ByThorben JanssenHappy new year and welcome to the first Thoughts on Java Report in 2018! You might have recognized that I took a short break at the end of December to enjoy Christmas and to regain some energy. I really needed that short break after an amazing year. In 2017, you helped me to publish my…
ByThorben JanssenIt has been 2 busy months since the last Thoughts on Java Report. During that time, I celebrated my 1 year anniversary of becoming a freelancer, the Thoughts on Java YouTube channel reached 2000 subscribers, and I spoke at 6 events in 3 different countries. I had a great time 🙂 In total, I gave…
ByThorben JanssenYesterday, 1 October 2017, was my 1 year anniversary of quitting my day job and starting as an independent trainer and consultant. To be honest, it feels like yesterday that I said goodbye to my coworkers and started to work for myself. This was the quickest, most intense, challenging, stressful and fun year I ever…
ByThorben JanssenLast month was the most relaxing one since I launched my first online course in 2016. My family and I went on a vacation and I almost did not work for 3 weeks. And the best part about it, I prepared almost all posts and videos in advance so that you (hopefully) didn’t even recognize…
ByThorben JanssenSo far, this year had been crazy. But July provided a nice change of pace. Within the first ~3 months, I wrote and launched the Hibernate Tips book with huge success. As of today, I sold more than 1100 books and e-books. As I’ve learned recently, that are more copies than some traditional publishers expect…