JF-Lalonde

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Setting Group Expectations

Group Member Names:

• Ash Vaid, Mike Centrelli, Marc Fidelman, JF Lalonde

When are group members available to work together? What hours can each group member work individually? Are there any personal time commitments that need to be discussed?

• Marc: Thursday constraint on location, can work remotely. Possible event tomorrow night Tues. Otherwise no.
• JF: May have a weekend day off to see family.

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Setting Group Expectations

Group Member Names:

1. When are group members available to work together? What hours can each group member work individually? Are there any personal time commitments that need to be discussed?

2. How will group members communicate? How often will communication happen, and how will open lines of communication be maintained?

3. Which feature(s) does each group member want to work on? Which feature(s) does each group member not want to work on?

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Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:

What are your learning goals for this project?

• To learn more than we did at the beginning. Learn how to handle CSV files, and to become better at paired projects.

What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?

• Pair programming is the way to go, at least to start off.
• Driver/navigator until/if we feel comfortable enough to break off into a divide/conquer approach.

How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others?

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Strengths & Storytelling Reflection Guidelines

Build on your professional story by thinking about how you're progressing at Turing. Answer the questions below in your own gist to use your StrengthsFinder themes to add to your story:

• Look at your initial StrengthsFinder reflection that you completed in week 1 -- how have your perceptions of the top 5 themes stayed the same? How have they changed?
  • As I look back on the StrengthsFinder reflection I think the role of different themes has changed a little. I find that my "Adaptability" strength is the one I use the most, especially in the paired project we completed, and in my need to tweak my working style to become more efficient. I find the "Achiever" theme to be helping me along the way. Every time I complete a task I get a boost of energy and a sense of accomplishment. The "Restorative" theme plays into that as well. The satisfaction I get from completing a project encompasses all the bugs and problems I had to resolve in order to make the co

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Strengths Reflection & Coaching Request

Read Through Your Theme Definitions

1. What words or phrases stick out to you? How would you define each of your top 5 talents in your own words?

• Some of the phrases that resonate include "you must achieve something tangible in order to feel good about yourself" in the "Achiever" theme. I think it's what drove my interest towards programming, because even if it's just a functional block of code, achieving a tangible result drives me to keep going.
• Another phrase is from the "Futuristic" theme: "The future fascinates you...and keeps pulling you forward". I like how this succinctly encapsulates a feeling I didn't really know how to put into words. I enjoy seeing the potential in tomorrow, and knowing that things aren't set into stone is what gave me the flexibility to completely change what I was doing with my life.
• Another talent is "Intellection". In my own words, this means spending a significant amount of time in my head. This can be a good or a bad thin

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Working with String and Integers

Just Strings

1. First and Last

1. Use only the "string concatenation" technique to complete the following:

   • What code can you write to output the string "FirstLast"?
     • puts "First" + "Last"
   • What code can you write to output the string "LastFirst"?
     • puts "Last" + "First"

• What code can you write to output the string "First Last"?

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Reflection on the role of empathy in programming

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

  Empathy is something that I hadn't given too much thought too until I became a manager. I found that the most effective way to communicate with others was by first attempting to see their side of the situation, so that we could move forward based on the same presuppositions. I wouldn't say I have come anywhere near to perfecting my ability to think empathetically, but I try to place myself in that mindset when working with others. I look forward to challenging my opinions and attitudes when faced with someone who thinks differently than I do.

• How does empathy help you build better software?

I hadn't thought about this until reading some of the articles, but putting yourself in your target demographic's shoes is a brilliant way to think outside of the constraints your group might be in when developing software. If you develop in a vacuum, you could have the exact product you

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Turing School Prework - JF Lalonde

Task A- Practice Typing:

• screenshots of scores will be posted in comments

Task B- Algorithmic Thinking & Logic:

• screenshots of completed sections will be posted in comments

Task C- Create your Gist: