Thank you everyone for all your advice. My hours at my job have been increased for the new year, and I have more responsibilities, so I will definitely be staying at my current job. I will continue working on the various bootcamps and I will see what opportunities open up. I will have some volunteer web development opportunities in the near future.

December 19, 2022 at 8:15:14 PM CET "Hammer, Erich F" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 11:33, Niqui O'neill eloquently inscribed:

> Finally, I will say regex is useful but I would not feel like you need to
> memorize how to use it. I always have to look up my regex expressions and I
> test them using this tool: https://regex101.com.

Regex is a language.  Memorizing vocabulary and grammar of any language is
unnecessary (if even possible), but memorizing 2% and understanding some basic
structure rules can get you astonishingly far.  Having a good dictionary or
reference site is always useful too.  ☺  I keep one of these on my desk:

https://www.zazzle.com/regular_expressions_quick_reference_two_tone_coffee_mug-168607272387736153

Erich

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