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My Favorite software Tool
- Nx
Badass Developers
- Simon Bohlin
- Ryan Chambers
- Mike Yuan
Why Do this
- Doing this for you just as much as it is for me.
Who am I?
- Background
  - Harry Liu, software developer from Toronto, Canada.
  - 2013 - 2017 - Studied Civil Engineering and worked.
  - 2018 - 2019 - Self studied software engineering.
  - 2019 - 2023 - Software consultant for CAPCO.
  - 2022 - Meet Kristina.
  - 2023 - 2024 - Career break.
  - 2024 - 2025 - Software consultant for Tretton37.
  - present - Software consultant for ELVA11.
  - Anecdotes
    - Realized the industry was not for me and was eventually forced to quit after having my license suspended driving to a site.
    - Self studied software engineering 2017-2019 Why? Because I was pretty damn good in highschool and uni.
    - Was definitely a subject that I really enjoyed but did not realize could be a career.
    - Meant to switch in University but terrible at taking proactive decisions for the distant future.
Flexibility
- Nice to work on code with NO consequences
- Liberty to code how you want and able to choose the technologies that you enjoy using or want to learn
Internal Projects
- Employee Handler
  - Tretton
    - Leet Signatures
    - Growing Scope
      - GDPR
      - Intergration between different systems. Google Workspace, AlexisHR, Cinode..
      - Creating Reports
    - What I learned:
      - Refactoring a JS project to TS.
      - Documentation
      - Error Logging
      - Handling Data flows
  - Bankruptcy
    - How not to name things
    - How to refactor tightly coupled code so that it can be reused at another company.
  - ELVA11
    - Absence Calendar Syncs
    - Natnok
    - Eliminator
What I learned/Why I like internal work:
- Being a badass like Simon Bohlin
- Being a consultant on project or off.
- Freedom to code how you like
  - Exercise coding and being able to write it at a leisurely pace.
  - Choosing your own stack and learning the technologies you want to learn.
  - Able to perform under little to no pressure or stress, setting your own expectations and deadlines.
- Learning
  - Learning code in whatever direction you like
  - Beauty of simple interfaces/contracts
  - How to architect code implementations
  - Building R&D skills
What a consultant means to me
- Solving problems with the tools and resources you have at hand.
Give thanks
- Inspiring/awesome coworkers.
- Environment to write the code I enjoy writing.
Sustainability
- Agnostic
- Reusable.
- Simple implementation.

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