With #Hacktoberfest coming up, I wanted to put out a quick thread to hopefully save someone the trouble of having to look up several things in order to successfully contribute to opensource for the first time!

The following thread will give you everything you need to start!

👇 Firstly, if you want to participate in Hacktoberfest as part of your first opensource experience, you can sign up here, it's totally free and super awesome imo!

hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com

If not, skip this part 😀

Trying to post a little more personal stuff on sundays outside of code.

Fun fact, I’m not a conventional diehard sport fan, I like to watch a game of hockey or football but I never am always glued to it.

The two sports I’m a diehard fan of our crossfit and strongman.

Cont.👇 I find professional CrossFit to not only be super exciting but an absolute incredible example of overall fitness.

These athletes push themselves so hard everyday for only a handful events a year.

The dedication to their sport & transparency is something to be admired.

Cont👇

Wow! 3000 amazing people from all walks of life follow me on here.

I’m so thankful, and instead of the usual thank you, I’d like to acknowledge some amazing people who have influenced me on my coding journey! As well as some accounts that deserve some more attention! @anniebombanie_ gets first mention, she is an amazing dev, but beyond that an incredible and encouraging person who isn’t afraid to be authentic even as she grows!
@jackdomleo7 one of my first friends on here, who is a skilled dev and writer, and is awesome with feedback!

I try to be as uplifting and encouraging as possible, especially when I see people taking on a new challenge like coding.

The encouragement I received from others when I started to self teach HTML and CSS was the biggest driving factor in my continuing to learn. People often underestimate the weight of a compliment or words of encouragement. You never know how close someone might be to quitting, and that small push can keep them on track and be life changing.

People are always going to have differing opinions.

Just because you don’t agree with someone, doesn’t mean their thoughts aren’t valid.

Part of growth is being able to see others points of view, have a discussion & then move on hopefully both understanding the other better. 👇 People shouldn’t be attacked for not agreeing with you.

Healthy discussion is a good thing, & you’re not going to get everyone to see from your point of view, just like they won’t get you to see from theirs

Gaslighting someone into agreeing with you doesn’t mean you’re right👇

I’ve been asked a few times how I got the confidence to approach people about freelancing a lot lately.

Especially since my stack really only consist of HTML/CSS and a little #JavaScript .

Honestly, approaching my first client was a super intimidating experience

🧵👇🏻 I have years of work experience, and my job has given me an ability to talk to anyone, anytime, anywhere which is a huge part of it.

Don’t ever underestimate how important your soft skills are. Being friendly, personable, and even having a little humor helps.

A lot of people have messaged me asking how to deploy their portfolio sites after doing them for #100DaysOfCode and I figured I'd share one of the easiest methods I've found to do so.

There are many methods, but this is the one I found the simplest when I started!

🧵👇🏻 I personally love @Netlify for hosting my portfolio as well as all of my project sites. They're site is super easy to use, they have a straight forward UI, and everything all packed into one place!

Custom domain, need a form, continuous deployment, they've got it all!

The past month I re-taught myself CSS.

I thought I knew it after a quick overview but I was wrong.

You can’t rush the basics, otherwise you have to go back anyways most of the time.

Here’s a list below of resources I used to really grasp basic css! First was @TheOdinProject ! They have an amazing list of resources for full stack, but for css you can just stick to the web development 101 section!

theodinproject.com/courses/web-de…