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Draft of my personal story

I graduated from Colorado State University in 2016 with a B.A. in Journalism and Technical Communications. Initially, I wanted to go into the field of sports public relations, but after an internship with the CSU athletic department as well as the Denver Outlaws and Denver Broncos, I realized that I didn't actually want to pursue a career in that field for a number of reasons.

I took an intro to web development elective during my senior year of college and really enjoyed it. While I was trying to figure out which career path I wanted to pursue after the completion of my internship with the Broncos, the one consistent thing I had was teaching myself web development basics via online courses such as CodeAcademy and Udemy.

I knew I didn't want to go back to school for another four-year degree, and had no idea bootcamps existed until a Facebook friend posted about his Turing experience and I decided that I would go that route. I initially planned on starting Turing in August of 20

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Template for DTR Memo Project: FitLit

Group Member Names: Eric O'Neill, Jon O'Drobinak

Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):

• Get a better understanding of the relationship between data in different source files.
• Try utilizing data visualization in some parts.
• Use/hone jQuery.
• Fine tune CSS.

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Project: Number Guesser

Group Member Names: Eric O'Neill & Julian Enochs-Brown

Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):

• To get better at JavaScript
• Finish phase 1 and start phase 2 by Thursday, May 9.
• Work on the project every day.
• Get comfortable pairing.

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1. Empathy plays an important role in my life, just like it does in everyone else's. Being empathetic has helped me communicate better and have better relationships in my professional and personal life. An example of this is at a previous job, my boss was unhappy with how I was going about a task that she had assigned me. After sitting down and talking with her and realizing why she was upset and what I could be doing better, I was able to go about the task in a different way and accomplish it to the standards that she was expecint.

2. Empathy is a critical piece of building software. As outlined in the articles that were part of this assignment, getting out, interviewing people, and soliciting their feedback and insight helped bring to light things that designers never would have thought of. Looking at software from the viewpoint of the users and helps to build more accessible and usable software. For example, utilizing alt text when adding images to a webpage allows screenreaders to describe the image to u

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1. Based on the PAIRIN results, I would say that my greatest strength is my work ethic. I base this on earning the Ace Achiever, which falls under both self-management and working to influence outcomes and gain mastery.
2. In an ideal world, I think I work best individually, where I can control all aspects of a project. I also have plenty of experience working in groups and enjoy that as well.
3. Based on the PAIRIN results, I think my greatest area of improvement is in the growth/agency section. I tend to have a fixed mindset about things, so shifting that mindset for Turing and into the job field will be an important part of my Turing experience.
4. I hope to leverage my strengths in the field of software development by utilizing my strong work ethic to get projects done on time, as well as learn new things when necessary to stay up-to-date. Additionally, being self-confident will help me push through times when I am unsure of things, and being a lover of justice will help me thrive in a team environment.
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Checklist/Rubric

Part I: Creating Directories and Files; Initializing Git and Pushing to GitHub

• I named my directories correctly.
• I named my files correctly.
• I structured my files and directories correctly.
• I made one initial commit.
• I pushed my initial commit to GitHub.

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Session 4 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you between 1.5 and 2 total hours.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document.
2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

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Beginner's Guide to Git

By Eric O'Neill

Git is a Version Control System (VCS) that allows a user to track changes to files as well as "go back in time" to see previous versions of the files. With those abilities, it is often used as a collaboration tool by developers around the world.

Github is a web application that hosts web applications and allows developers to upload or push files where they can later be downloaded or pulled by anyone who has access to the repository, allowing for increased collaboration.

Here are a few basic Git commands:

* pwd - Print working directory. Typing this command allows you to see where you are at within your computer's directories.

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Session 3 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 25 total minutes.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

1. Creating Files and Directories (10 min)

Need help? You can go back to the files/directories portion of the lesson here.

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Session 3 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 20 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document.
2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.