Naveed Minhas

Full-Stack Developer in Training

Week 3/36 • 01Founders Fellow • Building in Public

About Me

I'm Naveed, a 46-year-old career changer transitioning from Cloud Support Engineering to Full-Stack Development. Currently in Week 3 of JavaScript training in 01Founders' intensive 2.5-year fellowship program.

After 3+ years managing AWS infrastructure and Linux systems, I decided it was time to move from maintaining systems to building them. I've completed both the Golang Piscine and JavaScript Piscine at 01Founders, and am now deep in the trenches learning modern web development with JavaScript, React, and Node.js.

I'm documenting my entire journey publicly on Twitter, sharing daily progress, struggles, and wins. Follow along if you're interested in watching someone learn to code at 40+.

2/3 Piscines Completed
3/36 JS Weeks Complete
45+ Hours/Week Learning
Apr 2026 Job Ready Target

Tech Stack (Learning)

JavaScript (ES6+) Go (Golang) Node.js Express React PostgreSQL MongoDB HTML5 & CSS3 Git & GitHub Linux Docker (learning) AWS

Background: 3+ years Cloud Support Engineering (AWS, Linux, Bash, Ansible)

Projects

Real-Time Forum

A real-time messaging platform with WebSocket integration, user authentication, and private messaging capabilities. Built as part of 01Founders curriculum.

JavaScript Node.js WebSocket PostgreSQL Express

More Projects Coming Soon

Building new projects every week. Check back soon or follow my progress on Twitter.

Portfolio Project #3

In progress... Week 8-10

Following My Journey?

I share daily updates on Twitter about what I'm learning, building, and struggling with.

Week 3 of 36. Target: Job-ready by April 2026.

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