welcome and thank you for checking out my new YouTube channel where I'm going to be documenting my journey and become an application developer my name is Tim and in this video I just wanted to introduce myself I'm retiring out of the military after 21 years of service where I've been placed in senior level positions where I've had to execute critical thinking problem solving and executive level communication skills I also have a background as a mechanic where I've had a side business where I've had to troubleshoot intricate issues and then propos Solutions in a way that the customer can understand I also have been in the skillbridge for service now where I'm learning a ton of information uh my goal after delving into all the different areas are uh to become a full stack developer I love the front-end development creating something that the user is going to interact with and getting the Gratitude from that really makes me happy on the other side I like the back end stuff where it really is the technical ability uh after all this um I welcome any further ideas tips techniques or even any challenges in my future videos as I display videos on my content that I'm creating any projects I'm working on and the capabilities that I have um it's only going to make me grow so uh that's it for this one guys I appreciate you checking in and stay tuned for the next ones and as a little bonus clip you may have noticed with my finger I have a permanent injury where I can't bend that knuckle but I can still type over 80 words a minute so there's that