Talking Points:

Quotable Quotes:

"You should be pushing yourself, you should be learning new things" [instead of relying on an employer] - DG
"Choose projects that you find fun” [to make your leisure time, your learning time] – DG
"I could use that knowledge [how to push myself the right way, how to find motivation..] in helping other people, making them grow as well" - JM
"I think I need [to develop] the skills that a CTO, a founder has" [to level up] - JM
"With power comes responsibility" - DG
"I think that's my biggest fear, to be in the same place [without any advance] for a very long period of time, I mean time is very limited" - JM
"My goal is to have some kind of positive impact [...] at least do something meaningful" - JM
"The second you are dying, you could say like well I did something great in life, at least my life was useful" – JM
"At the end of the day if you are not capable, you probably won't go too far with your mission, that's my main concern" - JM
"I think open-source is an amazing place to start [to somehow collaborate with others and help, to learn, to clarify your route]" - JM
"Leave the world a bit better than you found it" - JM
"My motivation to start in tech was actually to tweak stuff" [on games] - JM
"I remember those times [when learned to code as a child] with a smile on my face, it's like you're having so much fun and you're not being pressed by a timeline" - JM

Notes:

Jose Mendoza's website
josebmendozam.com
Jose Mendoza's twitter
twitter.com/JoseBMendozaM
Js.la
js.la
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io

Junior's Journey w/ Jose Mendoza - Freelance Web Developer