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newbie
Death to the 'New-To-Opensource' Excuse!
As a newly-minted coding bootcamp grad, I was terrified of opensource. During bootcamp, I had tried to configure dev environments for several well-known opensource projects, but that ...
Jul 07 2019
Asking For Help as a Junior Dev - Without Seeming Lazy
One thing I enjoy in my first-ever dev role is the opportunity to learn from the brightest minds and expand my developer skillset. Encountering coding roadblocks and known-unknowns is...
Apr 26 2019
The Blessing of Rejection: Growing Past the 'No'
I feel almost guilty to admit that it’s taken me just shy of 3 weeks to write this post. If you’ve followed my developer journey so far, you’ve read about my coding challenges and tri...
Sep 18 2018
Better Code Than Never
Finally! I’m over the paralysis of writing my first blog post, thanks to my fellow Firehose Project classmates. While reading their blog posts, I realized that mine needn’t be a thesi...
Feb 08 2018
community
Mentorship: A Safety Net
As part of my web development program, I’ve been paired with a fantastic mentor (shout out, Jeremy!). We’ve completed only one session; yet, I want to share on how his mentoring is al...
Feb 19 2018
technical
Death to the 'New-To-Opensource' Excuse!
As a newly-minted coding bootcamp grad, I was terrified of opensource. During bootcamp, I had tried to configure dev environments for several well-known opensource projects, but that ...
Jul 07 2019
What 'Done' Looks like: Test-Driven Development
As part of my current project — building an Instagram-like app called “Grammable” — I’m being introduced to the efficient world of Test-Driven Development. We’re using the RSpec gem t...
Apr 06 2018
Ruby As A Second Language
This week’s coding challenge in my bootcamp had my brain all knotted up. I was already fatigued from solving (most of) 32 CodeWars katas, but I was scheduled to discuss said challeng...
Mar 08 2018
team
Asking For Help as a Junior Dev - Without Seeming Lazy
One thing I enjoy in my first-ever dev role is the opportunity to learn from the brightest minds and expand my developer skillset. Encountering coding roadblocks and known-unknowns is...
Apr 26 2019
Lessons In Agility: My First Dev Team Project
I recently wrapped up at The Firehose Project. 🎉 With 3 other remote developers, I built a chess application on Rails (with some JavaScript) using Agile Development principles. The 7-...
Sep 03 2018
No Longer The Lone (Coding) Wolf...
I recently started the phase of my bootcamp where students tackle building a complex web application — a chess game — as part of an Agile Development Team.
May 21 2018
growth
(Don't) Always Trust Your Inner Critic
I am six months into my first dev job, and have had some time to reflect on my experience so far. I don’t think I have ever been this in-tune with and plugged-in to a job; I think it ...
Aug 20 2019
Working-From-Home with a Sick Child
I’m about 5 months into my first job as a developer. Officially, we do not have standard work-from-home days; however, we are allowed to work-from-home due to unplanned and unavoidabl...
Jul 15 2019
Asking For Help as a Junior Dev - Without Seeming Lazy
One thing I enjoy in my first-ever dev role is the opportunity to learn from the brightest minds and expand my developer skillset. Encountering coding roadblocks and known-unknowns is...
Apr 26 2019
The Blessing of Rejection: Growing Past the 'No'
I feel almost guilty to admit that it’s taken me just shy of 3 weeks to write this post. If you’ve followed my developer journey so far, you’ve read about my coding challenges and tri...
Sep 18 2018
Lessons In Agility: My First Dev Team Project
I recently wrapped up at The Firehose Project. 🎉 With 3 other remote developers, I built a chess application on Rails (with some JavaScript) using Agile Development principles. The 7-...
Sep 03 2018
moms
Working-From-Home with a Sick Child
I’m about 5 months into my first job as a developer. Officially, we do not have standard work-from-home days; however, we are allowed to work-from-home due to unplanned and unavoidabl...
Jul 15 2019