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This year I have the courage to go after my childhood dream. Not the one where I live inside a baobab tree and my best friend is a panther - the other one. The one where I'm a coder.

Meticulous, patient, humble, driven. And a little silly, there's no hiding that.

Thank you for sharing this journey - I hope we will be friends :)

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2023: the year of becoming a software engineer!

This year I have the courage to go after my childhood dream. Not the one where I live inside a baobab tree and my best friend is a panther - the other one. The one where I'm a coder.

Meticulous, patient, humble, driven. And a little silly, there's no hiding that.

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Meticulous, patient, humble, driven. And a little silly, there's no hiding that.

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