G'day new friends! 👋
I'm excited about Steem, I'm a Software Developer and have been reading and using so many good tutorials online, that have really helped me, it would be so much better if my "Like" on their post on other blogging platforms actually gave them something back!
My Promise To You
You'll notice my picture is one of me (albeit a nicer than usual one for me haha) and that my username here is my real name, and this is the Blockchain after all, so I'm making a commitment to this community on being my real, authentic self. Whatever I post here, I stand by. My views may change, evolve, but you'll know whatever I post I'm putting my offline reputation behind it too.
So while I'm here I'm going to talk about all the things that I love (and some things that I don't) in life!
Things that I love:
📱 Software Developer (I'm mainly a Front End Javascript Developer)
📻 Music (Hip Hop mainly!)
✈ Travel (I've been to Peru, Europe, Thailand, and traveling soon to India)
❤ Love (I like to think I've got nuggets of wisdom from many years of dating! lol)
✍ Creative Writing (I like to write down my dreams and sometimes create them into little stories)
💬 Community Building (I run lots meetups and things offline in my city)
💃 Diversity (I'm passionate about Women's rights and getting more females in to tech too!)
💰 And Money (I recently halved my annual salary, many adjustments!)
Up til now
I am in my late 20's and I am from and like in Australia! I was a Truck Driver before I became a Software Developer last year, so my life has changed pretty drastically! I used to work out in the remote bush land of Western Australia, for four weeks at a time. I would then fly back to my hometown for one week off work! It was 12+ hour days, only one day off in the entire four weeks! But I loved being outside and in the hot weather!
My fav poem
In this life of froth and bubble
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in anothers trouble,
Courage in your own.
Adam Lindsay Gordon
It's actually a little bit edited, as I heard it when I was really little and that's how I remember it! 🐣
Verification of da identity realness!
I've uploaded a screenshot of my Twitter where I've updated my profile to include my Steemit Status lol 🐠
I also want to shout out @marcfrvncis for helping out with my first few SBD and got me started for the @minnowsupport project! Legend! 👏
Welcome to steemit @ljkenward,
I am @digital-gypsy - nice to meet you!:)
Ilove travel too... LOL
With your topics I guess you will get the attention of many people here..
if you like rainbow photos have a look at my account, just posted some nice Rainbow Photo
Good Luck & Cheers
Awesome thanks for the welcome @digital-gypsy ! Will check them out, especially digging rainbow everything this week while it's Pride week! 😀 Cheers
see ya around :)
Welcome to Steemit! Regards from Madrid!
Thank you, see you around!
Welcome to Steem @ljkenward!
Thank you!
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Welcome to Steemit!
Looking forward to hearing lots of interesting stories from you :-)
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Steem on!
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Wow @kennyskitchen you rock! ✋ What an awesome initiative! I will definitely pay it forward, this community is great! Cheers mate!
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I welcome you to the colorful world of steemit! You will definitely get a whole new experience from all the wonderful people in this community.
Also feel free to check out and follow @yash10813 for mind boggling travel experiences.
Thanks! I look forward to hearing about some of your India travels especially! 😀
Welcome @ljkenward to steemit! I just started like two weeks ago, if you need any help just reach out, following ya! 💪🏼🙌🏼💯
Thanks mate! Really excited about it, curious to see where I'm at in two week! Same back at ya 👊
You got this! massive action time :)
Hello from Melbourne, I love the fact you were a truck driver, that is great 🙂
Thanks @tomekkk ! It was really fun and a good experience, a bit unusual but that's what I liked about it! 😀
@ljkenward, welcome to steemit and I am sure you will do great here. Just need to put in some effort and you will be rewarded handsomely...I am new too but have seen some good success and enjoying it every day...lets stay in touch.
Thanks @charles1 - look forward to seeing out around the place!
I agree.Following you now in order to get and read your posts...hope we stay in touch and more success to you
Welcome!
Australia.. you ever been in Austria :-D?
I actually have! It's very beautiful! They have funny tshirts there that make fun of the similar names!
Yeah, that's true :-D
Hey @ljkenward, nice to "meet" you & welcome! We have a lot in common it seems. I'm an Aussie software engineer currently developing software for mining fleet management systems, including onboad heavy haul truck software! I'm Brisbane based at the moment but lived for a number of years in Perth. Looking forward to your content 👍
Following you.
That's awesome! I see the tech industry in Brisbane is booming, just like the mining industry x years ago haha. Look forward to see you around!
👍
Welcome to a fellow dev, LJ.
Whats your tech stack?
Hey thanks! Mainly front end web development! JavaScript, React, Ruby! What about you? I'm curious around all the System tools keen to check out and contribute to some open source stuff!
Great.
There is a list with devs and projects for steem on SteemDocs Check it out..
You'll find me there too..
Contributors are very welcome here.. ;)
Awesome I'll check it out, thanks! 😀
Welcome to Steem @ljkenward I have sent you a tip
nice welcome friend like upvote it will help you it is nice to be here
Welcome to steemit, happy to have you here
I am @alienposts , my real name is achraf :)
Checkout my blog posts, Enjoy your time here and let's get this party started :)
Thanks @alienposts , have given you a follow too!
you're welcome !! thank you
Hi, welcome aboard. Great choice on using your own name.
Keeps you honest ;)
Following. Oi Oi Oi !
Thanks! I think it's important to be real both on and offline! Followed you back too, cheers! ✋
Another Aussie ! Greetings from down in nice and chilly Melbourne. Nice to see you here @ljkenward ! . that is a pretty drastic change in work driving a truck in what i am assuming (going on the above pic) was the mining industry to Coding. Followed you to see what you write about !. wishing you all the best here on #steemit ~ Chris
Thanks Chris! Yeah it's been hectic change but loving every minute of it! Followed you back too, cheers 😀
welcome! I hope you enjoy India. That's one of the places I haven't been yet.
I'm exploring Europe right now (in Frankfurt as I type this), visited Peru 2 years ago and spent a LOT of time in Thailand and Indonesia this past year.
Let me know if I can help with any questions for those places.
That's cool thanks for the offer Chris! So awesome you are traveling at the moment, are you a digital nomad? That is a life goal of mine, travel and work! Following you, look forward to hearing about your travels! 😀
LJ, yeah I've been a "digital nomad" for the last 5 years. Been exploring the world as much as possible to see what I like the most. In Paris right now :)
Amazing first post! :)
Thanks mate and thanks for your early support! 👊
:)
Haha, <3 it!
Great intro post. Such a wide and varied life so far. Looking forward to reading more of your articles.
Thanks mate, doesn't seem that interesting to me, ha ha, but I think that's always the way!
hey mate, if your in Perth, theres a slight possibility I'l lbe over there within a month, though I could be heading straight to Karatha.
If you wanted to buy me a coffee I wouldn't say no :)
I'd love to put in a joke about "have a steemy meeting" but you'd probably belt the crap out of me. haha
Welcome to steemit. Enjoy your life.
I am new to Steemit too. I have followed and upvoted you. Hope you can follow me too!
Sure thing @cleo88 , see you around !
Welcome on steemit :-)
Cheers mate!
Cheers :-)
Welcome! It's the best social network around, and there's a really interesting dev community too. Don't forget to check out steemit.chat
While I don't agree with you deanonymizing yourself, that's your choice 🙂
Thanks I'll check it out! Each to their own of course, but I find I'm my best self when I'm out there completely! 😀
Hey whats up, I am also a software developer in Perth. Must've been tough transitioning from driving trucks to coding.
Hey there! Cheers, yeah it was a very big leap! But it's been so great that I would never turn back! 😀
welcome! followed
Back at ya! ✋
Software engineer at a hardcore mechanicl machine ..loved that photo it is good that you have a wide area of intrest .. you will love here .. I already love you ... Welcome to the steemit family .. would love to read more posts by you .. keep posting
Upvoted the post!
You Can follow me @utfull if you like
Will follow you back! See you around.
Thank you for your kind words! I have followed you as well! Cheers
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A big warm Steemit welcome goes out to you Ljkenward.
Upvoted and High Pawed! :-D
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Haha yes! Thank you! Human High Five back at ya! ✋
lol! Thanks! :-D
Welcome to steemit long-haul driver.
Hey thanks mrblckhands! I actually did short-haul in dump trucks, hehe, a lot of respect for the long-haul crew though!
Welcome to steemit,
That was a very upbeat and wonderful intro!
I would like to read about your experiences with trucks and any other experiences you care about.
I will follow your posts, please reciprocate :)
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You are eligible to participate in a fantastic giveaway:
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Cool thanks mate, will check it out!
Welcome to Steemit!!!!!!!!!!! Nice to have you here! :-D
Cheers, I see youre a web dev as well, I gave you a follow!
Followed back, thank you!
great stuff and welcome to steemit
Upvoted!
@GLOBALFOODBOOK for delicious recipes.
I welcome you steemit community and look forward to loads of interesting posts from you. Please feel free to check out and follow
Welcome to our community on Steemit :)
Thanks Sassal!
Nice to be part of our great community...You will find Steemit as a best social media platform...
Thanks mate!
I have followed you ...Please follow me to strengthen our friendship and help each other by comments and much more @nazirkhyber
Welcome~! hiphop software developer, @ljkenward. I followed you~ Have a good trip with fellows in this giant world~ :)
Haha yes, hip hop software developer, I like that! Thanks, I have followed you too! Cheers 😀
You followed? I can't see your name @ljkenward at followers list. Anyway, see you next time hip hop software developer~ :)
It's there, my only option now is to unfollow! 😱 Sure it will update soon. Thanks.
Welcome, Greetings from Melbourne! I almost became a software developer. Would like to hear about your truck driving experiences.
Did you? That's cool, what did you end up doing instead? 😀
I became an academic
Cool!
Welcome to family :) Follow me back and I will surprised you on August 1 ;)
Exciting!
Welcome to Steem, LJ. Great to see your interests. Hip-hop head here :D
Always for a follow in me for a fellow Hip Hop head @isteemit ! Cheers mate!
Hey there, welcome to Steemit!
Welcome to steemit community...@ljkenward
Thank you!
You Welcome ...!!!
Hi there! Nice to meet you. We have some things in common I see, hip-hop, out-doors stuff and creative writing. There may be more but for now I'd just like to say welcome and enjoy :D
Hey @handsolo ! Thanks for the kind words, followed you as keen to hear more about our common interests from you too! Cheers mate!
You're welcome @ljkenward
Here's one thing - My Grandfather was Polish so my surname is Sampolinski
Have a great day :D
I do like your STEEMIT post @ljkenward … nice one … look forward to future posts as are been waited; so hope for you the best in this much interesting & challenging environment.
I like writing/posting about several topics that call my attention, from travel, life, politics to science, food and technology. Here are some of my last posts, that if you can, read them and leave some comments - it will be great.
https://steemit.com/life/@indepthstory/nice-island-beautiful-beach-lots-of-aquatic-sports-to-do-still-the-best-part-of-the-trip-was-been-in-family-all-together
https://steemit.com/life/@indepthstory/lgbtq-s-continues-to-be-discriminated-against-in-most-of-the-world
https://steemit.com/life/@indepthstory/facebook-is-moderating-my-writings-are-my-rights-for-freedom-of-speech-taken-away-does-this-depends-on-whether-i-say-i-love-you
https://steemit.com/security/@indepthstory/how-is-it-that-hackers-steal-information-from-companies-read-this-easy-to-understand-information-sure-it-will-help
Best of good luck in the STEEMIT arena …. have given you my UPVOTE tick for the post, and hope you will FOLLOW to be up to date on posts ..!!
Txs. & Rgds.
@indepthstory
Thank you for your good post. Have a good mood.
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Welcome to Steemit ... I believe you are going to be a valuable asset to our community. For the record I featured you in my Welcome and hopefully some of my followers will seek you out and follow you.
Oh yeah, I am the Cape Town representative for @teamaustralia .... and don't ask me what the fark my function is.. but I shall definitely give a shout out to all the new Australians who sign up.
Haha love that you don't know what that means, neither to I! Cheers @themagus !