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happy to be on the DEV team!

Michael Tharrington on January 09, 2019

I'm proud to announce that I recently joined the DEV team as a community coordinator. Now one month into the gig, it's safe to say I'm digging it. ...
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Basti Ortiz

First of all, congratulations! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

Also, don't worry about it, man. There's no need to be a developer to be a positive force in the community. Keep doing what you do and be the best Community Coordinator you can be. πŸ‘

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Michael Tharrington

Really appreciate the kind words. πŸ™‚

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Peter Kim Frank

Woohoo!! You've already been making major contributions in your short time here, and I can't wait to see your responsibilities evolve and expand over time. Supporting the community is the most important aspect of our work here at DEV, and I know you'll be an amazing asset and advocate for everyone here.

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Michael Tharrington

Hit me in the feels there. πŸ˜„

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Antonio Savage

Hey dude congrats! A month ago I posted my first article on here and you responded that you were in the mix of learning as well... I made note that I would check up on your progress in one month and see how you were doin. Looks like you're doin well but I want to know how your studies are going. Mine are slowing as in just going thru courses but I've started a few side projects which are keeping me busy. Think it may be a good thing if we hold each other accountable for studying and learning. Anyways, let me know how thing are going!

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Michael Tharrington

Hey Tony!

You got a good memory. πŸ˜€ ... too good! πŸ˜… Because I've been a total slouch on my studies! πŸ˜†

I've got no real good excuses, and you're absolutely right that I could use a hand with someone keeping me accountable. Appreciate the friendly tap on the shoulder to egg me on!

Anyway, it sounds like you're a few side projects ahead of me. Make anything particularly noteworthy? Ideas for what's next?

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Antonio Savage

Nothing that is noteworthy as of now but one's a personal website that I will turn into my github page and one of the start of a dapp, decentralized application, that has a blockchain backend. Again, nothing other than some text on a white website as of now, but some of the transactions and communications with the API are working which is amazing to me!

I already made a note to check in with you again in a month. Keep on going man! If you need any encouragement or ideas on what to do or study, hit me up and maybe I can help.

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Todd Chaffee

Hi Tony, are you still looking for a JS mentor? I can help you with that.

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Ben Halpern

It's so great to have you Michael!

Big things in 2019 as the team grows!!

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Michael Tharrington

So great to be here!! I feel incredibly lucky to be a part of the DEV journey! πŸ˜€

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

So stoked!! πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ

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Michael Tharrington

Me too!! πŸ˜€πŸ™Œ

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Ali Spittel

So excited to be co-workers! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

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Michael Tharrington

Oh yeah! Honored to have joined the team at the same time as ya! πŸ™Œ

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Conlin Durbin

The DEV team is making strides! Congrats!

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Michael Tharrington

Really appreciate it. πŸ˜€

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rhymes

Wow so many good news today, congratulations!

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Michael Tharrington

ty very much! πŸ˜€

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Grzegorz Ziemonski

Congrats again Michael! πŸŽ‰

Also, since you are now officially learning Python, then you're more and more of a dev.to dev too! πŸ˜€

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Michael Tharrington

Oh, I know this guy! Haha. Really appreciate the congrats... but even more so, the pun. πŸ˜‚

I'd technically still classify myself as learning and stumbling over the command line. But hey, I got Python installed. That's ughh... something, haha. But seriously, I got a pretty good list of flashcards I'm going through for the command line and am feeling more confident every day. Python here we come! 🐍

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Bytegasm!

That's amazing, congratulation Michael. πŸŽ‰
Now that you've joined dev.to, you'll soon turn into a dev too. πŸ˜„

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Michael Tharrington

Haha, thankya much! I can only hope... well, and practice/learn, haha! Good thing I'm regularly looking through awesome resources! πŸ˜„

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Erick Gonzales

Congratulations Michael!

Dev.to is growing like crazy!

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Michael Tharrington

Thank ya loads!

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Freyja Spaven

Yayyy welcome to the community Michael! Excited to work with you again!

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Michael Tharrington

Woot woot! Right back at ya! πŸ˜€

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Matt Studdert

Congrats Michael! πŸŽ‰

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Michael Tharrington

Thank ya very much!

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Mac Siri

Glad you are now part of the team Michael!!!!

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Michael Tharrington

I'm so happy to be here, Mac! Y'all're (woaah not sure if that's a word anymore, haha) awesome!

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Nick Taylor

Congrats Michael!

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Michael Tharrington

Thanks a bunch! πŸ˜€