4/6/2016

Almost immediately after I made my last post another rep from Coding Dojo reached out to me about my admission. Apparently the original guy I spoke with has been sick and got behind on his emails. Things should be on track now.

As I mentioned before, I’ve been very fortunate to have the support of my workplace. It sounds like I’m all but assured a role as a Jr. Developer (typing that out just now made me smile like a doofus) soon after the bootcamp, assuming I don’t somehow grossly mess up this opportunity. Time to nut up.

I’ve made some progress on the Coursera class. I felt like I was spending a bit more time than I would like watching videos on that course, so I also started again with the Code Academy HTML course. Working on both together seems to be working out decently.

I’m also continuing with various typing games and lessons. My brain is really doing some weird shit after typing my old way my whole life. I’m past the point where I can type both ways efficiently without messing myself up. I’m certainly slower than before, but I’m progressing with touch typing so quickly that I’ve kind of surprised myself. Hopefully it sticks, because typing more effectively will be a huge advantage once the course starts in May. I’ve been able to more easily get into the “flow” of typing properly these last few days.

I may have come up with a project to work on for a bit, but I have to better understand what tools I’ll have at my disposal before I can say for certain. A personal project seems to be one of the best ways to pick up programming, so that’s exciting.

I stumbled a bit trying to remember some basic Python earlier today, so I’ll need to be sure and carve out some time for some lessons soon. I want to be as prepared as possible for the next few months so that I can be absolutely certain that I am prepared to pull my own weight on the Dev team I intend to join.

So that’s pretty much where I am today. Thanks for stopping by!