jessepackwood

As we've discussed, meeting people, forming relationships, and having conversations are the key pieces to getting your foot in the door at any company. It's important to be proactive in your approach to outreach and networking, so it's necessary to make a plan for what you'll try in Module 3.

Meetups/Networking Events: Identify 1 meetup and/or other networking event that you'll attend between now and the end of Module 3. Answer these questions:

Why will you attend this particular event?

The event that I plan to attend is the monthly ReactJS meetup. I want to attend because I enjoy React but I also know I have a lot to learn. It will be the first tech event I've attended and I think it will be fairly small so I believe it would be easier to find someone to connect with. 

Who do you hope to connect with at this event?

jessepackwood

I didn't have any guidance or direction after high school so I didn't know what I wanted to do or what path I wanted to take. I got a job working in retail and I found that I enjoyed a specific aspect of business, solving problems. On the sales floor I was asked to identify customer needs and satisfy them the best I could in order to create a positive experience for the customer as well as a sale. The problems I was addressing were small and easy to solve so I worked my way up the ladder quickly. In retail management I was asked to solve bigger problems like how to improve sales, motivate team members, and strengthen loss prevention. 
  This was exciting but I realized an education would get benefit me greatly if I chose to continue to work in retail. I decided to go to college for business and I found myself working on the same problems that I had experienced at my jobs before. I switched my major to economics so I could finally think about problems on a global scale like poverty, human rights, and inequalit

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How you've used agile as a process at Turing and what kind of project management tools you utilized. Address these questions:

What were you already doing?
I didn't know it before but Turing is based on agile practices. We learn to learn as we go and we continually improve our code as we get better. We also break down our projects into phases which could be considered 48 hour sprints. We get feedback throughout the project and make improvements as we go.

What did you put into place in Module Two?
In Mod 2 I pushed myself to use workflow management like waffle as well as reaching out to collaborate more with others. Mod 2 seems designed to make us all work together as a mod which I really appreciated. We also had two projects that we only had 3 days to complete so the whole project was a sprint. 

What was effective?
Waffle was effective in keeping me on track as well as holding my partner accountable for tasks that we agreed to work on separately. Communicating with others in my mod although we were not part

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Date of feedback conversation:

October 1st, 2017

How did you prepare for the conversation?

I made an outline of our project and workflow so I could see what I wanted to express appreciation for as well as the coaching feedback I could offer. I also took a step back to put myself in his shoes since his kids were sick during the project and he was way more stressed than I was. I was upset about how hard it was to communicate with him because of his kid being sick but I made sure that I would be understanding of that during the conversation. 

How did the conversation go for you? What was easy about the conversation? What was more difficult?

jessepackwood

Mod1 Gear Up Takeaways

Growth Mindset

Discussing mindset and how we handle challenges is always important. Learning to be open with our struggles and to share them with our partners was helpful because they ended up being the people who supported and pushed us to be our best throughout the mod. I've usually been good about having a growth mindset in my life so I didn't see the value in this session at first but Turing has definitely put me in places that changed my mindset to think I wasn't good enough for the program. The awareness to know that my mindset has changed certainly helped me turn my mindset back around so I keep moving forward.

Learn to Pair

This session was great because I was hesistant about pairing when I first arrived at Turing. I've worked with others on projeccts in my undergrad but nobody was as committed to their education when compared to Turing students. Everyone here wants to each other succeed. I value the DTR's as they help with workflow and set up communication expectations. It'

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