Journaling for Your Tech Role

Note: This post originally was presented as a lightning talk with Dev_Together in Chicago, Illinois. Check it out here! Journaling is an important habit for keeping track of what you’re learning, what you need to learn, and how well you’re doing at your job. This blog post will walk you through on how to get […]

My Coding Newbie Journey

Every three weeks at Dev Bootcamp, a new batch of excited graduates all identifying by a particular animal or insect emerge from the intensive school with fullstack skills in Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PostgreSQL, and more. I spent 15 weeks onsite, first as a Rock Dove, repeating a phase into a Fiery Skipper, and finally […]

My Ultra Comprehensive Skillcrush Review

It has now been over one month since I completed my Web Developer Blueprint course on skillcrush.com. Unlike some of the success stories they detail in their blog, I’m not employed with an awesome web developer job, nor have I gained freelance work around my community or online. One of the best takeaways from Skillcrush was […]

Skillcrush.com Web Developer Blueprint Wrap-up

Now that June has wrapped up, I have now completed my 3 month course with Skillcrush.com in their Web Developer Blueprint. Within the course, I spent one month on HTML and CSS, one month on JavaScript and JQuery, and one month on Ruby and Git. It was a great crash course to teach newbies […]