2021 In Review, Huge milestones! 🥳
Tags: yearinreview
Published: 2021-12-31 08:28:11

This year was probably the most impactful year so far, from Open Source to Career every aspect of my life got improved one way or another.
As the year ends I want to look back at my achievements and celebrate the end of the year with this blogpost.

# Milestones of 2021

- Got an amazing job at [Razorpay](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1427296905566900227)
- Selected for [GitHub India](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1437280519981469696) [Open Source grants program](https://twitter.com/GitHubIndia/status/1472081801355087873)
- github-readme-stats 
  - hit [10million requests](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1469001868802080769) per month
  - hit [35k stars on github](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1472944926472212496)
- Speaking
  - Talked about [Advanced TypeScript at Tech Talks With Santosh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKKbxfaCp5o)
  - Spoke at [React Summit 2021](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsAJfiuVvu8) with some of the wonderful panelist
  - Spoke at [ReactFinland about building flexible component libraries](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TqhovGSjk)
- Got a lot of support from people via [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/anuraghazra)
- Bought [a new phone](https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlIBN7hHbG/)
- [Graduated from college](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1432640735338135552)
- Donated to to people who are in need via [TeamSeas](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1455903061826703361), [GiveIndia](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1459515204266442756).
- Made few [beautiful 3D artworks](https://twitter.com/search?q=artwork%20(from%3Aanuraghazru)%20until%3A2021-12-31%20since%3A2021-01-01%20-filter%3Areplies&src=typed_query) & [started voxel modelling](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1453040740607533063)
- Learned about [advanced GLSL Shaders](https://twitter.com/search?q=shaders%20(from%3Aanuraghazru)&src=typed_query&f=top)
- Learned and deep dived into [building compilers & parsers](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1394013501262233600)
- Leveled up my TypeScript skills & [tweeted a ton of things](https://twitter.com/search?q=typescript%20(from%3Aanuraghazru)%20-filter%3Areplies&src=typed_query)
- Participated in [GitHub Actions Hackathon 2021](https://dev.to/badge/2021-github-actions-hackathon-participant)
- Wrote a blogpost about [my interview experience at Razorpay](https://dev.to/anuraghazra/my-frontend-interview-experience-at-razorpay-29bo)
- Took my first ever interview of a candidate at razorpay
- Connected with lots of amazing people on twitter & made new friends. <3 

## Other Random Stuff I Did

- Bought anuraghazra.dev domain
- Learned [more about web accessibility](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1413493272274563076)
- Started writing a [card builder for github-readme-stats](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1436748546926014475)
- Bought my [first ever book](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1476628833046433808) planning on starting a reading habit.
- Bought a lot of house appliances :) 
- Built few small [experimental projects](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1411746015670005764)
- Built a [toy programming language](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1396111972479823874)

Aaaaandddd... That's a wrap!

This year was full of great achievements & learning.
But one of my greatest achievement is the smile which I was able to put in my mom's face, it's just a wonderful achievement which is above every other thing and I thrive to continue keeping that smile always. 

I also wanted to thanks few of the notable people who impacted my year in a positive year. 
Huge Thanks to [Santosh](https://twitter.com/SantoshYadavDev), [Kamlesh](https://twitter.com/_kamlesh_), [Divyanshu](https://twitter.com/divyanshu013), [Saurabh](https://twitter.com/saurabhdawaree) for supporting & encouraging me. 

Happy New Year! Cheers! 🥂