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Technical Section

  • What do we want to work on together for technical practice? Suggestions: group code challenges/project work/code reviews

    • Down to work on anything
    • Two code challenges a week and talk about it

  • How we will hold each other accountable to this technical work:

    • Reaching out over slack
    • Talk about it during stand ups
    • Do some challenge where FE do BE projects and vice versa

Strengths & Supports

  • Group member strengths for supporting each other in the job search (what can we each help our group with?):

    • Encourge the CRAP out of you
    • Try to be positive
    • Lift spirits
    • Looking for jobs for each other

What does everyone need in terms of self-care and support:

- No early morning meetings
- A couple day in advance for knowing when to meet up

  • Systems, people, activities for mental health support:

    • Go to Jun
    • Working out
    • Hiking / salsa / mini golf / lazer tag stand ups

  • Systems, people, activities for physical health support:

    • Working out
    • Hiking / salsa / mini golf / lazer tag stand ups

  • How we will hold each other accountable to using these supports:

    • Take a picture of the gym
    • We'll be doing somethings together

Meeting Structure

  • Group meeting structures (what will we work on/discuss during group meetings?): Suggestions: Finding jobs/companies, working on cover letters, finding company contacts, creating messages, finding contact info, etc.

    • Finding jobs/companies, working on cover letters, finding company contacts, creating messages, finding contact info
    • Reviewing eachothers cover letters after rejections
    • Share tech challenges

  • How we will hold each other accountable to following through on action steps:

    • We don't hold people accountable really

  • How we will communicate if someone needs to miss a meeting:

    • Slack

  • Stand Up discussions (what specific questions will we use in our Stand Ups twice a week?):

    • How many jobs we applied to?
    • What did you think you did good this week?
    • Goal of 3 companies we have our eyes on and we have contact with, i.e. coffee dates and such.

  • Stand Up #1:

  • Stand Up #2:

  • Agenda for meeting #1 (this should happen during the intermission week after graduation):

    • Wednesday of that week, Peets or Peerats place, midday

  • Create a calendar. Each group member should create a schedule for when they will be doing the following activities each day: Coding/technical work Company research Outreach emails/respond to emails Coffee meetings/phone calls Meetups Applications (cover letters, resume) Wellness activities and other life stuff Group meetings and stand ups

Meeting topics:

  • First meeting where we're all at, get to know each other, what you're looking for

Action steps for each group member:

Additional agenda items:

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