A new programmer and translator freelancer has joined the block!

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Programming and modern languages are my passion!

For those eager to know about the content of my future posts right away, this is the plan:
-I shall be posting about everything I have learnt regarding how to code your own cross-platform app which could run on websites, android, ios, windows, mac and linux.
-I shall post about how you can learn English as a second language the right way.

Kindly allow me to tell you a bit about my history:

I am from Venezuela, and I would like to start by telling you a bit about how I learned English as a second language in a year and how I became proficient at coding websites and apps.

English as a second language:
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to learn English at a local institute at the age of 13. When I joined my classes I was so excited and happy to be able to learn English that my grades were practically perfect from levels 1 - 10. For some reason, learning the language was very smooth for me and just about 1 year later, I was feeling very confident and proficient with it. I graduated from the CVA Institute (American-Venezuelan Center for its spelling in Spanish) by the age of 14 and a half.

By the age of 18 I applied as an English teacher at the same CVA institute. While teacher there, I could master my knowledge even further by practicing everyday with native speakers, preparing grammar lessons for my students and having fun!

My English teaching experience is vast, I have been an English teacher for more than 12 years already and I have had students of all ages and nationalities. I have prepared students for the TOEFL and the IELTS tests.

I also worked as an interpreter and translator for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, dealing with delegations from all around the world. I was in charge of making sure that the translations of the legal documents, including Memorandums of understandings and Cooperation agreements, were bullet proof. We had to produce fast and quality translations.

While working there, I had the chance to work as an attachee. I had to make sure that our guest delegations were confortable and were able to communicate effectively with our government officials.

How I became proficient at coding websites and apps

I have always dreamed of becoming the next Steve jobs or Bill Gates (who hasn't). Whoever, I could not really afford paid courses. That did not stop me though, I used my English knowledge to research online, thus becoming very proficient. But it was not easy at first, I had to dedicate tons of hours just to learn and even more hours trying to find a way to test my knowledge on real platforms.

The first programming languages I learnt were HTML, Php, JavaScript and HTML. After doing some free online courses I was eager to publish my first website! but... Sadly enough, I could not afford even the cheapest GoDaddy hosting plan. I had no idea how I could earn my first dollar. However, as it turned out, I found free solutions which were decent. This did not come easy though, I had to do a vast research on the subject to be able to actually produce my very first website.

Then I met WordPress. I learnt that WordPress powers around 30% of all websites indexed by Google. It was an amazing and yet overwhelming discovery.

At first, I felt what you would feel if you were a cave man who comes out to explore the world to find that the world you see is moving like a Sci-Fi movie with flying cars around you... There were themes, plugins, a huge market place, I felt both intimidated and excited.

After making a couple of WordPress plugins and Themes I moved to Nodejs (please google a bit if it is the first time you hear this term).

Later, I taught myself C++ and I am working towards learning Python (Artificial Intelligence is calling me).

In summary, I would like to share my experience with the community, and I shall be posting on my own free time here on subjects which could help you if you are interested in learning how to teach English better, how to learn English faster, how to learn to code your own website 100% free (I have never paid one single dollar and I feel the need to give back to the community for it was because of the free tutorials and courses I found that I was able to get to were I am today).

Thanks for reading and Stay tuned!

PS: Even when I have read a lot about steamit.com and busy.org, I would really appreciate if you can guide me to the right direction to becoming a successful blog poster.