Assess your habits from week 2: how did you spend your time this past week? What was effective in your habits? What could be more effective? What steps will you take to make that happen?
My habits have been going strong. I’m finding that running each morning works better giving myself days off to look forward to. It motivates me to get up in the mornings I do run so that I can reward myself with some morning off. Realizing a small reward for my habits motivates me more to keep up with them.
When have you been excited, focused, and enjoyed your work? When have you felt bored, restless, or unhappy? When do you feel energized in your work? When is your energy drained?
I’ve been excited, focused and enjoyed my work pretty much the entire time. I love coding, problem solving and learning new things. I’m really happy to be here! I have felt somewhat bored doing review but reminding myself repetition will prove to be very rewarding down the line. My energy is drained if I work too long ona bug. I stop thinking straight and lose my energy. I’ve realized staying on a bug for hours is not helpful at all. Take a break, go for a walk, solve a jsFun problem but think about something other than the bug.
Block out time on your calendar this week to work on your job search. When will you make this happen? How will you hold yourself accountable to this? What activities will you focus on during this time this week? What outcomes do you hope to reach by the end of this week because of these activities?
I like working on job searches in the morning before class. This week I’ll start doing that on Friday mornings, as Friday lessons are very light and I won’t be stressed to prepare for a lesson.
Apply wayfinding: of what you looked at, what did you discover that aligns with your vision? If it didn’t align with your vision, what will you try next? Decide what tools to bookmark to explore later.
Key value gave me lots of great companies, most of which aligned with what I hold valuable. It’s somewhat hard for me to determine who doesn’t align with my vision. I’ve had most success with actually talking to people who work at the company and feeling them out vs what is online. Find a job posting that aligns with your vision. What’s the posting? How does it align with what you’re looking for? Add it to your Huntr. SpaceX is looking for a junior software dev to be a software engineer in development. I love aerospace and am very interested in the work they are doing. I fit all the qualifications. What next steps will you take to explore that opportunity and find contacts? Add that information to your Huntr card. I want to try reaching out to people at companies that went to Turing or also went to Texas Tech. And discuss what their experience at their company has been. I find talking to people much more valuable than doing tons of research online.