Hello Reader,

Slots for our anniversary meetup quickly filled up. Thanks to everyone who signed up! I'll be sending separate emails to attendees prior to the event. See you on Thursday! So excited. 😍

If you ran out of slots, and are still interested to join us, I would encourage you to sign up for the waitlist, just in case someone backs out. I might also open up a couple more slots, who knows?

All we're hoping now is that the weather won't be bad during the meetup. 🤞

Meanwhile, here are some highlights of my social media content this past week, in case you missed them:

• ​My reaction to a comment on Bryl Lim's video saying how software engineers are not real engineers since they don't have licenses​
• ​Skit on replicating production bugs​

Enjoy this week's digest! And as always, do tell me what you think, or if there's anything you want me to focus on in the next editions of the newsletter: kuyadev.com/contact. Thank you and see you again next Monday!

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Cheers,

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Rem "Kuya Dev" Lampa

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News and Updates

​College Dropout shares how he successfully shifted careers from BPO to tech and is now a Senior AI Developer​ (Tech Career Shifter PH subreddit)

Career shifting success stories are hard to come by this past few years as the job market has become challenging for everyone. So this story can hopefully bring back the spark to aspiring career shifters that may have been missing recently. Even in the down times, it's still possible. So as long as you really want it, keep on fighting for it.

​DICT vows to create 8 million digital jobs by 2028​ (ABS-CBN News)

I couldn't agree more with the good secretary.

DICT's plan to achieve the ambitious 8 million digital jobs by 2028 is to improve connectivity in the country. That's well and good, but I hope it'll also be accompanied by efforts from other government bodies, mainly in packaging the country globally as a hotbed of digital and tech talent, and to remove any restrictions we may have in allowing foreign employers to invest in our digital workforce.

​How to choose a conference topic​ (Dev.to: Rizèl Scarlett)

I had the privilege of giving a talk during AWS User Group Philippines Leadership Workshop last Saturday, where I also urged young community leaders to get started with public speaking. One of them asked how they should deal with people who'd question their credentials, especially considering how young they are, and I answered that you don't need credentials if what you're speaking about is truthful and factual. You don't have to be the expert in the topic you choose; you only have to be an expert of your talk. This was the same principle I adhered to when I felt impostor syndrome kick in for my TEDx talk last year: I'm not an expert in AI (yet), but that doesn't mean I couldn't warn people about its bad side.

Like the article's author, I've also been treating my talks similar to how artists view their concerts: each talk is a performance. I think this approach can also do wonders for you.

​CSS if function is now available on Chrome 137​ (Youtube: Una Kravets)

This is HUH-MAZING! But it does add the risk of CSS developers over-engineering things, especially since the `if` function only works on a per-property basis, with no way of implementing it on a group of properties yet. Still, CSS seems to be slowly becoming a programming language for browser styling. I can't complain about that, as it'll save me a few more React component props! 😅

More News

• ​Angular v20 is released​
• ​Remix takes a new path, ditches React in favor of Preact​
• ​KakaComputer Podcast episodes 79 & 80 released​

Free Course Alerts

• ​AWS Re/Start program is back!​
• ​DICT South Cotabato offers Intro into CyberSecurity​
• ​DICT Iloilo offers CSS Essentials course​
• ​DICT Region 11 offers IoT Basics with CISCO Packet Tracker​

Calls for Volunteers

• ​SoftCon is looking for speakers​
• ​Microsoft Student Learn Ambassador Program is now accepting applicants​
• ​DevCon Cebu needs volunteers​
• ​Help UPOU's Diploma in Computer Science become more relevant in today's world by taking their survey​

Hackathon and Startup Alerts

• ​Microsoft JS AI Build-a-thon​
• ​NextGen Startup Challenge​
• ​Central Luzon Startup Acceleration Program is now accepting applications​
• ​DICT Bicol Code Wars​

Subscriber Corner

Congratulations on passing the ECE board exams!

I definitely won't advise for you to try to pursue all three (Network Engineering, CyberSec, and Software Engineering). Just choose the one the most excites you. I think Network Engineering is the closest to your course, so I guess you're on the right track by pursuing trainings and certifications there. But yeah, make sure it's the one that really interests you so that when the going gets tough, it's easier to power through. Good luck!

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