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Problem

You are working with a computer simulation of a mobile robot. The robot moves on an plane, and its movements are described by a command string consisting of one or more of the following letters:

• G instructs the robot to move forward one step
• L instructs the robot to turn left
• R instructs the robot to turn right

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Module 3 Week 5 Joural Prompts

Reflect on these questions:

• AKQA - Advertising Agency Hiring a front end dev Why do you like this company?
• With my undergraduate degree being in Advertising and Media Design, I think this is one of the best ways I can blend past skills with the new skills I have learned at Turing. What makes you want to work there?
• The type of design work gets me really excited to explore learn and grow. Why are you a good fit for this company?
• My background in design / creative and my newly learned skills at Turing.

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Module 3 Week 4

Prepare for Job Shadow: AEIOU

Activities: what questions do you have about the activities that a software developer does on a daily basis?

• What are Junior Dev's expected to do on the job. What type of work is delegated to them.
• How much work is expected to be completed each week? Each Day? Environment: what questions do you have about the overall environment and culture of this workplace?
  I am curious as to how the remote work culture is going. Will there be a hybrid work style in the future? What types of issues have been created with the remote style of work. Is innovation still moving at an adequate pace?
  Interactions: what questions do you have about the team at this company? What do you hope to see in your interactions during the shadow?
  -Mainly what the remote style of interaction looks like? Is collaboration strictly through Github? Stand ups? In terms of mobile what languages are they using and how does that work with?

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Module 3 Week 3

Back to your resume and cover letter you've been working on: What other next steps do you want to take to make these two components stronger?
-I want to feature more applicable resume projects in my portfolio. Additionally I have tailored my cover letter to be more approriate and specific for a given position like the Open Table position. I hope to have multiple resumes built out for different positions and industries specifically.
Outreach Brainstorming: Either explore the company you wrote a cover letter for or find a new company to explore this week; Go to their company LinkedIn page and start to explore the employees. Who are a couple people you could reach out to? Why? -I have found lead developers / HR Recruiters that I will be reaching out to at Open Table. Finalize Your Plan: Who have you decided to reach out to? Why that person? How will you contact them? What do you want to talk to them about? How will you follow up? Execute your plan:

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Module 3 Week 2

Post the link to your cover letter here
Open Table

Review your cover letter with a peer some time this week. What feedback did your partner give you? What next steps will you take to make your cover letter even stronger?

• Small points about being more concise and speaking to my skills. How will I specifically help this company with my skillset.
  If you were to apply to this position (and you should!), how will you customize your resume for it? What other next steps would you need to take here?
  
• My resume would need some updating with projects that showcase the necessary skills learned in Turing. Fortunately, a lot of the tech we have learned / used is applicable to this position.

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Mod 3 Week 2: The Application Process

Find a position or use a position you’ve put on your Huntr board and write a cover letter for that position in a Google doc or gist. Reference these cover letter resources as well as the session to complete your cover letter.

Twitch Internship

Post the link to your cover letter here

Review your cover letter with a peer some time this week. What feedback did your partner give you? What next steps will you take to make your cover letter even stronger?

If you were to apply to this position (and you should!), how will you customize your resume for it? What other next steps would you need to take here?

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React Router Prework

This gist contains a short assignment I'd like everyone to complete before our formal lesson. The prework involves reading some of the React Router documentation, and will allow us to keep the lesson more hands on.

Instructions

1. Fork this gist
2. On your own copy, go through the listed readings and answer associated questions
3. Comment a link to your forked copy on the original gist

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Module 3 Journal Prompts

Week 1: Week 1

• (completed)
• (partially complete)
• (not started)

Week 2: Week 2

• (completed)

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Module 3 Week 1

Refine your career vision:

-What are the values that will drive your job search?

• My goals for the job search are to find newtworking connections that will guide me into the position I want. I hope to explore all sorts of options and find and industry / position that suits me.
  What kind of role do you see yourself pursuing in your job search?
  
• I am thinking a tradtional dev team environment or something in creative with an agency.
  

Based on your latest version of your career vision, list the top 3-5 industries and companies you’ll pursue in your job search as of right now. Why did you pick these industries/companies?

How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?

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MOD 3 PREWORK QUESTIONS

What is a "data model", and how does it relate to the DOM in a front-end application?

• The data model is the most true state of your application or data. In relation to the DOM, the Document Object Model will be the forward facing object that reflects the current version of your data.
  

What is a "framework?" And how does it differ from a "library?"

• A library is a set of code that was previously written, that can be called upon when building your own code.. Typically collections of codes that can be used and packaged together..
  
• An example of a library could be chai.. Typical syntax is a require statement.
  
• The biggest use-case for libraries seems to be reusability and efficiency for problems that are often met when creating programs.
  
• Another example I have seen is the use of an email-validator library that allows a quick require. This standard and common problem that is often found in the IOT is something that has been tackled and