Design a 40-hour "work week" that provides time for:
| class Robot | |
| def initialize(current_location = [0,0], input) | |
| @current_location = current_location | |
| @input = input | |
| @current_direction = "N" | |
| @direction_options = ["N","W", "S", "E"] | |
| end | |
| def starting_location | |
| [0,0] |
Fork this gist and answer these questions to reflect on your learning experiences.
| # Microaggressions | |
| ## What are you left thinking about from today's session? | |
| * I'm hoping that my future employers will approach this subject in a similar manner. In previous positions I have been in, microaggressions have not been taken seriously. Sometimes it's hard to know what is worth reporting/bringing up with your coworkers. This gear up has helped me be able to notice the microaggressions I unintentionally exhibit. | |
| ## How do you think the concepts covered in Gear Up today will impact you as a software developer? 3-5 sentences | |
| * Again, I hope my future employers will take this seriously. Thinking about the ways in which others can interepret your actions, including the way you write code, will make me a better programmer for my clients. It is something that I will continue to notice in the workplace and in my code. | |
| ## Any additional thoughts on the session today? | |
| * I really enjoy this gear up and I hope that it continues. | |
| # Tragedy of Commons | |
| ## What are you left thinking about from today's session? |
An agile approach allows you to adjust the route you are taking in a project as you find better solutions. Using a waterfall approach can lead to a build up of issues that will be more difficult to solve once they have piled up.
Our group used Waffle as our project managment tool. We created a card for each user story and used those cards to block others'. We continually checked in with each other and changed course as it was seen fit. If one person got stuck, we switched stories or paired.
I was definitely the group organizer.
| # DTR: Define the Relationship | |
| Use this template to when conducting DTR with your project partners. It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation. | |
| ### Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship: | |
| * What are your learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project? | |
| Be Jimmy's Friend | |
| Michael: Learning Auth, Nested Resources, Namespacing, Rails Helpers. | |
| Tom: Better understanding of the layout an relationships. Contribute even amount to project. |
I have made multiple contacts before and during my time at Turing so far. I have been reaching out to them for shadowing/coffee meetings. Joe- Senior Developer and Spectrum. Will contact me when he returns from his trip abroad to plan a job shadow. I've known Joe for about 5 years. We've discussed my time at Turing and Maria- A previous coworker of my father at Cox Cable, she now works managing developers at AutoTrader (Cox owns AutoTrader). She contacted me to discuss the junior dev roles that are available at their headquarters in Atlanta. Zach- Product manager at SlingTV. Contacted via email about possible job shadow. Charlie- previous Turing mentor. Still keep in contact and will be planning a job shadow. Adrienne - cuurent Turing mentor. Speak once a week.
I will be attending the Hacktoberfest events this month and the NASA Hackathon along with any other meetups that come up.
Use this template to when conducting DTR with your project partners. It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation.
What are your learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project? Learn how to create a dynamic web app in rails. Integrate the ideas we have been learning in to one cohesive project. Have something we can show off.
What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?
*I am a Denver native who is involved in my community. I grew up in a civic minded household and community. I have workeed with local nonprofits as a volunteer, mentor and consultant throughout my life. My main focus has been on working with the youth in my community and helping them access the tools they need for a better future. I decided to attend Turing and move into a career in Software Development for a few reasons. The first being that I believe I can use my love of learning and teaching others by creating access to resources and teaching people how to use those resources. I was also bored, I loved working with youth, but I personally was not being challenged intellectually in my position. Learning new technologies has always been a passion, but a back burner passion. I've always wanted to bring it to the forefront and Turing was the perfect place to change my life, and the lives of the people around me for the better.