Answer the below questions in a separate gist and link them into your career journal using this template:
Week 5: Link here to your gist
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What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?
- Empathy has played a huge role in my life. Before coming to Turing, I was a high school teacher and soccer coach and those jobs require immense amounts of empathy. It has helped me become a more patient and more understanding person. If I can put myself in the position of others and view things from their perspective, then I can successfully create a bond with them and we can cooperate in order to achieve a goal.
How does empathy help you build better software?
- Empathy helps me build better software because I can better understand how the software will affect different communities. By doing that, I can then adjust/modify the software to more accurately reflect the population using it. This also allows for more innovation. For example, if I develope a language software that allows the user to learn any language, it would be helpful to be empathetic to different types of learning. Some people are visual, a
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My daily* practice between mod 0 and mod 1
- This is a markdown of hopeful daily tasks and projects that will always include a reading and coding practice.
- By the end of this, we will have created a website, an app, a mini game, then 5 more mini games, and finally gosu interactive game.
- *I am lucky enough to be out of work right now as I wait for Mod 1 to start.
This is going to be a lot, so buckle up and keep pushing through! Create discipline for yourself!\
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Project Board/Planning. Tic-Tac-Toe
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Mod2 Week3
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If you will not be able to complete your journal this week, please provide an update for the Career Dev team on when you’ll have it completed here (remember to reflect on what you have control over, what you want to try differently this week, and what habits you can utilize to get back on track):
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?
- This past week, I have been slotting time specifically for JSFun and IronFE and that has allowed me to be more productive. The prioritizing is keeping me focused.
- I also think having a hard stop for project work made me more concentrate on the time devoted to that task. I felt like I needed to get things crossed off my to-do list in that time and it didn't allow me to have distractions.
If you will not be able to complete your journal this week, please provide an update for the Career Dev team on when you’ll have it completed here (remember to reflect on what you have control over, what you want to try differently this week, and what habits you can utilize to get back on track):
In week 4, you’ll have a job experience activity with employers. The next two prompts are designed to help you both prepare and reflect on that experience:
Prepare for Job Experience: AEIOU
Activities: what questions do you have about the activities that a software developer does on a daily basis?
- What is your average schedule look like?
- How often do you work in groups/individually?
Review your habit tracker: how did you monitor your habit(s)? What does this tell you about your overall progress becoming the person you want to be? In general, how satisfied are you with how you spent your time this module? What could be improved next module?
- My habit tracker has been slighly less effective this past week due to the final assessment and final solo project focus. I understand how the habit can help me in those aspects, but I had to prioritize my tasks.
- I was able to get coding in each day so I achieved that habit.
- I think I am making progress in understanding the JS language better, but I need more practice writing code that can be implemented in a project.
- This is a step in the right direction for me because it will eventually help me become the developer I want to be. In order to do this, I need to restructure my habits to include organization and planning because that is what hurts me the most when it comes to projects.
Mind Maps:
__i. Engagement. What did
What is a "data model", and how does it relate to the DOM in a front-end application?
- a data model is a way to organize and manipulate the data used for a webpage and the DOM is the browser's internal programatic representation of the webpage. This means a developer can modify the webpage using the data model without touching the HTML.
What is a "framework?" And how does it differ from a "library?"
- A framework a pre-defined structure that determines how a developer designs an application. Libraries are collections of prewritten code snippets that can be used (and reused) to perform common JavaScript functions. JavaScript libraries are like pieces of furniture that add style and function to an already constructed house. Frameworks, on the other hand, are a template you use to build the house itself.
Why should we consider using a framework over vanilla JS like you have been doing in mods 1 and 2?
1. Refine your career vision: What are the values that will drive your job search? What are your goals for your job search? What kind of role do you see yourself pursuing in your job search? 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?
- The values that will drive my job search will be an empahsis on community, collaboration, and growth. I want to work for a company that encourages personal and collaborative growth while improving the community they serve. My goals are to find companies that value the same ideas. I don't believe that will too hard to find. My role will most likely be a junior level developer that will work on a team. This is what I prefer at the beginning of my career so I can expand my growth and learn in a collaborative environment. The three companies I have
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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.
- Fork this gist
- On your own copy, go through the listed readings and answer associated questions
- Comment a link to your forked copy on the original gist
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