oliviacweb/Olivia Career Development

## Olivia Career Development
Step 3: Please respond to the following questions in a reflection (4-6 sentences):
   * What is your greatest strength and how do you know? Emotional intelligence, perception, and empathy for others. I know because I usually have an easy time connecting with people and noticing them. I usually can read peoples emotions or the dynamics of a room. I feel other people's energy pretty strongly.
   * How do you work best? idependently, but with others around.
   * What is your greatest area of improvement? time management, organization, confidence and self promotion. I hate talking about myself!
   * How do you hope to maximize your strengths for your new career in software development? I'm pretty good at peace making, problem solving and woirking through conflict, which I think can be pretty useful in time sensitive, high-stakes collaborative working environments.
   * How might knowing about your strengths and working preferences benefit you as a software developer? I think I have a good idea of what kind of company I do and do not want to work for. I think that leveraging my ability to connect with people will help me... well, make connections.

 Step 4: Read Ta-Nehisi Coates' article, ["Getting Better at Difficult Things"](http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/a-quick-note-on-getting-better-at-difficult-things/387133/) and watch Kathy Sierra's keynote from [Fluent Conf 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTxC9pl-WM)

 Step 5: Please respond to the following questions in a reflection (4-6 sentences):
  * What efforts do you make to manage your learning process? Are these efforts successful? What challenges have inhibited your ability to manage your learning process effectively? I don't know that I have developed a specific style of studying for code other than practice and repition. I can get pretty hard on myself and do a bit of negative self talk, especially when it takes me a while to pick up on something. I am trying to have more moderation in my study habits. I tend to either go all in and not rest or to put things off. This doesn't work as well for something I do not feel as if I am naturally good at, like programming.
  * How do Sierra's and Coate's material relate to your current process for learning? I think the advice they give is very good! I can be hard on myself as I said before so just choosing to keep at something and not letting negative self-talk keep me from using grit to keep learning. eventually I hope to have a breakthrough. It is also good to know that it is okay to put boundaries around my cognitive resources. I am not a machine. I can take breaks. It is also very interesting to think about how small things drain your resources.
  * What role does your emotional state of mind play in your learning? How do your successes and failures at learning affect your emotional state? Obviously I feel happy and encouraged if I have success and can feel down on myself if I don't. I think it is importand for me to try to stay present and not get bogged down in my thoughts. Feeling negatively about your capacity for the work creates a negative feednback cycle.
  * How will you prepare yourself to be at your best with your learning process while at Turing?
  Meditation practice, simplifying my life, getting enough sleep, trying my very best to eat well and not drink any alcohol as both of these things can really impact my mood.
	Step 3: Please respond to the following questions in a reflection (4-6 sentences):
	* What is your greatest strength and how do you know? Emotional intelligence, perception, and empathy for others. I know because I usually have an easy time connecting with people and noticing them. I usually can read peoples emotions or the dynamics of a room. I feel other people's energy pretty strongly.
	* How do you work best? idependently, but with others around.
	* What is your greatest area of improvement? time management, organization, confidence and self promotion. I hate talking about myself!
	* How do you hope to maximize your strengths for your new career in software development? I'm pretty good at peace making, problem solving and woirking through conflict, which I think can be pretty useful in time sensitive, high-stakes collaborative working environments.
	* How might knowing about your strengths and working preferences benefit you as a software developer? I think I have a good idea of what kind of company I do and do not want to work for. I think that leveraging my ability to connect with people will help me... well, make connections.

	Step 4: Read Ta-Nehisi Coates' article, ["Getting Better at Difficult Things"](http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/a-quick-note-on-getting-better-at-difficult-things/387133/) and watch Kathy Sierra's keynote from [Fluent Conf 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTxC9pl-WM)

	Step 5: Please respond to the following questions in a reflection (4-6 sentences):
	* What efforts do you make to manage your learning process? Are these efforts successful? What challenges have inhibited your ability to manage your learning process effectively? I don't know that I have developed a specific style of studying for code other than practice and repition. I can get pretty hard on myself and do a bit of negative self talk, especially when it takes me a while to pick up on something. I am trying to have more moderation in my study habits. I tend to either go all in and not rest or to put things off. This doesn't work as well for something I do not feel as if I am naturally good at, like programming.
	* How do Sierra's and Coate's material relate to your current process for learning? I think the advice they give is very good! I can be hard on myself as I said before so just choosing to keep at something and not letting negative self-talk keep me from using grit to keep learning. eventually I hope to have a breakthrough. It is also good to know that it is okay to put boundaries around my cognitive resources. I am not a machine. I can take breaks. It is also very interesting to think about how small things drain your resources.
	* What role does your emotional state of mind play in your learning? How do your successes and failures at learning affect your emotional state? Obviously I feel happy and encouraged if I have success and can feel down on myself if I don't. I think it is importand for me to try to stay present and not get bogged down in my thoughts. Feeling negatively about your capacity for the work creates a negative feednback cycle.
	* How will you prepare yourself to be at your best with your learning process while at Turing?
	Meditation practice, simplifying my life, getting enough sleep, trying my very best to eat well and not drink any alcohol as both of these things can really impact my mood.