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How do companies normally build their communities?

• Outreach
• Hiring practices
• Brand Stories and loyalties
• Allowing users/customers the ability to interact with products in a meaningful way

How does being remote change that?

• Can hire a more diverse employee pool without having to worry too much about moving them across the country
  • This allows companies to find people they normally wouldn't
• Online gatherings and Zoom meetups are the new norm coming out of Carona

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In your career journal reflect on your mock interviews with employers/Alumni

• What went well?
  • I got a lot of feedback regarding being very confident and competent when solving a problem. It was mentioned by both of my interviewers that I have really good intuition.
• What could you improve?
  • The first interview was tricky and I was asked a lot of stuff about things I had no idea how to answer or even really what they were. I accidentally, at least once, attempted to answer the question anyway and it led to me sounding like I was maybe bullshitting my way. I learned today in my mock tech interview that I actually have a really good strategy for approaching problems I may understand the tech, but not in the way they asked it. I just have to employ that stratey more.
• How did the practice feel?
• The practice was incredible. I learned a TON from the people interviewing us and have since reached out to everyone I talked to.

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CarRep

Pitch

Web application that works in a way similar to Waze, but allows user to apply weather data instead of things like accidents, bad traffic or construction. Basically taking the idea of a Pilot Report(PiRep) in aviation and implementing it for driving a car.

Features

• Pinning a map
• Geolocation

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HTTP Request

A client sends information to a server through a route: get '/index', to: 'controller#index

Request Line

VERB: GET PATH: '/index' HTTP Version: Usually 1.1 or something like this This line will also generally include a HOST within this block.

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Project Feedback

Name: < Steven Anderson >

Partner: < Will Kunz >

Project Reflection

• What is one thing that went unusually well during this project?

• I said it in my other feedback and I'll repeat it here, but communcation. Will was always communicative and able to knock out things we assigned him in a timely manner. Also planning was a huge win for our group. Mostly because everyone was willing to do what needed to be done to meet project goals.

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Project Feedback

Name: < Steven Anderson >

Partner: < Sebastion Sloan >

Project Reflection

• What is one thing that went unusually well during this project?

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Project Feedback

Name: < Steven Anderson >

Partner: < Kevin McGrevey >

Project Reflection

• What is one thing that went unusually well during this project?

• Planning. We did an incredible job separating and completing tasks and knowing what we needed to do and by when. It was a really nice surprise.

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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:

• Who your contact is, why you want to connect with them, and what you want to talk about
  • I want to contact a friend of mine who I haven't talked to in several years. I'll ask him about cycling because I've noticed he has started doing that. I'll also talk to him about other things, like some of our other mutual friends.
• When you will contact them by and how you plan to meet

• Contact by the end of Mod 2. Meeting will be nearly impossible since they live in Connecticut, but some kind of video conferencing tool would work the be

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Paired Project Feedback

Name: Steven Anderson

Partner: Pierce Alworth

Project Reflection