For Amara Lovato: I think that you were a great partner Amara, and I really enjoyed working with you. From day 1, we laid out what our goals were and communicated effectively throughout the entirety of the project. You worked so hard on the project, and were immensely helpful to me. When you took the driver seat in writing code, you went at a pace that I could understand and would explain things to me when I didn’t understand. You also pushed me to really understand, and ask for help when I didn’t instead of letting it go.
As the project progressed and the intensity turned up, I felt that sometimes pessimism got to you…that you didn’t think the goal was in reach and you felt that you needed to double down and do even more work. I feel like this caused you to make some mistakes and that some stubbornness kept us from tackling the problem head on. You were totally aware of this and mentioned it to me several times whenever you thought you had let the pessimism get to you. For me, that sense of urgency that came out kept me from asking you some questions as I didn’t want to bog you down or seem stupid when you were on a tear.
On a brighter note, you also opened me up to pairing. I was originally a little apprehensive to initiate a pairing, but you were right on pairing from day 1 and helped me be comfortable asking literally anyone sitting around for help. I got to meet some great people through that, and I really appreciate you taking me under your “coding” wing. I learned so much from you and wish you nothing but success during the rest of the program…your future partners will be lucky to have you!