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When CSS beat Javascript
As a bootcamp-educated developer, I would always feel the pressure to quickly level up to the 'higher' programming languages, and 'graduate' from HTML and CSS.
Feb 16 2020How To Ask Someone To Be Your Mentor
Defining the specific outcomes you seek allows your mentor to be more focused and intentional with what they bring to your relationship.
Dec 14 2019My Ask-Me-Anything Session with CareerKarma
When Timur Meyster, of Career Karma, asked to host an Ask-Me-Anything with their squads, it was a most humbling moment...
Nov 06 2019GitHub Mistakes That New Devs Make
In recent weeks, several developers hunting for their first dev job have asked me to review their resumes and/or portfolios...
Oct 28 2019Simpler is Better, if it gets the job done
Today at work, my teammate reviewed the following code I had written...
Sep 27 2019Death 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 2019Asking For Help 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 2019The Non-Cliche Guide To Breaking Into Tech
It took 196 days from the day I completed my online coding bootcamp, to the day I received the letter offering me a Software Engineering position at a large Virginia-based company.
Feb 07 2019The 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 2018Better 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 2018community
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 2018technical
When CSS beat Javascript
As a bootcamp-educated developer, I would always feel the pressure to quickly level up to the 'higher' programming languages, and 'graduate' from HTML and CSS.
Feb 16 2020Death 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 2019What '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 2018Ruby 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 2018team
How To Ask Someone To Be Your Mentor
Defining the specific outcomes you seek allows your mentor to be more focused and intentional with what they bring to your relationship.
Dec 14 2019Asking For Help 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 2019Lessons 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 2018No 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 2018growth
(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 2019Working-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 2019Asking For Help 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 2019The 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 2018Lessons 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 2018moms
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 2019technical,
Simpler is Better, if it gets the job done
Today at work, my teammate reviewed the following code I had written...
Sep 27 2019jobs,
GitHub Mistakes That New Devs Make
In recent weeks, several developers hunting for their first dev job have asked me to review their resumes and/or portfolios...
Oct 28 2019jobs
My Ask-Me-Anything Session with CareerKarma
When Timur Meyster, of Career Karma, asked to host an Ask-Me-Anything with their squads, it was a most humbling moment...
Nov 06 2019Featured Stories
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When CSS beat Javascript
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How To Ask Someone To Be Your Mentor
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My Ask-Me-Anything Session with CareerKarma
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GitHub Mistakes That New Devs Make
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Simpler is Better, if it gets the job done
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(Don't) Always Trust Your Inner Critic
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Working-From-Home with a Sick Child
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Lessons In Agility: My First Dev Team Project
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No Longer The Lone (Coding) Wolf...
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What 'Done' Looks like: Test-Driven Development
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Mentorship: A Safety Net