 (First timers) competition
  • Completed the 30 days of code challenge
• Wrote a blog entry each month

Postitives:

• I coded!
• My python knowledge has improved.
• I contributed a small amount to open source.
• My command line skills have improved.

Negatives:

• I did not have a focus. I split my time among coffee script (hubot), wordpress and python.
• The time spent on hacker rank distracted me from doing another project.
• Nothing gets done in December. It is all illness and family functions.

What I can do to improve in 2017:

• Focus on projects. Come up with a plan on what I want to work on and stick to it.
• Pick a language to focus on.

Happy New Year!