Hi (The Reunion)
Hi Droids and Droidettes and a Happy New Year to you 🤯. How have you all been? Now that you are back so are we! Without wasting any time, here is what's been happening in Android254 and Kotlin Kenya. This is Newsletter #15:
The Kotlin Challenge
Hey psst! Are you a Kotlin junkie who would like to flex their Kotlin muscles? You are? In that case, please thank your colleagues led by The Chief Senior Dishwasher who brought back The Kotlin Challenge. The Kotlin Challenge is an opportunity for you to not only showcase your Kotlin prowess, but also claim your very own Jetbrains Lincense. What else, apart from a German Machine could be more rewarding for your skills? 😏
The Expectations, Feedback, and Topics
With a new year comes a new way of doing things. As we are a community and not a regime, we always seek to involve our community members in our development plans (pun intended 🤡). During the January Meetup, we had a lengthy yet engaging discussion based on the following pillars:
1. Expectations
With the steady incorporation of new members, Android254 and Kotlin Kenya received the latter's expectations for their experience in the community. They were as interesting as the proposition to include pizza snacks 🍕 and as resourceful as including more hands-on workshops. Tell a friend to bring a friend in order to find out more, will ya?
2. Feedback
We also gathered valuable feedback from our community members and do you guys have quite the ideas! In case you participated in our survey, then please be assured that we have already assimilated your feedback into our plans for the year. The question is: Are you ready for what's coming? 👀
3. Topics
Finally, we got the best responses from our attendees concerning the topics that are in high demand. In case you wanted to see more of Kotlin MultiPlatform (KMP), Career Stuff, Android Automotive, etc then just attend our next meetups. That's it, really 🤷♂️...
The Code Review
Are you a novice who would want to be put to the flame of Code Reviewing? Would you like to have a Senior Engineer (or even a GDE 😜) assess the quality of your work? we are pleased to announce that we are now having Code Reviews as part of our community activities. January's meetup saw The Teaman conduct a Code Review Session using this GitHub repository. The audience learnt best practices, mistakes to avoid, as well as hacks pertaining take-home assignments...
The KotlinConf' 2024 Contest
If you thought that we are your average Tech community then you are as lost as J*va enthusiasts 🚮. In preparation for KotlinConf' 2024, we are proud to announce that we have Samson Aricha as one of the winners for The KotlinConf' Contest 🥳. Check out his product and learn from the best...
Whoa whoa whoa there! Did you seriously think that we had only one winner? Once again KotlinConf' announced Asira Etemesi as another champion for The KotlinConf' 2024 Contest. Head over to his product to learn more...
The Call For Speakers (Monthly Meetup)
Interested in becoming a speaker for the upcoming monthly meetups? For real for real? Then stop what you are doing and click me to make your aspiration a reality!
Dear Reader
It is at this point that we acknowledge our new beginnings and pledge to have a transformative 2024. We have journeyed with you and gears are about to be shifted (tech bros please calm down) in your favour. If you would like to level up your career in Android, then attending our monthly meetups, building in public, and interacting with our members should be a routine for you. We cannot wait to hear and share your stories. See you on February...
