{"id":1574,"date":"2017-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.weichie.com\/blog\/halfway-new-york-adventure-whats-far\/"},"modified":"2020-06-06T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T18:45:59","slug":"halfway-new-york-adventure-whats-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.weichie.com\/nl\/blog\/halfway-new-york-adventure-whats-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Halfway in my New York adventure! What’s up so far?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time to cry\u2026 We\u2019re already halfway through the adventure! It\u2019s been incredible so far and I don\u2019t regret a single minute (or dollar) of this opportunity! I\u2019m still surprised how much I learn every day at my internship. If I look back at my web development skills when I started here in New York and now\u2026 You could say I didn\u2019t knew what I was doing. There are still three more months to go, so let\u2019s do it!<\/p>\n

\"Coney<\/div>\n

First things first<\/h2>\n

Already halfway into my internship. This means that I have still three months left and then what? For the moment it is impossible for me to stay in New York to work here. The Visa prices are insane and they\u2019re not even guaranteed. I think I looked up every visa there is. H1B, O, F, E, B, J1, \u2026 but none of them fit in my budget. This means I just go home after my internship and I\u2019ll try my chances in the next few years. Let me gather some working experiences in Belgium first!<\/p>\n

Another thing I\u2019ve learned at my internship, is that if you want to be the best\u2026 You need to come to the States. All the big players are here. I\u2019m really happy that I set the bar so high while I was applying for an internship. And I\u2019m really lucky that I stranded at Night Owls<\/a>! I love every minute I\u2019m at work!<\/p>\n

Some technical stuff<\/h2>\n

I applied for a front-end internship and I received more than I expected. My job as a front-end developer here is to create a working WordPress template from an Invision design. I didn\u2019t thought that I would learn some new things in html or css, but I did learn some crazy tricks! Besides that I learned the most new stuff in vanilla javascript and jQuery. we don\u2019t use external libraries, so we have full control of all the functionality and plugins we write. This is why I learned so much new stuff in javascript. I really fell in love with it and I would love to continue my journey as a Javascript and Angular developer.<\/p>\n

All the websites that we built at Night Owls are build on WordPress. This means that I also need to program some functionalities of the website in PHP, which is a back-end language. Because you can\u2019t see PHP-code in your browser, but it get\u2019s stuff from the database that\u2019s behind the beautiful website. Last week I needed to write a lot of functionalities in PHP as well, and guess what? I fell in love with PHP too\u2026<\/p>\n

Between my work and the extra work I get from my school, I\u2019m still working on freelance projects from Belgium as well. Those freelance projects help me financing this whole adventure for me. This is only possible for me to do with the help of my amigo and colleague Yannick<\/a> in Belgium. It\u2019s a new adventure for us both, because I\u2019m six hours behind on Belgium. But so far so good, except some sleepless nights everything still went smoothly!<\/p>\n

\"New<\/div>\n

What about New York?<\/h2>\n

What about it? Nothing special to see here. Skyline New York? Boring. Times Square? Boring.. Central Park? Boring\u2026 5th Avenue? Guess what. I\u2019m joking! I\u2019m still impressed by everything this city has to offer! The Skyline is crazy! As well during the day as during the night. Whenever I\u2019m admiring the Skyline and I ask my New York friends if they\u2019re also impressed by it or not, they tell me they are not. But I guess if you\u2019re born here you do see it almost every day of your life. They\u2019re not planning on leaving New York any time soon, so I think I can understand them. But anyhow, I\u2019m still drooling when I\u2019m sightseeing the city of New York.<\/p>\n

Let me think about some typical New York things\u2026 The famous yellow cabs of course (which they are changing to green at the moment\u2026). The subway with all the street artists is something typical as well I guess. The people here also like to talk hands-free on the phone while they are walking, which still surprises me when the person next to me on the subway suddenly starts talking on the phone for the whole cart. People in the city are also very helpful. If you\u2019re looking at the map on your phone for 2 minutes, chances are high there will be someone that\u2019ll ask you if you need help to get somewhere. The chances of a homeless guy asking you for money is also relatively high. But I don\u2019t have any money myself, so I can\u2019t give them something. But they give me an uncomfortable feeling, because I\u2019ll feel bad for not giving anything.<\/p>\n

\"Times<\/div>\n

Something else?<\/h2>\n

Something I don\u2019t like maybe? Yes! But there\u2019s only one thing really. I don\u2019t like the tipping system\u2026 at all. I think it\u2019s good in some cases, like a delivery guy of 60 years old who delivers your pizza through a snowstorm. Be sure to tip him! But if you sit at the bar, where no service is provided and they just need to tap your drink\u2026 I don\u2019t want to tip a phenomenal amount for that. Well I guess I\u2019m starting to get used to it by now.<\/p>\n

All righty, three more months to go!
\nLet\u2019s see how they will fly by.<\/p>\n

Cheers hombres x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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