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Beto, December 2024

2025

  • ๐Ÿค Completed my first full year working at Expo.
  • ๐Ÿš€ Made a meaningful impact and received my first raise at Expo.
  • โœˆ๏ธ Visited Norway for the first time.
  • โœˆ๏ธ Attended App.js Conf in Krakow, Poland.
  • ๐ŸŽค Gave my first workshop at the Local-First Conference in Berlin.
  • โœˆ๏ธ Visited Portland, Oregon for the first time.
  • โœˆ๏ธ Traveled to San Francisco for Sync Conf and the Expo / Instant meetup.
  • ๐Ÿค Met many amazing engineers and entrepreneurs in person.
  • ๐Ÿš€ Launched the LiveStore course on Code with Beto.
  • ๐Ÿš€ Shipped my first real app, AI Tattoo, reaching 300+ users and $49 MRR.
  • ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘ Hired my best friend to work full-time at Code with Beto.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Code with Beto crossed $100,000 in revenue.
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Code with Beto passed 20,000+ registered users (engineers, designers, and builders from many backgrounds).
  • ๐Ÿ“บ Helped the Expo YouTube channel cross 45,000 subscribers.
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Grew my personal YouTube channel to 27,000+ subscribers.
  • ๐Ÿค Landed multiple YouTube sponsorships.
  • ๐ŸŽ“ Received countless success stories from students landing their first software jobs and shipping their first apps.
  • ๐Ÿ’ธ Broke into the world of angel investing (small checks, big lessons).
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Grew my stock portfolio to six figures, wild considering I was broke in 2023.
  • โ˜• Bought my first espresso machine.

2024

  • โœˆ๏ธ๏ธ Visited Mexico after 6 years.
  • ๐ŸŽ‰ Started working as a Developer Success Engineer at Expo.
  • ๐Ÿค Received and accepted an offer from Expo.
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Crossed 10,000 subscribers on YouTube.
  • ๐Ÿš€ Launched the Git & GitHub course on Code with Beto.
  • โœˆ๏ธ Took my wife to Tenerife, Spain.
  • ๐Ÿค’ Caught COVID for the third time.

2023

  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Became a U.S. permanent resident.
  • ๐ŸŒ Reached 10,000 registered users on Code with Beto.
  • ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Launched the React with TypeScript course.
  • ๐Ÿก Relocated to Bentonville, AR (Walmart HQ).
  • ๐Ÿ’ผ Started as a Software Engineer III at Walmart.
  • ๐Ÿค Accepted an offer from Walmart after applying to over 100 jobs.
  • โœ๏ธ Focused on creating content fully in English.
  • ๐ŸŒ Translated my React Native course to English.
  • ๐ŸŽฅ Uploaded several new videos to YouTube (English) and YouTube (Spanish).

2022

  • โœ… Received work authorization in the U.S.
  • ๐Ÿค’ Caught COVID for the second time.
  • ๐ŸŽฅ Published my first YouTube video in English.
  • ๐Ÿš€ Launched my first online course.
  • ๐ŸŒ Built Code with Beto.
  • ๐ŸŽฅ Uploaded over 80 videos to YouTube.
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Completed my first technical interview with Amazon (No offer, but learned a lot!).
  • ๐Ÿง  Solved over 200 coding problems.
  • ๐ŸŒ Worked remotely as a freelancer for international clients.
  • ๐Ÿ’ Proposed and got married to my wife.
  • ๐Ÿก Relocated from Chattanooga, TN to Atlanta, GA.

2021

2020

  • ๐Ÿค’ Caught COVID for the first time.
  • ๐ŸŽฎ Launched my first mobile game: Rockets X.
  • โœˆ๏ธ Visited San Francisco for the first time, my favorite city.
  • ๐Ÿ’ป Got my first MacBook.
  • โค๏ธ Met my future wife.

2018

  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Moved to the U.S., starting a new chapter in life.

2017

  • ๐ŸŽ“ Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

2015

  • ๐Ÿ›‚ Got my U.S. tourist visa approved to visit my sister.

2009

  • ๐ŸŽถ Got my first Apple product: an iPod Touch (2nd generation).

1994

  • ๐ŸŒ Born in Mexico City, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ, the beginning of the journey.
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