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title: "My Yearly Summary: 2022 Edition"
date: "2022-12-27"
slug: "my-yearly-summary-2022-edition"
author: "Dany Paredes"
canonical: "https://danywalls.com/my-yearly-summary-2022-edition"
description: "The year 2022 is close to ending; it has been a fantastic year for my professional goals and family. I am 39 years old, so I have focused on investing energy in topics related to my job to make my life as a developer easier. I want to use this post t..."
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The year 2022 is close to ending; it has been a fantastic year for my professional goals and family. I am 39 years old, so I have focused on investing energy in topics related to my job to make my life as a developer easier.

I want to use this post to thank everyone around me who helped make this year amazing, achieved goals, and assisted in overcoming the difficult moments.

## Start 2022

I don't want to hide it, but the start of 2022 was not easy. Some issues with my eye laser surgery were a bit hard to handle, and it took longer than expected to recover.

## April

In April, I started as [Technical Writer for Kendo UI Angular.](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/dany-paredes)

## May

Join the GDE Family as [Google Developer Expert In Angular](https://developers.google.com/community/experts/directory/profile/profile-dany-paredes). Thanks to @[Bezael Pérez](@bezael) and GDE Community.

## April

I started the [ng-content.com](ng-content.com) blog focused on translating content from top community leaders to Spanish. Thanks to [**Tim Deschryver**](https://twitter.com/tim_deschryver), [**Rainer Hahnekamp**](https://twitter.com/rainerhahnekamp)**, and** [ManfredSteyer](https://twitter.com/ManfredSteyer).

## June

I start to learn more about @cypress component testing with the GDE and the great guy [Jordan Powell](https://twitter.com/JordanPowell88) and @[Bezael Pérez](@bezael) .

![](/images/posts/my-yearly-summary-2022-edition/2e36613c-40f7-4_01981.png)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRJFnjePMY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRJFnjePMY)

## July

* Lunch [desahogotech](https://anchor.fm/desahogotech) is a Spanish podcast about dev life and tech with @[Bezael Pérez](@bezael) @[Dayern Gomez](@neryad) and [@LeiferMendez](https://twitter.com/LeiferMendez)
    
* Meet [**Miško**](https://twitter.com/mhevery) Angular and [Qwik creator](https://qwik.builder.io/)  
    
    ![](/images/posts/my-yearly-summary-2022-edition/f45052f1-9c45-4_01982.jpeg)
    

## August

![](/images/posts/my-yearly-summary-2022-edition/cb170586-d4ec-4_01982.jpeg)

Summer time to Menorca with my family :)

## September

I had the opportunity to have 1to1 online with @[Natalia Venditto](@anfibiacreativa). I learned a lot from her and got motivation and tips for my next professional steps.

## October

Crazy month six talks talking about Angular, Qwik, and more.

* [**Que prefieres Ser un EXPERTO o ESPECIALISTA (ES) Oct 19, 2022**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S7oSEWTqmI)
    
* [**El Poder De Las Directivas (ES) Oct 14, 2022 Angular Dominicana**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVplWYC4Qs4&t=129s)
    
* [**El Poder De Las Directivas (ES) Oct 9, 2022 Dominicode**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4CQnOz4nr8)
    
* [**Using localStorage Object To Keep Data in the Browser (EN) October 06, 2022,**](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hfSuik0pJmfdbDsDPLd4y?si=58e458bf39784aec)
    
* [**Into the CodeVerse con Dany Paredes(ES) Oct 3, 2022**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYfQZ6-IE_g)
    

Thanks to [@Leifer Mendez](https://www.youtube.com/@LeiferMendez), [@RaymondCoplin](https://twitter.com/RaymondCoplin) [@BezaelPerez](https://twitter.com/bezael_perez) [@Angular Nation](https://twitter.com/Angular_Nation) [@Kevin Davila](https://twitter.com/kevindaviladev) [@AngularDominicana](https://twitter.com/ngDominican), Angular Adventures, [Tony Recio and Travelport](https://www.travelport.com/)

## November

* Join as Dev Library Contributors to Google's Dev Library! 🎉🤘 🥂.  
    [https://devlibrary.withgoogle.com/authors/danywalls](https://devlibrary.withgoogle.com/authors/danywalls)
    
* Travelport Talk with [Toni Recio](https://twitter.com/tonirecio) about Qwik
    

![](/images/posts/my-yearly-summary-2022-edition/ac722ac5-f2f5-4_01982.jpeg)

## December

Strong finish with [@Leifer Mendez](https://www.youtube.com/@LeiferMendez), [@Dominicode](https://www.youtube.com/@DominiCode), @[Dayern Gomez](@neryad) talking about Angular 15 and Developer life.

* [El Burnout en Developers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IU6IfQNJqg)
    
* [Que hay de nuevo en Angular 15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF13cEERg14&t=1686s)
    

## Recap

I want to thank everyone for helping me make this year amazing.

* Thank [@thisislearning](https://twitter.com/Thisis_Learning), [@thisisangular](https://dev.to/this-is-angular) [@kendoUI](https://twitter.com/KendoUI) for trusting in my content and helping to improve my writing skills.
    
* Special Thanks to @[Natalia Venditto](@anfibiacreativa) , @[Bezael Pérez](@bezael), and [Leifer Mendez](https://twitter.com/LeiferMendez) for **professional advice** and for **leading by example** as to how to become a great professional.
    
* @[Jörgen de Groot](@Alt148) for helping with my articles, being a great leader, teaching me a lot about Angular and Typescript, and building a great friendship.
    

![Image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fk55flFXgAEcaDu?format=jpg&name=small align="center")

## What In 2023?

I will focus on health, improve my cloud skills, and continue writing and talking about Angular.

* Yoga
    
* Azure / Google Cloud, Astro, and Advanced Angular topic.
    
* Talks and Writer.
    

See you in 2023 :)

> In 2022, I invested energy into topics related to my job as a developer, such as Technical Writing, becoming a Google Developer Expert in Angular, blogging, component testing, and giving talks. In 2023, I plan to focus on my health, improve my cloud skills, and continue writing and talking about Angular.