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I interviewed an old classmate of mine who is a web developer for Target in Minneapolis. He has been working there 3 years now works as a liason between the development team and management. Before that he was a developer. The biggest takeaway he had from being recruited to a big company is that he only had about half the requirements they ask for. He mentioned the most important part of the recruiting process is the technical and informational interviews. That is what sets you apart from all the other resumes. The technical portion shows your knowledge and your ability to explain things and the informational interview makes sure that your a good fit for the company. Lastly he mentioned that the 6 months was purely training and he did not contribute to any of the company's projects until they vetted him as worthy. He said companies want to make sure that you will stay on their team because they will be investing a lot of resources to get you up to speed. This interview helped me by putting importance on the va

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Networking mindset exercise: This is a self-reflective exercise that only requires you to think. When you think about connecting with others in your new tech field, what comes to mind? Is this something that you’re excited about? Are you anxious? Are you nervous? Take about 5 - 10 minutes to assess your thoughts and feelings about networking.

I think of primarily networking through LinkedIn but networking face to face is more important. This will be hard for me since I do not have any personal connections to other people in this field. In order to get over this challenge I will have to put myself out there and meet new people in the industry. I plan on attending more React.Indy meetings as well as go to some conferences/web summits on things like React, Node etc. 

I am a little nervous that I don't have a college degree but I have been hearing it is not a big deal if you know what you are doing. This still gives me a sense of imposter syndrome though.

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Visualization exercise: This is a self-reflective exercise that only requires you to close your eyes and think. We want you to picture your life 2 years in the future as you are working in your new tech field. Take about 5 minutes to really visualize what you want your day to look like at every point, from the time you need to wake up, the type of clothes and commute you want to have, all the way to imagining your ideal work environment. What kind of projects are you working on? What are your team dynamics? There are no “wrong” visualizations, only yours. Please submit your vision in the box below.

For the first part of my visualization, I'd like to think I will be able to afford to live on my own without being paycheck to paycheck. I would like to have enough disposable income to have a savings account and I think a full stack web developer career will help me acheive this. None of my other goals for what I want in two years can be realized without this step being fullfilled. Ideally, I want to be making at

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