How I want to become a better programmer in 2022 - Part 3
Tags: webdev, career, motivation, productivity
Published: 2022-10-18 20:49:42

At the end of January, I started writing about how I want to be a better programmer in 2022. If you haven't read it, you should [check out my first article](https://dev.to/yuridevat/how-i-want-to-become-a-better-programmer-in-2022-5aon) of the series first.

Let's see what I've accomplished since my [first interim status I talked about in my second article](https://dev.to/yuridevat/how-i-want-to-become-a-better-programmer-in-2022-first-quarter-3472), what's changed about my plans, and what I've had to adjust.

## What I wanted to focus on since June, 01
_(and what I actually focused on)_

- IAAP Certification
- OCA Java Certification
- ReactTS & Redux
- Google UX Design Certificate

I started to learn for the IAAP Certification ([CPACC](https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/certified-professional)) since June, and did the exam last week, on the October 12th 🤓. The results will be out in 2 months.
Unfortunately I was not allowed to do the WAS exam because of lack of experience in the field 😔.

I also learned for the OCA Java Certification in June/July, but I do not know when I actually will do the exam, if at all (decided by my company) 🤷‍♀️.

I could not deepen my knowledge of ReactTS and Redux because of a delay in our current project at the company. This will happen soonest in January next year 🥲. 
In the meanwhile, I became a Figma Pro because of creating the prototype for our client.

🥳 I successfully completed the the Google UX Design Certificate.

🥳 Besides, I am one of the 5 winners of the [Hashnode 4 articles in 4 weeks Writeathon](https://townhall.hashnode.com/4articles4weeks-writeathon-the-winners).

I wrote a looooooot of blog posts about accessibility and I am halfway through to become the badge of **32 weeks writing 2 articles per week** at dev.to 😎 (while writing this I found out that this badge does not exist anymore 🫠).

I held my first talk at [Frontend 🦊 Foxes Day](https://dev.to/yuridevat/this-was-front-end-foxes-day-2022-1472).

In September, I prepared for this years Hacktoberfest by creating my [own organization called YurisCodingClub](https://github.com/YurisCodingClub) for my dear followers who want to switch careers and get into tech to and providing beginner friendly repositories to collaborate with.

I also started to produce content on Instagram - [accessibilityfirst.xyz](https://www.instagram.com/accessibilityfirst.xyz/) and LinkedIn - [accessibilityfirst](https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibilityfirst/) for my accessibility first organization.

## What I will focus on in the last months of the year

- Adding more content to the [Yuris Coding Club](https://www.yuriscodingclub.com/) learning website
- Contributing and maintaining open source projects
- Writing more blog articles about accessibility
- Closing the gaps of my tech knowledge in order to become a senior developer
- Preparing for the Japanese language proficient test N3 on December 04.

I am getting closer to my goal of being able to call myself an **Accessibility and React Frontend Developer**.

2.5 months left until 2022 is over. Still enough time to make progress. So let's keep going 💪.


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_Thanks for your reading and time. I really appreciate it!_