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Turing School Prework - LUCY

Task A- Practice Typing:

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Task B- Algorithmic Thinking & Logic:

• screenshots of completed sections will be posted in comments

Task C- Create your Gist:

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Module 1 Week 4 Diagnostic

This exercise is intended to help you assess your progress with the concepts and techniques we've covered during the week.

For these questions, write a short description or snippet of code that meets the requirement. In cases where the question mentions a "given" data value, use the variable given to refer to it (instead of re-writing the information).

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M4 Reflection

What brought you to Turing?

I had a "dream job" as a science illustrator. When people asked me about it, I was excited to tell them about the work I did. It combined my loves of art and science, and I enjoyed working with students and constantly learning new technologies. But I had a secret. My work as a part-time adjunct professor, and my freelance clients were not bringing in enough money to support myself. This was compounded by the fact that I was struggling to pay off the $60k in student load debt I had taken on to get a graduate degree. When I talked to other people in the field, many admitted that being an illustrator was only possible because they were in a dual income situation. Every day I felt like I was selling my students a lie. Here I was teaching them to be science illustrators, when I couldn't even support myself. I knew I needed to make a big change if I wanted to reach any of my long term goals, or even support myself in the short term.

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