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👋🏼 Hola! My name is Millán (pronounced "mee-yahn")
🦝 I help local small businesses take back control of their content by crafting web solutions that focus on data ownership and autonomy. 🦊 I help mission-driven orgs fight the good fight with scalable privacy focused tools and platforms. 🐔 I build community by teaching JavaScript fundamentals to other queers, bipocs, and folks that are historically underrepresented in tech.
🔐 I write about stuff I'm passionate about - data privacy, accessibility, open source tools, Linux, and community-driven tech. 💞️ Always looking for other disruptors. 📫 How to reach me: millan.fig@gmail.com. 🍉 F R E E P A L E S T I N E ! 🍉
Hi all, my name is Millan and I’m an aspiring JavaScript developer. I was born and raised in Chile and immigrated to the U.S. with my family in the 90s when I was a kid.
I recently started taking beginner JavaScript courses and working through structured practice platforms to build a strong foundation. I have ADHD, which often makes me want to learn everything at once, and that usually leads to paralysis instead of progress. This time around, I’m trying to slow down and focus on fundamentals.
In the early days of the internet, I used to inspect the source code of webpages out of pure curiosity. Back then it was mostly simple HTML and CSS, long before modern browser dev tools existed. Later on, I became interested in Python after experimenting with Kali Linux through VirtualBox, initially just to tinker and learn how things worked. From there, I started building websites using tools like WordPress and Weebly, but eventually I wanted to understand what was actually happening behind the scenes.
In 2017, I enrolled in a coding program where I learned basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React. At the time, I was dealing with major immigration-related challenges and wasn’t able to continue. Years later, I’m finally in a place where I can return to this path with more stability and intention.
Through this blog, I plan to document my journey toward becoming a software engineer. I hope to encourage other queer and BIPOC folks to consider entering tech, especially those who may feel shut out because of cost, access, or lack of representation. Equity in tech matters because it can be a real path out of intergenerational poverty and into careers that haven’t historically been accessible without privilege.
I’m grateful to be able to give this another shot. Feel free to connect with me on Twitter, GitHub, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok. I’d love to hear from others who are on, or considering, a similar journey.
