My Yearly Summary: 2022 Edition

The year 2022 is close to ending; it has been a fantastic year for my professional goals and family. I am 39 years old, so I have focused on investing energy in topics related to my job to make my life as a developer easier.

I want to use this post to thank everyone around me who helped make this year amazing, achieved goals, and assisted in overcoming the difficult moments.

Start 2022

I don't want to hide it, but the start of 2022 was not easy. Some issues with my eye laser surgery were a bit hard to handle, and it took longer than expected to recover.

April

In April, I started as Technical Writer for Kendo UI Angular.

May

Join the GDE Family as Google Developer Expert In Angular. Thanks to Bezael Pérez and GDE Community.

April

I started the ng-content.com blog focused on translating content from top community leaders to Spanish. Thanks to Tim Deschryver, Rainer Hahnekamp, and ManfredSteyer.

June

I start to learn more about @cypress component testing with the GDE and the great guy Jordan Powell and Bezael Pérez .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRJFnjePMY

July

• Lunch desahogotech is a Spanish podcast about dev life and tech with Bezael Pérez Dayern Gomez and @LeiferMendez

• Meet Miško Angular and Qwik creator

  

August

Summer time to Menorca with my family :)

September

I had the opportunity to have 1to1 online with Natalia Venditto. I learned a lot from her and got motivation and tips for my next professional steps.

October

Crazy month six talks talking about Angular, Qwik, and more.

• Que prefieres Ser un EXPERTO o ESPECIALISTA (ES) Oct 19, 2022

• El Poder De Las Directivas (ES) Oct 14, 2022 Angular Dominicana

• El Poder De Las Directivas (ES) Oct 9, 2022 Dominicode

• Using localStorage Object To Keep Data in the Browser (EN) October 06, 2022,

• Into the CodeVerse con Dany Paredes(ES) Oct 3, 2022

Thanks to @Leifer Mendez, @RaymondCoplin @BezaelPerez @Angular Nation @Kevin Davila @AngularDominicana, Angular Adventures, Tony Recio and Travelport

November

• Join as Dev Library Contributors to Google's Dev Library! 🎉🤘 🥂.
  https://devlibrary.withgoogle.com/authors/danywalls

• Travelport Talk with Toni Recio about Qwik

December

Strong finish with @Leifer Mendez, @Dominicode, Dayern Gomez talking about Angular 15 and Developer life.

• El Burnout en Developers

• Que hay de nuevo en Angular 15

Recap

I want to thank everyone for helping me make this year amazing.

• Thank @thisislearning, @thisisangular @kendoUI for trusting in my content and helping to improve my writing skills.

• Special Thanks to Natalia Venditto , Bezael Pérez, and Leifer Mendez for professional advice and for leading by example as to how to become a great professional.

• Jörgen de Groot for helping with my articles, being a great leader, teaching me a lot about Angular and Typescript, and building a great friendship.

What In 2023?

I will focus on health, improve my cloud skills, and continue writing and talking about Angular.

• Yoga

• Azure / Google Cloud, Astro, and Advanced Angular topic.

• Talks and Writer.

See you in 2023 :)

In 2022, I invested energy into topics related to my job as a developer, such as Technical Writing, becoming a Google Developer Expert in Angular, blogging, component testing, and giving talks. In 2023, I plan to focus on my health, improve my cloud skills, and continue writing and talking about Angular.