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A word from Eddie

Welcome to the September 2021 edition of the EddieHub Newsletter!

September is often associated with the start of new things: the seasons are changing, and for many it represents "back to school". What does September mean to you? Are you starting a new path in your career or studies? Have you set yourself a challenge to learn something new? It might even be preparing yourself for a month-long participation in Hacktoberfest! If you haven't heard about Hacktoberfest then take a look below.

For me, September has marked the return of in-person events (since February 2020), as I attended and spoke at the CityJS/HalfStack conference in London.

Are you ready for Hacktoberfest?

Hosted by DigitalOcean for the 8th year in a row, Hacktoberfest encourages participation in giving back to the open source community by completing pull requests, participating in events, and donating to open source projects.

At EddieHub have some exciting ideas planned for Hacktoberfest so click on the button below if you want to keep updated.

HACKTOBERFEST & EDDIEHUB

Eddie's thought of the month

Learning and sharing in public is super important! Why?

1. You will get feedback and help;

2. Your network will grow;

3. Your involvement in the community will increase.

September featured videos and blogs
Suggesting content for the Community

Helping you to build your Personal Brand in Tech - BLOG

Covering Letters: A Guide - BLOG

React realtime chat app with SocketIO | reactjs nodejs fullstack - VIDEO

In this blog post Vincent Villafuerte explores the importance of personal branding and how this can help accelerate your career.

Many people dread writing a covering letting, especially when you have many to write. This guide will help you with the different points you need to consider.

You will see how easy it is t make a realtime chat app with ReactJS and SocketIO with a few lines of code, follow along, any questions or ideas leave a comment.

The EddieHub is sponsored by DataStax

Delivering the open multi-cloud stack, purpose-built for modern data apps

Community Shoutouts

Kaiwalya Koparkar

We are so pleased to welcome Kaiwalya to the Moderators team at EddieHub! Kaiwalya has been an active member of the community who has consistently added value and provided support, encouragement and help to the members.

Vyom Jain (aka Vyvy-vi)

Whether you have been part of EddieHub for a while or have recently joined, the likelihood is that Vyom's potato avatar will be known to you! We want to celebrate Vyom as an integral EddieHub member by featuring them on this month's Community Spotlight blog.

Upcoming Events
Highlighting events the community can participate in

Hacktoberfest: October 2021

Hosted by DigitalOcean for the 8th year in a row, Hacktoberfest encourages participation in giving back to the open source community by completing pull requests, participating in events, and donating to open source projects. Keep up to date with what EddieHub is doing for Hacktoberfest here!

HackConf: 22 and 23 October 2021

If you're in the IT industry, then HackConf is right for you! Two days of inspiration and learning await you on the 22-23rd of October at HackConf 2021 Online edition. There will be great talks and hands-on workshops.

Hack this Fall Season 2: 22 to 24 October 2021
A 48 hour hackathon aimed to promote hackers and nurture their ideas. Their motto is to involve more beginner hackers and support everyone to solve the shared problems of our society. In the lead up to the event look out for Eddie Jaoude's talk on the 27th September.

Volunteering Opportunity!

Code Hub is a program for children and young people aged 7 to 18 where they can learn a variety of programming languages such as Scratch, HTML/CSS, Javascript and Python through fun activities and projects - all led by volunteers. If you have a UK address and want to apply to become a remote instructor, then click the button below for more information.