Nevertheless, Ayu Coded in 2022 And Learned Much More
Tags: wecoded
Published: 2022-03-09 09:51:00

Hi Everyone 👋,

It is my second time writing for #shecoded.

Last year, [I found my community and no longer be alone](https://dev.to/adiatiayu/nevertheless-ayu-coded-in-2021-and-no-longer-alone-hoh).
And since then, so many things have happened, and I learned much more throughout the year.

## Challenges That I Have Overcome

I had a [massive burnout](https://dev.to/adiatiayu/lesson-learned-massive-burnout-in-learning-web-development-2kcg), followed by some imposter syndromes.
I thought I would give up entirely.
After taking some breaks (and with some support from my communities), I got back and even made more achievements ❤.

## My Achievements in 2021

- I was one of [February 2021 — Writers of the Month](https://community.codenewbie.org/codenewbie/codenewbie-writers-of-the-month-february-2021-kb7).
- I was one of Top 7 on DEV for three times in 2021, on [March](https://dev.to/devteam/the-7-most-popular-dev-posts-from-the-past-week-5h5d), [August](https://dev.to/devteam/top-7-featured-dev-posts-from-the-past-week-3h2i) and [November](https://dev.to/devteam/top-7-featured-dev-posts-from-the-past-week-35fb).
- I made it into [CodeNewbie Community Spotlight — April 2021](https://community.codenewbie.org/codenewbie/ayu-polyglot-latte-lover-codenewbie-149m).
- One of my articles was featured in the [top 20 articles of the week on Hashnode](https://hashnode.com/must-read/45) in June 2021.
- I was a guest at [Virtual Coffee podcast](https://virtualcoffee.io/podcast/0303-ayu-adiati/). And it was my first time being on a podcast!
- My short video got picked as one of [CodeLand 2021 recess videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pI7miwXwY0&t=3788s).
- I completed the [HacktoberFest 2021](https://www.polywork.com/adiatiayu/highlights/cbfa8778-90fe-4ecc-a1d7-f253aa3375a8)!
- I earned ["OSS Documentarian" and "OSS Mentor" badges on Hashnode](https://townhall.hashnode.com/oss-grant-badge-winners).

## Collaboration & Open Source

As I mentioned in the title, I learned much more throughout 2021.

I was thrilled to get accepted for a React project collaboration program at [The Collab Lab](https://the-collab-lab.codes/who-we-are/)!
I learned how to collaborate on a project in a remote team and use Git & GitHub.
I still need to learn more about React. But I learned so much about teamwork. A valuable experience that I can't get as a self-taught developer.

As I got accepted at The Collab Lab, HacktoberFest 2021 happened.
With the collaboration going on, I would be pleased if I could at least contribute to one open-source.
But in the end, I completed HacktoberFest with eight contributions in total.

This journey has grown my interest in open-source and accessibility tremendously.

## Giving Back To Communities

I'm very grateful to take part as one of the Program Committee and posts' tag moderator for [CodeNewbie](https://community.codenewbie.org/)'s [CodeLand 2021](https://community.codenewbie.org/codenewbie/codeland-is-coming-sept-23-24-2021-238p).

I'm also very proud and happy to be the **Documentation Lead** at [Virtual Coffee](https://virtualcoffee.io/).

And recently, I'm taking the offer to be one of the **Code of Conduct mentors** for our cohorts at [The Collab Lab](https://the-collab-lab.codes/)!

## My Goal

I'm the type of person who doesn't set long-term goals.
I'm more of a go-with-a-flow kind of person 😅.
But this year, I have a goal to push through with learning and land my feet on my first job in tech! 😊

Nevertheless, Ayu Coded in 2022 And Learned Much More! 💪

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Thank you for reading!
Last, you can find me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/@AdiatiAyu). Let's connect! 😊