ericwm76/networking-plan

## networking-plan
Who your contact is, why you want to connect with them, and what you want to talk about:
This past week, I reached out to Dan Baliczek, a software developer who works for Junior Achievement USA in Colorado Springs. He and I were on the same team in the GoCode Colorado Competition two years in a row, and he knows my non-technical skills well.

When you will contact them by and how you plan to meet:
He was excited to hear that I am now becoming a developer, and he immediately asked me for my resume, because he has a friend who is currently hiring junior devs. I will meet with him during the next intermission, give him an updated copy of my resume, and talk more about the lay of the land in Colorado Springs tech.

What your follow-up will look like once you've met with them:
Provide him a copy of my resume and see if he can connect me to the Bender-Carey Group, the company he mentioned that is hiring.

What other steps will you take to start building a stronger network in the tech community:
Dan is just one of dozens of contacts I need to reach out to - I created a Trello board to keep track of them all. The struggle I'm having right now is that I'd like to stay in Colorado Springs, rather than move up to Denver permanently, but I can't do much networking in Colorado Springs while I'm at Turing except during intermissions, so that's when I'll have to do the bulk of my Springs networking. (I also have many contacts in Denver, Boulder, and beyond - it's just a matter of who I prioritize.)
	Who your contact is, why you want to connect with them, and what you want to talk about:
	This past week, I reached out to Dan Baliczek, a software developer who works for Junior Achievement USA in Colorado Springs. He and I were on the same team in the GoCode Colorado Competition two years in a row, and he knows my non-technical skills well.

	When you will contact them by and how you plan to meet:
	He was excited to hear that I am now becoming a developer, and he immediately asked me for my resume, because he has a friend who is currently hiring junior devs. I will meet with him during the next intermission, give him an updated copy of my resume, and talk more about the lay of the land in Colorado Springs tech.

	What your follow-up will look like once you've met with them:
	Provide him a copy of my resume and see if he can connect me to the Bender-Carey Group, the company he mentioned that is hiring.

	What other steps will you take to start building a stronger network in the tech community:
	Dan is just one of dozens of contacts I need to reach out to - I created a Trello board to keep track of them all. The struggle I'm having right now is that I'd like to stay in Colorado Springs, rather than move up to Denver permanently, but I can't do much networking in Colorado Springs while I'm at Turing except during intermissions, so that's when I'll have to do the bulk of my Springs networking. (I also have many contacts in Denver, Boulder, and beyond - it's just a matter of who I prioritize.)