The assignments listed here should take you between 1.5 and 2 total hours.
To start this assignment:
| # DTR: Define the Relationship | |
| Use this template to 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? - D: Good understanding the routing of user information. J: Stronger understanding of vanilla JS. | |
| * What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches? D: Pair programming. J: Pair programming. | |
| * How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others? D: Openly, frequently, and honestly. J: Openly, frequently, and honestly. | |
| * How would you describe your work style? D: Longer bursts of creatvity, then break. J; Work for 2-3 hours, break, work again. |
| Job description | |
| We are looking for a self-learning, competent, justice oriented, strong communicator for our Jr. Developer position. | |
| Applicant must charasmatic, detail oriented, enthusiastic, and be a team player, a critical thinker, and posess a growth mindset. | |
| They should be a dedicated worker, be confident, agile and focused. | |
| Beginning salary: $100,000,000,000. | |
| Expected hours worked per week: 10. |
| It's hard to see, but each of the red lunches from Tuesday to Friday are filled with contacting at least 3 devs through Slack (if Turing grads) or LinkedIn at the following: Tuesday: City of Denver, Wednesday: Gusto, Thursday: CyberGRX, and Friday: Xactly. After contact, if they are available, scedule meetings accoringly. Also screenshotted is my current list of reach outs. As of this morning, I've had another 2 lunch/coffee meetings with potential employers, one from Food Maven, one from Guild Education. | |
| Why do you want mentoring in the job search? | |
| - I want mentoring because the most important part of my time at Turing, and the whole reason I came here, is so that I can - and I'm just being honest - land a highly satisfying, well-paying job as soon as possible. I would LOVE to start working again, and I would LOVE to leave Turing with a job already secured. I think mentoring will be key to my success; both to give me the right tools, and to push me to succeed. | |
| How will you hold yourself accountable to bala |
| What motivates you? | |
| The desire to provide for my wife, son, and doggo. :) | |
| How will you keep yourself going when faced with rejection in the job search? | |
| I'm pretty good at staying positive; rejection is just a part of life. | |
| How will you hold yourself accountable to your plans? (Ex: Attend Mod 5, meet with cohortmates, attend Kayt's coffee shop hours, etc.) | |
| Attend Mod 5, certainly. But honestly, having a family is the strongest accountability framework a parent can have. | |
| How do you like to communicate? |