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Pre-work Day 1

HTML & CSS Chapters 1 & 2

1. On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code?
   

• HTML describes the structural skeleton of a webpage and provides information such as headings, text, links, etc.
  

2. What is the difference between an element and a tag?
   

• An element tells the web browser something specific about the structure of its corresponding information. An element usually consists of an opening (<>) and closing (</>) tag and the information within. The characters within the brackets indicate the tags purpose, while the placement of the opening and closing tag indicate its boundaries.

3. Why do we use attributes in HTML elements?

• Attributes increase the amount of information we can provide about the element's content, and are located in the opening tag of an element. They consist of a name and value, separated by the equals sign.

4. Describe the purpose of the head, title, and body HTML elements.

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Professional Developement Pre-work

1. What is your greatest strength and how do you know?

• My greatest strength is collaboration with others, especially in a creative environment. I know this because it's something I've done my whole life in many different ways. I've been a drummer most of my life and playing music is highly collaborative, and I depend on my band to come prepared and contribute to the project while they depend on me to do the same. In college I often had semester long group projects that required good communication and time management, and the quality of the project depends on an equal contribution from everybody in the group. Finally, while my friends and I experimented electronic music production we would put in hours of work on our own to try and be able to understand the digital audio workstation and all of its components. We would compete with each other in a friendly manner, while also writing songs together and helping each other become better producers. Collaboratin

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Session 4 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you between 1.5 and 2 total hours.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document.
2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

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Reflect

After reading the articles above, create a gist on Github and reflect (4-6 sentences) on the following prompts.

• What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?

• Empathy plays a large part in helping me understand other people's stories and allowing me to better relate to them. Empathy is what grounds me, and gives me a feel for who I am, who I'm surrounded by, and the tone of the environment.

• How does empathy help you build better software?

• Being in tune with how people think and feel are advantageous to building a more intuitive software that is easy to use and relate to on a personal level.

• Why is empathy important for working on a team?

• Also, in a team context empathy allows for better interpersonal work-flow as well as better team chemistry, reducing conflicts and unproductive clashes.

• Describe a situation in which your ability to empathize with a colleague or teammate was helpful.

• There have been many times when I've had to work on a sch

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Front End Engineer wanted!

We are a modern and agile platform. We help consumers expand their knowledg and take action on issues they're passionate about. To accomplish this we need developers who want to make a difference and enjoy collaborating with product, sales and support teams to release features that will dazzle our customers.

We're looking for talented front end engineers that thrive in a fast paced organization and want to see their work make a direct impact to the business. They must work well in teams, and be individually motivated to help take our company to the next level.

What You Will Be Doing • Design, Code & Test new software for our web product • Collaborate with other programmers to ensure quality and DRY coding. • Collaborate with quality assurance ensuring the highest quality

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Agile & Feedback Reflection Guidelines

In interviews, you'll be asked about how you approach working in projects, and being able to describe how you utilize agile processes is a great way to help you stand out as a junior developer candidate. This reflection is meant to help you develop this skill.

With that in mind, please answer the following questions in your own gist about your group project:

1. What have you learned about the use of agile vs. waterfall in software projects?

I've learned that agile can be difficult to implement, even in small teams. Even though we planned our project according to agile, we had a lot of work in the final days before the deadline to clean up, refactor, and polish our code.

2. How did you and your group approach project management in this project (what tools did you use, how did you hold each other accountable, etc.)?

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David Engel

I’ve always loved getting creative with technology. Early on, I combined my passion for music with my interest in tech and started producing electronic music in programs like Logic Pro and Ableton Live. Once I graduated from college, I decided to further explore the world of software and dive into web development. Fortunate for me, web development provides me with the creative satisfaction of building something, while also being a useful skill to have. Software is a creative pursuit that has the potential to affect peoples lives. Looking to the future, I hope to be a part of a team that can build something that will benefit those people.

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Outreach & Networking Plan

As we've discussed, meeting people, forming relationships, and having conversations are the key pieces to getting your foot in the door at any company. It's important to be proactive in your approach to outreach and networking, so it's necessary to make a plan for what you'll try to further your networking.

Identify a contact you will reach out to by the end of this module. This could be a mentor, alum, or anyone from your current network. Describe:

1. Why you want to connect with this person and what you want to talk about

We seem to have similar interests, and are located in the same state. I'd like to talk about their experience job hunting for local work, their experience in the field thus far, and what they consider the most important take-aways from turing.

2. When you will contact them by and how you plan to meet

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Calendar Screenshot

Why do you want mentoring in the job search? I want mentoring in the job search to grow more comfortable talking about myself and my skills and to get more comfortable actually going through the application process.

How will you hold yourself accountable to balancing time for your job search and following your mentor and group's advice? I will check my calendar regularly and make sure that I leave enough time after working on projects and studying to accomplish my goals.

What is the focus of your job search (timeline, ideal job, steps you’ve already taken)? Be as specific as you can. The focus of my job search is to take a job at an exciting company who I can be proud to work for, and that will allow me to grow my tech-stack and improve as a programmer.

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Here is an example of my weekly job-hunt schedule. What motivates you?
I am motivated by the idea of doing work that I enjoy, being able to live comfortably (good pay), and becoming more independent and secure in life.
How will you keep yourself going when faced with rejection in the job search?
I'm expecting a fair amount of rejection, and have already been rejected twice. Rejection isn't a huge deal for me, but I know there might be a few jobs that reject me despite me feeling like I had it in the bag. To overcome this I need to maintain physical activity, because exercise keeps me alert, motivated, and stable.
How will you hold yourself accountable to your plans? (Ex: Attend Mod 5, meet with cohortmates, attend Kayt's coffee shop hours, etc.)
I will definitely attend mod 5, attend Kayts office hours if