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Taking stock of where you are: what have you accomplished this module? What have you learned? Where are you stuck (have you not been able to follow through on outreach? Is your resume not finished?)?

• Resume and Cover letter are finished and I have done some outreach. Project work has taken up the time i had intended to spend doing some adjustments to all of my files, however this project is looking to be included in my resume.

Create plans for 3 different companies you want to target:

Questions to reflect on here: Why do you like this company? What makes you want to work there? Why are you a good fit for this company? What do you bring to the company? What transferable skills do you have? What do you already know about the company (product, team, culture, company size, location, etc.)? What do you need to learn? Steps to take: Outreach: look at the company’s LinkedIn page: who could you reach out to? What questions do you want to ask that person? Experience: once you’ve made a connection at the compan

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Interview Prep

Prepare for Job Shadow: AEIOU

• Activities: what questions do you have about the activities that a software developer does on a daily basis?

  • How are projects devided in larger group in terms of scope of work to be looking at in a days time?

• Environment: what questions do you have about the overall environment and culture of this workplace?

  • What level of diversity does the company have and how do they try to tailor their products to a diverse user base.

• Interactions: what questions do you have about the team at this company? What do you hope to see in your interactions during the shadow?

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Back to your resume and cover letter you’ve been working on:

What other next steps do you want to take to make these two components stronger?

• I want to build a more generic form of a cover letter after I have completed the one for Handshake. I want to reoder my existing resume based on feedback recieved and tidy up the skills for it.

Outreach Brainstorming:

Either explore the company you wrote a cover letter for or find a new company to explore this week; Go to their company LinkedIn page and start to explore the employees. Who are a couple people you could reach out to? Why?

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* What is a "data model", and how does it relate to the DOM in a front-end application?
   The data model is the logic side to the code. This means that it is where the data is manipulated. It is seperate from the DOM in that the DOM is the structure the the UI is built from. By keeping these things seperate the code becomes easier to read and more testable.   
   

* What is a "framework?" And how does it differ from a "library?"   
   A framework is a tool used to interact between the UI and the data state. A library is similar but the tools must be managed directly. Frameworks tend to have more rules than Libraries and call to your code.
   
* Why should we consider using a framework over vanilla JS like you have been doing in mods 1 and 2?   
   Frameworks help to make the code more readable in that there are less lines needed to manipulate the UI. It also is easier to maintain when changes are needed.   
   

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Mod 1 Week 1: Understanding your strengths

1. Describe one of your strengths

• What is something you have learned to do well (list a skill)?

  Through my time growing up I was always very creative, but was not always the best as writing out my creativity. Through reading quite a bit of fiction as a child and also beginning to write my own stories and worlds I developed the skill of narrative writing or writing in a way to create a picture in the readers head.

• What is something you know about (list some knowledge/expertise you have)?

  Through an obsession with the fantasy genre growing up that grew as I grew to adulthood I obtained a lot of knowledge on what could be considered nerd pop-culture. This includes minute details on video games an abilities as well as lore details of fantasy novels and settings.

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Gear Up Pre-work

Developing empathetic Programers:

What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?

I am a member of the lgbt community in Denver, and in being part of this group many of us constantly are telling stories about how we grew up in households that were not supportive of who we were. When we tell these stories or hear them from friends we connect through empathy to the others in the conversation even if the stories are not the same. For me when I feel I am able to allow myself to listen with empathy to others I find I connect on a more real level with them and in the long term create more authentic friendships. As a partner in my romantic relationship, I also connect through empathy to my fiancé. By having both of us do this, often through regular check-ins, we ensure that we are remaining happy and loving.

How does empathy help you build better software?

Building software is a team sport. By this I mean that it is largely done in groups

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Step 3

What is your greatest strength and how do you know?

My greatest strength based on what I read from my Pairin Survey results would be my ability to self assess well. I have always thought of this as a unique ability I have had. I think to my many appointments with mental health and my history with my military career to see that I was always looking at myself and my feelings in a very realistic way. This meant that I was able to see if I was handling stress well or if I was doing something in a way where i was using my talents in the most productive way. I also consider this a strong trait as in the ability to be honest about a weakness I know I have and then being willing to get help to overcome that weakness.

How do you work best?