I apologize again for another extended gap between updates. I’ll do my best to catch you up on where my Coding Dojo journey has taken me after graduating over a year ago.
I’m still working at Spectralux and still singing their praises. My coworkers have all been nothing but great, and I’ve benefited greatly from being a part of the team. I have been fortunate enough to work on some very challenging projects that have pushed me far outside of my comfort zone. I’ve written test procedures for hardware that I knew absolutely nothing about previously. Part numbers have been created for hardware tools that I’ve helped design. One task required me to make changes to C++ code that could only be changed inside a virtual environment running Visual Studio 6. I end most of my days feeling very proud of the work I am doing.
I started this blog as a way to catalog my experience of going into a coding boot camp with very little programming knowledge. I started by forcing myself to learn to properly type using the home row. It may seem like a small thing, but re-learning how to type was an important challenge that I had to meet. I knew that the 14-week course that I was preparing to attend would require learning as efficiently as possible. I needed to be able to type quickly and without watching my fingers like a hawk. So I refused to type any way other than the proper way. It was a painful process (one that I documented briefly here) but I surprised myself with how quickly my brain adjusted. I did my best to write here often about the experience to provide myself some marker of progress and I will continue doing so. Hopefully, anyone considering diving into something like Coding Dojo will find some value in my story thus far.
Lastly, after months of little to no progress on our mobile game, Creamed, I’ve finally begun dipping my toes back into the Unity world. I’m slowly working on getting that finished.
Someday I hope to post a link to the finished game here, but I can’t say when that will be.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Auf Wiedersehen!
PS. Check out my Movember page at:
https://mobro.co/matthew-mitchell
If you’re unfamiliar with Movember, the idea is that I look like a doofus with a mustache for a month to convince people to donate money to charity. Consider donating using my link above and I’ll mentally high-five you.
Jealousmango 
Hi, just curious…how did it go after this last post? I’m looking into bootcamp schools and would like to know how it goes after the training. How was the last 3 years for you since Coding Dojo?
Thank you for your time if you ever find this message 🙏
Hi! Sorry for the delayed response! I’ve been meaning to redesign this site and provide an update but I haven’t found the time. I’ve been very happy with the path that I followed. Currently working as an SDET and approaching the launch of my first mobile game.