Ever since I started operating on the Internet, I haven\u2019t written a year recap even once. So I\u2019m starting a recurring post summarizing what has been happening with me over the last year. I\u2019m starting with the year that has just ended: 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The past year was a real rollercoaster for me! Full of challenges and very intense growth. I had to \u201cgrow up\u201d incredibly fast as an entrepreneur. I\u2019ll start with how the entire business called msalamon.pl developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We started January 2023 as a two-person team. Me + one person in the warehouse. We began the year in my small, modest 23-square-meter office room, which served as a warehouse with a few shelving units, my office, and a recording studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Already in the first quarter, I \u201cadded\u201d another 14-square-meter room upstairs, to which I moved the office and studio. In the old room we added a few shelving units, ending up with as many as 14 \ud83d\ude42 In total we had a crazy 37 square meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All year long I worked very intensively to grow the electronics store<\/a>. I can confidently say: successfully. A year later\u2014so now, in January 2024\u2014we\u2019re at 170 m2 (the move happened in August), and the number of people working at msalamon has just reached 6 full-time on-site positions + 6 permanent remote people for special tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In spring we\u2019ll definitely record some kind of office tour. We\u2019re still partially living out of moving boxes and need a bit of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My plan for this year is further strong growth and creating new jobs. As for the store, a customer service department will start taking shape any day now. Many of my followers\u2014probably you too\u2014still have the impression that I run this solo, because I\u2019m still \u201con the front line\u201d and most customers still have contact with me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re constantly adding new products and new product categories. One big category that wouldn\u2019t let me rest was soldering and\u2026 finally, the basic tools and accessories in this area are available. Check it out here: >SOLDERING<<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because I had to focus very strongly on the store, unfortunately it had to affect my educational activity \ud83d\ude41 In the second half of the year I started producing videos on YouTube. The series \u201cSTM32 on Registers<\/a>\u201d was created, and it currently contains 6 episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The move to the new location broke the consistency, which I still can\u2019t get back to today. I already have materials prepared for the next ones. I \u201cjust\u201d need to sit down, record, and edit, and that should happen in the first quarter of 2024 \ud83d\ude42 There will be another 6\u20137 episodes in this series, and then we\u2019ll see what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only 3 blog posts appeared, literally, and they are the written form of YouTube videos. I\u2019m not very proud of that, but I don\u2019t know how much it will change in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for online courses, there were two openings of the STM32 Course for Beginners<\/a> (the content is conducted in Polish), during which you could also join my other courses: FreeRTOS on STM32 for Beginners<\/a> (the content is conducted in Polish) and C Language for Microcontrollers<\/a> (the content is conducted in Polish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had a plan for a new course at the end of 2023, but the store\u2019s growth pace knocked me flat. Right now, after an intense round of hiring, I feel like I\u2019m getting closer and closer to starting work on a new course. Who knows\u2026 maybe even in the first quarter of 2024 I\u2019ll share concrete information about what course it is and in what form. I\u2019m sure many readers, as well as current students, can already guess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the courses category we also have plans for a small rebuild of the platform and producing a few much smaller courses. Perhaps with other instructors than me? Who knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I was feeling sorry for myself that I didn\u2019t have time to create content, I decided to support other creators making interesting materials. I really like that they do it in a different style than I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, we started collaborating with https:\/\/inthou.pl\/<\/a><\/strong>, i.e., with Mateusz and Dominik. They write very precise articles with an engineering approach. They also tackle topics where I don\u2019t feel the strongest. They also combine electronics itself and its design with STM32 programming. If you haven\u2019t come across them yet, I highly recommend them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Articles that came out of our collaboration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nEducational activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Collaborations with other creators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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