Professional development week, nice to meet you! Week 7 was honestly the most unsuspecting of all lessons this far. My Monday thoughts were something to the tune of "I already have my stuff together, I don't need a whole week…
Week 6 brought a welcome wind of change, as we began chipping away at a brand new language, SQL. I had heard about it before and know it is extremely popular in the tech industry, so I was excited to…
After a year of countless online web development tutorials and courses, I began to feel like I was spinning my wheels. I knew I was learning things but felt like I go going nowhere. There were so many different languages,…
Future coders, I'm gonna get real with you for a minute. I'm five weeks in, and I'm experiencing some realizations that I think are important to share. A leap of faith is exactly that – a jump into the deep…
The time has come to take this relationship to the next level. You may recall me mentioning my love for dear Ruby back when we were in the preliminary phases of this course, but to jog your memory here –…
So what's it like behind door number one? Class is comprised of 21 students, one teacher and two teaching assistants. The room is set with a ton of natural light, casting shadows on the 10 or so large MAC desktops,…
We all know that feeling – you know, when you are reaching for the doorknob to enter a room on the first day of a new endeavor, and your stomach suddenly drops, your heart rate increases, and your mind floods…
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away…(Oh, wait. Wrong origin story. Well, let's stick with it…) It was the Spring of 2014 and Rob Kaufman observed a curious trend amongst his friends and colleagues in San Diego.…