Hey Friends!
After a month of checking in on each other, it's time to check in on ourselves! Checking in with our goals, doing some accountability, recognizing our efforts and coordinating our actions for the future!
💞 Kindness and Gratitude
Spotlighting some of the kindness happening in our community.
"I'm grateful for the Tuesday night accountabilibuddies group. I'd name them all but I'm sure I'd leave someone out. You know who you are."
"I'm grateful to Nick for reaching out about joining him for a stream at some point."
"I’m grateful for Dominic and Ayu who always keep things going and approach everything thoughtfully."
"This week, I'm really grateful for my first VC meeting. It was inspiring."
💡 What's happening at Virtual Coffee
May Recap: Community Kindness!
We spent some time just reaching out to old friends, sharing our appreciation for each other, and making space for good conversations! And as always, we don't have to stop the energy as the month concludes. Taking time to touch base with people we love and appreciate is an evergreen way to cultivate the kind of life that restores us!
June Challenge: Mid-Year Check-In!
The Mid-Year Check-In challenge is designed to provide an opportunity for Virtual Coffee members to reflect on their progress, reevaluate goals, and gain clarity on their journey. Let’s pause, assess, and adjust as we reach the halfway point of the year. This challenge aims to encourage personal growth, foster connection within the community, and provide a supportive space for members to share their insights, challenges, and successes.
Learn more about this challenge in this blog post and check out the full monthly challenge page!
☕📅 Virtual Coffee Events
MONDAYS
- Tech Interview Study Group — 16:00 GMT-4
- Goal-setting post in
#goals-and-wins— async
TUESDAYS
- Virtual Coffee — 09:00 GMT-4
- Accountabilibuddies — 19:00 GMT-4
- Trivia in
#game-night— async
WEDNESDAYS
- The Pack Hunt (Tandem Job Hunting) — 10:00 GMT-4
- Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) Office Hours — 16:00 GMT-4
- Midweek check-in in
#general— async
THURSDAYS
- Accountabilibuddies — 09:00 GMT-4
- Virtual Coffee — noon GMT-4
- Book club discussion: "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" — async
FRIDAYS
- Frontend Friday Folks Fighting CSSBattle.dev — 11:00 GMT-4
- Feeling Friday — 20:00 GMT-4
- Rust Learning Cohort check-in in
#learning-together— async - X (formerly Twitter) chat and gratitude post in
#general— async
Note: These are the currently scheduled times for these events at the time of this publication. Please check the official VC #announcements Slack channel, or other noted channels, for any updates and links to event rooms. For the full list of events, check out our events page.
🆕 New Career Focus Channels Alert
We've added three new private channels — Senior+, Mid-level, Early-career — to our Slack for peer-to-peer conversation, because we know that it's good to be able to support and nurture conversations specific to your career level. If you're interested in joining the one you identify with most, DM Bekah or Meg on Slack.
🤝 Volunteering at VC
We're very excited to continue open membership with the support of our active volunteers! All our active volunteers have an invite to send out to someone interested in joining Virtual Coffee. If you're interested in joining the volunteer team, check out some the roles here!
✨ Member Content Highlights
Our members are making the internet a better place with their words and wisdom!
Articles
- My Open Source Journey with OpenSauced: From Beginner to Confident Contributor — Rita Nkem Daniel
- Nurturing the Future of Open Source: Maintainers — Bekah Hawrot Weigel
- How To Create A Welcoming Space For New Open Source Contributors — Christine Belzie
🏆 Member Wins
"I wrote my first shell script today. I used vim."
"I just got accepted to speak at Elixir Conf US! Super hyped for this one."
"Did my first solo presentation today at work and got a lot of great feedback from managers and other devs! It was in person too!"
"Wow I'm still taking it in, but got a reply on a job position I went for, as a tech lead/coach."
"I am glad to have given a talk last week."
👀 What our members are up to
- Chris J. does a weekly post for goals of the week.
- Dominic Duffin co-hosts ArtTechChat on Twitter every Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
- Ray Deck is co-hosting a vid-pod about low code/no code solutions on YouTube!
- Michael Jolley is streaming on twitch!
💻 Open Source Projects
- VirtualCoffee.io — a Remix Web App for our community created by Dan Ott.
- FreeCodeCamps's Developer Quiz Site — A newbie friendly repo that frequently accepts OSS contributions.
- OpenSauced's Docs — A static rendered documentation for open source developer onboarding to OpenSauced's projects.
- Intro to Open Source — An introduction to open source and guide through the process of contributing to projects.
- Python Turtle Art Canvas — The aim of this project is to create a collaborative piece of creative coding using Python Turtle Graphics.
- Hacktoberfest How To — Hugo blog template for Hacktoberfest HOW-TO.
- Classic Memory Game — Memory card game from 1968.
- Tiny Troves of Dev Wisdom — A small Unity 2D game made for Hacktoberfest 2023.
- Elm TTRPG Session — A session manager, ttrpg character builder, and dice roller built with Elm and Lamdera.
If you're a member and you’d like to give a Lunch & Learn or Workshop, you can submit your idea here.
Have a question, suggestion, or want to nominate someone’s act of kindness or blog post? Email us at hello@virtualcoffee.io.