Group Members:
Schedule for weekly meetings and regular Stand Ups (must have 2 meetings a week): Be prepared to come up with 2-3 different times in case groups overlap so that your adviser can meet with all groups.
Melissa - I like Mondays & Thurs/Friday for stands up. Tracey had also mentioned that successful groups meet daily for the application process - getting on a call and simply applying for a job.
| ##### Melissa VanKempen | |
| I have always enjoyed people, and my professional, and personal history has always been working, interacting, visiting, | |
| helping and being around people. I've traveled the world, I've lived in other countries, and loved meeting new people. | |
| We've been somewhere that literally sucks the joy of life out of you, and I had had enough, never being able to do enough | |
| in a day, and under extreme pressure to "do it all". After a career working in an office environment, with a limited growth | |
| path, and working very hard for a non-livable wage, a line was drawn in my life. | |
| ### Software Development! | |
| Why Turing? I had seen peers in software doing very well for themselves, had growth and continued to enjoy the software |
| #### What was the experience? How much time did you have? What problem did you tackle? How did you pair with your teammate? | |
| We had 45 minutes to problem-solve: | |
| `var sheep = [ | |
| true, true, true, false, | |
| true, true, true, true, | |
| true, false, true, false, | |
| true, false, false, true, | |
| true, true, true, true, | |
| false, false, true, true |
Empathy is a great strength for me, as well as weakness. I find high value in being empathic, as I can bulid better relationships, ask more questions to understand where another is coming from or taking a moment to think about how might feel about an experience.
Having empathy in designing software makes me think of Kathy Sierra's Making Badass Developers that was required watching for the for the Capstone. Remembering we are humans, not humanoids. Taking that into consideration and actions will speak for itself. Emapthy also asks to us to take the user into consideration into development. It can help us develop a more intuitive site that has a more effective, perhaps, profitable, useage & result.
To truly be empathic is to be an active listener - and I am trying to ask myself "Why am I talking?" when asking a question. Having that in mind when working with a team is key to being productive. It allows trust to build so when someone offers you
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Years ago I completed two Strengths Finder tests, and my top result for both tests were input. I find great vlaue in understanding how others think, prioritize, and what factors led to them to make a decision. When I understand others, I gather more infomation, find point of views that I didn't consider, nor even know to consider. I also find that it can help establish better communication and relationships with others, as I am actively asking for their thoughts. I truly strive to understand how others think. Input also means having strong active listening skills, which is something that I have continued to i
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