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What's your greatest strength and how do you know?

My greatest strength is adaptability. I’ve spent several years working in stressful environments, and usually I’m solely responsible for technical support and troubleshooting issues. I’ve found that being able to execute a “plan b” at a moment’s notice is essential, both in keeping clients happy and when sticking to a tight schedule (in my industry, “the show must go on” is a very real goal.) If I credit my success to one thing it’s adaptability; I haven’t had problems with a client in years, because when problems do arise I’m able to keep a level head and them without getting stuck or letting it affect the rest of the team.

How do you work best?

I work best in support roles or in team environments. Even when working on my own I prefer to have input or to be working on projects for a use other than my own. I find the most trouble when I’

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Session 1 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 25 minutes.

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

1. Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? by Umer Mansoor (10 min)

• Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 2):
• Being a competent coder is as much about being able to execute tasks you've never executed or studied before.

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Session 1 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 60 minutes.

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

1. Documentation and Googling (20 min)

Documentation of a language, framework, or tool is the information that describes its functionality. For this part of the practice tasks, you're going to practice digging into documentation and other reference material.

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A Beginner's Guide to Data Types

by Greyson Elkins

An Introduction to Data

We will begin with five data types:

• String
• Integer
• Float
• Boolean

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

I wouldn't necessarily call myself a people pleaser, but my professional life has largely taken on a service-orientated role and in my personal life I'm constantly trying to diffuse issues before they ever happen. Empathy has helped me learn to put my feelings aside long enough to be in the moment and see it in a new light, whether with a partner or a client. Some of the circles I've come into contact with have had a lot to say about it as well. I remember when my partner's grandfather and cousin passed away she was living with roommates, who were a bit hippy, and they told her they didn't want her around because her energy was too dark and they were empaths. I remember thinking sometimes we learn by example of what not to do. While I do think it's important not to let empathy be a drain on your own mental health and have sought out resources on how to prevent this in the past, I also believe it's the primary tool with which we help other

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Session 2 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 65 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this 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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Session 2 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 55 total minutes.

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

1. Creating Files and Directories (10 min)

Need help? You can go back to the files/directories portion of the lesson here.

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Session 3 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you about 1 hour in total.

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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Session 3 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 35 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this 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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DTR: Define the Relationship

Use this template 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 each of our learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project?

• Greyson's goals > * formating better code