2021 was arguably my most turbulent year of my life. Overall, I met 90% of my goals.

Highlights

• Got the MEXT Scholarship
• Traveled to Tokyo
• Started this blog
• Had fun
• Made new friends
• Became happier

Personal

Hands down, my biggest life even this year was moving to Tokyo and being a research student at Tokyo Institute of Technology. It was hard moving away from friends and family but during my two month's of stay I think I have caught on how living along works.

I am currently living in a dorm with a lot of interesting guys. I also met all of the other students from the intensive Japanese language course that I am currently taking, I enjoy having dinner and drinks with them.

Professional

At the start of 2021, I was getting accustomed to my new role as React developer at Aritmatrix. While I had never learned web-development because of my knowledge in Linear Algebra I had to settle and learn how javascript, web-frameworks and general front-end development in a short amount of time. Coming from a machine-learning engineering and research background the switch to being a front-end engineer was a refreshing experience.

Luckily, I enjoyed learning and was up for a challenge. Thanks to my great teammates I learned more that I did in the last few years in a few months. Thanks to the support of my teammates I learned the following stacks and technologies:

• React
• React Hooks
• Next.js
• Material-UI
• PostgreSQL

This knowledge and experience led to other endeavors such as doing this blog.

Goals for 2022

This year I think is going to get more challenging with time since I will be starting my masters studies from April. But my incomplete goal list is:

• Study hard
• Do well in my masters.
• Travel.
• Write a research paper.
• Have fun.
• Write more blog posts.
• Focus on my diet.

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