2023 Wrap-Up for Awesome Software Engineer
Next year is going to be Awesome
Let’s have a wrap-up for Awesome Software Engineer. It’s been one and a half years since I created Awesome Software Engineer. I started this blog in June 2022. Before that, I was working for a startup company called Serai which was a subordinate of HSBC. They suddenly informed HSBC wanted to terminate the company due to a business decision and all the staff got laid off at that time. I wasn’t surprised because it was my second time getting laid off. Well, I was well-prepared for that since my first layoff in another startup company. I know many engineers got laid off in 2023 but don't feel depressed. The best is yet to come. Take a break, adjust your mindset, and be positive. I also got a third layoff after Serai when I joined Crypto.com. It was a tough time for the crypto industry and every company was laying off their engineers.
After multiple layoffs, I was thinking about what I should do and what I could do other than my full-time job. I found writing quite interesting and I like sharing my thoughts. Therefore, I am trying to start this blog to share my thoughts about software engineering and help people learn practical software engineering knowledge which is useful in a software engineering career.
Back to the topic, In 2023, I wrote 41 articles in Awesome Software Engineer across different topics including API, architecture, software design, and soft skills.
For the subscription numbers, the following are the statistics:
2022: 199 subscribers
2023: 591 subscribers
Total traffic in 2023:
The following are some featured articles in 2023:
This year 392 new readers subscribed to Awesome Software Engineer which is already an impressive result for me. Other than posting the content on LinkedIn, I haven’t promoted my blog that much. So, I am happy with this result and hope Awesome Software Engineer gets more subscribers in the next year. This might need the whole community’s help and I am willing to get any feedback from all of you. Continuous improvement is important for software engineers and feedback helps people to improve themselves.
In 2023, I also moved some of my content to Medium
https://medium.com/@raychongtk - Follow my account to support my work
Apart from that, I organized my content into categories.
https://github.com/raychongtk/awesome-software-engineer - Give a star to my GitHub repo to support my work
In the coming 2024, I hope my content can inspire more software engineers to help you speed up your learning track in the software engineering area. Wish all of you a Merry Christmas. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to Awesome Software Engineer. Thanks!