Overview
- What is a career journal? The journal will help guide you through the process of discovering who you are as a new developer and how that translates into your career goals. It’s a way to check in with yourself through self-reflection, prompts, and questions, organize your targeted job search, and remember who you met as you build a professional network.
- Make it your own. Add questions and areas to reflect on each week. Just don’t forget to share all of your successes and achievements along the way!
- Ongoing progress checks. Throughout the module, you'll respond to the other prompts and update your progress in your document during professional development workshops and set aside work time.
- Module Expectations. A completed career journal is required for successfully passing the module. The career development team will be assessing your progress throughout the module, and you will submit it for final review in week 6. You will also include highlights from your progress in your end of module portfolio presentation.
Mod 2 Week 1: Creating Your Vision, Part I
- Start Where You Are (Empathize with the user -- you):
- Health: how you answer “how are you”; intersection of physical, mental, and emotional health
- How would you rate your overall health on a scale of 1-5?
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- How do you currently make time for activities associated with your health?
- 90% of my days at Turing I give myself a hard cut off time in the day for homework. That way my rest & rejuvenation is protected. This makes me MORE productive when I do work, because I have a full tank. I take my dog outside, go for a bike ride, do yoga, rock climb, cook, social distanced picnic with a friend.
- What is a small change you could make here to readjust your health ratings?
- I am a night owl & struggle with insomnia and it's always a challenge to go to sleep at a good time. I'd like to protect my sleep hygeine and have a sleep ritual, read for 15 minutes or something to prime my brain to fall asleep fast.
- How would you rate your overall health on a scale of 1-5?
- Work: what you do
- Make a short list of all the ways you work right now
- Turing schoolwork
- Teach yoga on the side
- Caretake my dog
- How much value do each of those things bring to your life? How are those activities purposeful for you?
- Turing is very mentally engaging, preparing the path for my future
- Teaching yoga allows me to be involved & give back to a hobbie & lineage that has given so much to me. Helps me stay involved in a community as well
- My dog is a huge source of love, support and structure in my life. Taking care of him inadvertantly takes care of me as well (forcing me to go outside, outpour onto something else, etc.)
- Make a short list of all the ways you work right now
- Play: what brings you joy? Think about joy just for the pure sake of doing it; everyone benefits from this kind of play
- What activities do you do that bring you joy throughout an average week?
- I do some sort of physical movement at least every other day (either yoga, bicycling, or rock climbing)
- Cooking
- Time with my partner outside
- Playing with my dog
- Connecting with friends
- In what ways could you make a small change to bring more joy into your life?
- Staying more connected with friends, more frequent check ins
- What activities do you do that bring you joy throughout an average week?
- Love: sense of connection; who are the people who matter in your life and how is love flowing to and from you and them?
- How does love currently show up in your life?
- My dog, partner, mother, few friends presence & persistence in my life
- How do you show love to others right now?
- Spending time and doing fun things with these people. Or phone call check ins.
- What adjustments would you like to make in this area?
- Keeping in contact even if it's just short text check ins. Being busy can make it feel like I don't have time for this, but even a small disjointed conversation can be good.
- How does love currently show up in your life?
- Looking back at the 4 areas, do any problems emerge that you want to begin designing solutions for?
- Health & Work. My main focus in life right now is to grow my career prospects and hard skills significantly. To take more care of my physical & mental self, I should sleep better and give myself ample time for rest at night.
- Define your needs, problem, and insights:
- Based on what you wrote about above and your group conversation, what problems have you identified that you'd like to design solutions for?
- Developing a career that works for me, values me as an employee, and adds to my life. I've had many boring jobs in the past, I want to do something engaging.
- What do you already about what you want for your career? What do you still need to find out?
- A bit of the above. I need to find out more about what the details of an 8-hour day look like for an average developer.
- Who or what do you want to grow into by the end of the Turing program?
- A confident, competent front end software developer.
- Ideate -- challenge assumptions:
- When you discussed software developers with your small group on Monday, what assumptions came up about what software developers actually do?
- Developers build websites and applications.
- What steps could you take to challenge those assumptions and find more facts to answer the question of what developers do?
- Learn more about computer theory, how tech companies build a product / business plan beyond the scope of the website/application.
- In addition to what a typical software developer life could look like, what do you want yours to include?
- Possibly living abroad, buying a house (have more living space), financial freedom. The freedom of finances can buy you time, to take vacations, visit family or locations you've always wanted to go to.
- Prototype -- start creating solutions:
- What is the basic threshold that your new career must meet after Turing?
- $70k, team of developers, code review takes place.
- What would you hope WILL NOT happen in your future after Turing?
- Being on a very small team, or working with only one other developer. Being at a big insurance company or other stale office building.
- What is your absolute, no-holds-barred, ideal dream for your future after Turing?
- Cut-throat start-up, huge corporation, moving to the South or MidWest.
- Test –- solutions:
- Based on this week of reflections, write out your vision statement for your career:
- Become a junior developer, work in that role for 2-4 years in a vibrant company which supports their developers well.
Mod 2 Week 2: Creating Your Vision, Part II
- Design Thinking Review: Cultivating Beginner's Mind
- How can beginner's mind be helpful when it comes to thinking about your career and job search?
- Keep an open mind about the possibilities there are ahead of you. The future is unknown. Gather what you can out of each experience to inform your decision going into the next experience. I.e. if you're in a not ideal job, maybe you'll just be there for 8-12 months. What can you learn from this job? Technical skills? Work conditions you do or don't like?
- What are some habits you could put into place to cultivate beginner's mind regularly?
- Asking questions, gathering information from others experiences (Turing's channels like JCS and salaries share others career journey that helps give me an idea what can take place in my own).
- Workview & Lifeview
- Summarize what good, worthwhile work means to you (Tip: this is NOT about what work you want to do but about why work matters to you):
- I want to be financially independent and in a career I'm proud of.
- Pleasant work conditions, cooperative work team, benefits that show the employees are valued.
- Lifeview: summarize what you value in life; what matters to you?
- Having free time, being able to live in a bigger space (not a small apartment), being able to afford going out or on a vacation. Being able to invest in my hobbies like yoga, cycling and rock climbing that bring me joy.
- Where do your views on work and life complement each other?
- A bit, they don't perfectly blend but that doesn't mean they both can't serve each other.
- Does one drive the other? How?
- My life views drive my work views a bit. I'm not satisfied working a job making $30k for 20 years because it's "my passion". That doesn't work in capitalism.
- I don't believe my calling should be my job. That's antiquated in today's time. My calling can also be how I volunteer, give charitably, my hobbies, side gigs, friendships, etc.
- I do want engaging work. I've had many menial jobs before where I felt I was treated like another cog in the machine. Just a body filling a space. I believe in my capabilities and know I have a lot to offer. It's just been a journey of finding a market that wants that, and the market I in turn want to be a part of as well.
- Flower Exercise brainstorming worksheets
- Flower Exercise final worksheet
- Write a refined vision statement here (what new things have you discovered this week to incorporate into your vision statement?):
I am here to make the most out of life and to live it on my own terms. I’m here to enjoy this beautiful world, make use of my body and mind. I want to give something valuable to the world, and be equally valued in return. I care about environmental stewardship, social justice, and outdoor recreation the most.
I would like to start at a company that on-boards their junior developers well. Code reviews, pairing, support. Growth opportunity present. I'd like the tech department for the company to be very thought-out and supported, not just an after thought, that way it's a bit more clear that I would be valued & treated well in a dev role there.
Mod 2 Week 3: Job Search Strategies Reflect on how you’ve spent your time so far at Turing to gauge your engagement and energy:
- When have you been excited, focused, and enjoyed your work?
- Mythical Creatures & jsFun. Fun content
- When have you felt bored, restless, or unhappy?
- Making the game applications, Tic Tac Toe, Flashcards
- When do you feel energized in your work?
- Great teammates, fun content, FitLit is applicable and a topic I enjoy.
- When is your energy drained?
- Dry lessons we don't get much practice time with, it's hard to just listen straight fo 3 hours & do nothing
Setting up habits and routines to make time for the job search this module:
- Block out time on your calendar this week to work on your job search. When will you make this happen? How will you hold yourself accountable to this? What activities will you focus on during this time this week? What outcomes do you hope to reach by the end of this week because of these activities?
- Thursday afternoon, look more into the huntr website
Applying wayfinding to using job search resources
- Go through the resources listed here and explore 2-3 tools. List what you looked at here:
- Chrome extension on Huntr to save job postings, list of to-do's in job hunt timeline, contacts page to save touch points
- Apply wayfinding: of what you looked at, what did you discover that aligns with your vision? If it didn't align with your vision, what will you try next?
- Some company ad's just sound enthusiastic, have a great product, or one in particular helps low income families get out of bankruptcy. I thought that was really cool and enticing.
- Find a job posting that aligns with your vision. What's the posting? How does it align with what you're looking for? Add it to your Huntr.
- Some jobs that advertise for a jr. dev, others that evidently have lots of flexbility and job perks
- What next steps will you take to explore that opportunity and find contacts? Add that information to your Huntr card.
- Read more on these company websites, look for a staff page. Keep my eye on job boards at least once a week for now. More once I'm in Mod 3 and 4..
Mod 2 Week 4: Outreach & Networking I Mind Maps:
- Engagement. What did you reflect on last week in regards to when you're engaged in your work at Turing? Pull out an idea that resonates with you most (e.g., "Talking through a problem with a partner," "The moment when I solve a problem that I previously didn't know how to do," "Setting up a successful project management process for my team") and break that idea down into parts and make a list (what are all the steps that go into that moment? When do you get to use your strengths? What is fun about this?).
- Resolving problems, working with interesting content, teamwork
- Energy. What did you reflect on last week in regards to when you feel most energized in your work at Turing? Pull out an idea that resonates with you most and break that idea down into parts and make a list (what are all the steps that go into that moment? When do you get to use your strengths? What is fun about this?).
- Resolving problems, objectively working through solutions, satisfying, accomplishment
- Flow. When have you had an experience recently in which you were in a state of flow? You can also think about this as "joy" or "play." Pull out an idea that resonates with you most and break that idea down into parts and make a list (what are all the steps that go into that moment? When do you get to use your strengths? What is fun about this?).
- Knowing where all the pieces live, invesitaging each one to solve the problem
Prototype your mind maps: what do these mind maps tell you about what's important to you as a software developer? What questions do they bring up about what you still want to learn about this career?
Prototype your outreach: (Be prepared to share this in your small group discussion)
- Who comes to mind as a person you can reach out to? Why that person? What questions would you ask them? Come up with 2-3 people here to serve as prototypes
- Kevin from Leave No Trace, Amanda, and Brenna. Ask them their favorite languages. Favorite thing about their current company. How their current company workflow differs from their past companies.
- How would this outreach help you further your job search strategy?
- Gaining more insight, making connections
Outreach & Networking Plan: Based on your reflections above, create a concrete plan for your outreach:
- Who is the right person for you to reach out to?
- My mentor, talk with Amanda more, reach out to old contact Kevin
- How will you find them? How do you know they’re the right person?
- Message them, ask when a good time to meet is
- How will you reach out?
- Via slack or facebook (for Kevin)
- What questions do you need to ask them?
- Ask them their favorite languages. Favorite thing about their current company. How their current company workflow differs from their past companies.
- How will you use this information to further your solution?
- Put this in my bank to think on.
- How will you follow up?
- Few weeks later, check in
Execute your plan:
- Reach out to your contact THIS WEEK. If possible, reach out to more than one person OR find a meetup to attend also. What happened? What other next steps should you take? If this is a person connected to a company you're interested in, be sure to add it to your Huntr card.
- I will attend at least 1 online tech meetup this month. And will reach out to the 3 people listed above in the coming weeks as well.
Mod 2 Week 5:
- Write a draft of your professional story here as 1-2 paragraphs. Focus on answering the questions who are you, why are you here, and what's next? Consider how to talk about your motives and values, the turning points that led to your career change, and what you envision for yourself going forward.
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I was mostly working in humanities before. From teaching, non-profits admin and field work. Felt a bit bored, not tapping into my mind enough at work, felt stifled in career growth opportunities. Pursued masters for PT for awhile, but on closer examination I knew I didn’t want to be a healthcare worker in America.
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Found Turing and explored software development. Found that problem solving very satisfying. I nearly studying accounting in college because I enjoyed solving computational problems. Similarly, I enjoy some of the intuition and logic needed in solving code related problems. Recognizing and working within patterns. Tech field feels expansive, I won’t be too stifled in, and will have many opportunities. Would love to work for companies in the outdoor or health/wellness industries. Or an innovative company. I love what tech is doing. My ideal is to be a part of building something new, for people, not just maintaining the status quo.
- Update your LinkedIn profile with the following: updated photo/headshot, headline, summary statement using your story, and Turing added to your experience and education sections. Include a link to your profile here in the journal. Remember the guidelines and tips from the lesson here.
- What other steps will you take this week to update your branding or practice your story?
- Over the 2 week break I'm going to take a new head shot, go to a virtual tech meet up, and find intriguing job postings.
Mod 3 Pre-Work:
- Please list the top 3-5 industries and companies you'll pursue in your job search as of right now.
- Health/Wellness, Outdoor Industry, Humanities (social justice, non-profits, environmental advocacy), Education
- Why did you pick the industries/companies that you listed above? How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?
- Main passions / interests in my life and I have prior work experience in these fields. So I enjoy the content and believe in the cause.
- How does your LinkedIn currently reflect your goals and industry interests? What changes will you need to make to your LinkedIn to better reflect these?
- My past jobs are a good indicator for these goals. I could write a mission statement / summary under my profile as well. There's a new Women Who Code meetup in my city (Boulder). I plan to attend some of these meetings, meet people, and peak at their LinkedIn's for more insight on what I could/should add to my own.
Mod 3 Week 1: Professional Storytelling II: Resumes & Portfolios
- Refine your career vision: What are the values that will drive your job search? What are your goals for your job search? What kind of role do you see yourself pursuing in your job search? Based on your latest version of your career vision, list the top 3-5 industries and companies you'll pursue in your job search as of right now. Why did you pick these industries/companies? How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?
- First, I would love to gain more experience to learn more about production code. Working on features in a pre-existing codebase. From there I feel I'd know more about what sort of company, support I'd thrive in, or industry I'd like to work in.
- That said, I'm interested to work within the outdoor industry, health and wellness, or humanities (non-profits, social justice, environmental advocacy). I've worked in these industries before, so would like to have a foot still in them while I'm building my tech career.
- Build your resume
- What will you emphasize in your resume that directly relates to your targeted industries?
- Pick a template from those listed in the Templates section here
- Order your content in this way:
- Header (Name + Software Developer OR Back End Engineer OR Front End Engineer, etc.)
- Contact info
- Summary
- Skills
- Projects
- Experience
- Education
- Checkout other resources here including the Resume Checklist
- Link to your resume or include a screenshot here:
- Upload your resume to CV Compiler by following these steps:
- Go to https://cvcompiler.com/students/turingschool
- Click on "Improve Your Student Resume"
- Authorize it with either LinkedIn or GitHub
- Fill out the fields with your Name and Email and the promo code Turing2003
- Upload your resume
- Based on the feedback you received from CV Compiler, what updates will you make to your resume?
- add in tech skills: Agile, CSS, Debugging, HTML, JSON, jQuery
- use action verbs when talking about my tech skills in projects
- shorten past job descriptions
- Set up your Turing Alumni Portfolio:
- Log in with the link you got in your email. Going forward, log in at alumni.turing.io/user
- Fill out all fields
- Select "publish" before saving (projects must also have "published" selected)
- Reflection questions:
- What do you want this portfolio to say about you?
- How will you continue to add to this to portray your story and showcase the kind of work that demonstrates your brand?
- Update with projects as I make more elegant projects in React through Mod 3 and 4.
- Ian's workshop this week is designed to help you break down your interest in specific industries even further. Make a copy of his template here and post a link to your copy here to show what research you've completed. You can also link this research to your Huntr board.
Mod 3 Week 2: The Applciation Process - Cover Letters
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Find a position or use a position you've put on your Huntr board and write a cover letter for that position in a Google doc or gist. Reference these cover letter resources as well as the session to complete your cover letter. Post the link to your cover letter here
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Review your cover letter with a peer some time this week. What feedback did your partner give you? What next steps will you take to make your cover letter even stronger?
- I will have my partner or mentor review my CL in the next few days (07/12).
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If you were to apply to this position (and you should!), how will you customize your resume for it? What other next steps would you need to take here?
- I will apply to this job this coming week! 07/13. I will update my projects section, and edit my comments about Turing since I haven't achieved a few of the technical skills until Mod 4.
Mod 3 Week 3: Outrach & Networking
- 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?
- Quantify some of my past roles more. Adjust summary. Write a better more quippy hook for my cover letter.
- 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?
- I have 4 companies I'm very interested to work for. I've seen their name a lot from other Turing grads who enjoy their employment there, or it's where my job shadow is taking place. I plan to research a lot on the company and maybe reach out to a Turing alum who is working at one of these places.
- Finalize Your Plan:
- Who have you decided to reach out to? Why that person? How will you contact them? What do you want to talk to them about? How will you follow up?
- Cold outreach scares me so much. There's so much ghosting, it's hard to know what to say. To be engaging, genuine, and interesting enough for someone to respond to your reachout. I'm getting anxiety over this so I want to focus on "quality over quantity" right now. I will research the company's above and reach out on slack to a Turing alum.
- Who have you decided to reach out to? Why that person? How will you contact them? What do you want to talk to them about? How will you follow up?
- Execute your plan:
- Reach out to your contact THIS WEEK. If possible, reach out to more than one person OR find a meetup to attend also. What happened? What did you learn about the company? What other next steps should you take for pursuing this company? Be sure to update this in Huntr.
- I plan to attend the Women Who Code returnship next week. It happens bi-weekly.
- Reach out to your contact THIS WEEK. If possible, reach out to more than one person OR find a meetup to attend also. What happened? What did you learn about the company? What other next steps should you take for pursuing this company? Be sure to update this in Huntr.
Mod 3 Week 4: 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?
- Workflow, standups, PM, # of people on a project?
- Environment: what questions do you have about the overall environment and culture of this workplace?
- How is community fostered at this company?
- Interactions: what questions do you have about the team at this company? What do you hope to see in your interactions during the shadow?
- How friendly & at ease the teammembers are with each other. If it's supportive, they have each other's backs.
- Objects: what questions do you have about the code or the product?
- Tech stack, TDD
- Users: what questions do you have about how the company interacts with their users?
- Do they have any customer support avenue, who deals with it?
- After the Job Shadow, reflect on the same questions; what are your takeaways from the shadow?
- Activities: what was engaging to the person/people you shadowed?
- 2 Turing grads, very nice, lots going on, different engaging projects
- Environment: what did you notice about how they talked about the culture and environment of this company?
- Seemed relaxed & supportive
- Interactions: what did you notice about your interactions with this person/people?
- They were all very nice & chatty
- Objects: what did you learn about their approach to code and/or product development?
- It's cool that some projects they do build from the ground up
- Users: what did you learn about their approach to their users?
- N/a
- What are your main takeaways from the shadow? How will you use this information to help you with your job search strategy?
- Should look into Docker, make sure to interview the company interviewing me in my job search
- Interview Prep:
- Pick a successful project and write about it with the STAR method (What was the situation/scenario of the project? What was the task/target of the project? What action steps did you take? What were the results?):
- The Fresh Tomatoes project was to make an imitation Rotten Tomatoes website. Users can view movies, leave comments, rate, or save as a favorite. My partner & I made a great team, we tackled the project head on, worked together & separately, worked through bugs seamlessly.
- Write about how you've approached working with a team using a specific example:
- Utilizing my strengths, giving a floor for everyone to speak, then tackling the project. Adjusting approach as days move on, seeing what works and what doesn't.
- What other stories will you prepare to share?
- My career change in the last 2 years, grad school -> tech. Wanting to work in STEM, showing the skills & work ethic to do so.
- Do some research into your top companies' tech stacks; what do you already know? What can you compare to your own learning? What do you need to learn more about?
- TypeScript, Redux, PostgresSQL
- Using this interview prep resource doc, pick out at least 3 resources you will use to prepare for interviews as well as 3 behavioral questions you could practice:
- The link was broken on that resource, no one replied to my request for it...
Mod 3 Week 5: Refining Your Strategy
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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?)? I've made a lot of progress on my resume & CL. Light networking as well. I've join tech slack channels for all the cities I'd like to move to. I'm attending a virtual job fair for devs tomorrow (Mon 8/3). I need to do more outreach, company research, and update my Mod3 projects to my portfolio/resume.
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Create plans for 3 different companies you want to target:
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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?
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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 company, how could you find out more? Consider setting up a job shadow or exploring their tech stack in your projects
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Read back over the plan. How does it reflect your vision?
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Imagine that you get the job. A year later, what have you gained from this experience? How have you started to fulfill your vision?
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Plan #1: REI
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Plan #2: Pinterest
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Plan #3: Slalom -- Number of Turing grads here, I'll reach out to Tanisha
- Make it actionable: rank each plan on a scale of 1-5 for how much your plan aligns with the following:
- Available resources to help you pursue it: contacts, time, knowledge of the company, etc.
- Coherence: how it aligns with your career vision
- Confidence level: how feasible does this feel to you?
- How excited you are about it
Now, pick the plan with the highest numbers across the board. What steps will you take next to pursue this strategy as you go into the next module?
- Research the stack of the company I'm interested in and play with that technology if I don't know it. Reach out to someone from the company to chat.
Mod 4 Pre-Work
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Make 2 connections and schedule 1 coffee chat
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Share outreach messages to those people in your career journal
- 2 reachouts & 2 virtual coffee chats
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A company has actually recruited me to start some freelance work for them after I graduate. They test out their applicants with freelance work, if I do well I'll keep getting work and pay bumps. They have a full time position opening in fall I can be in standing for. Right now I'm in the negotiating phase for starting pay, and I want to get the pay bump promise in writing, also. Very exciting opportunity!
Mod 4 Week 1
- How many people did you reach out to this week?
- 2
- How many new leads or contacts did you get?
- 1
- How many jobs did you apply to?
- 0
- How many interviews did you have?
- 0
- How many hours did it take you to do all this?
- 3
- What will success look like for mod 4 PD?
- Finalize negotiation, paperwork for freelance job offer. Look into Ember.js for that company. Setup dev account for twitter networking. Attend some meetups to make more connections.
- What are two things from the guest speaker that you will implement this week?
- Asking questions that set you up to talk about your talking points in interviews/chats.
Mod 4 Week 2
- Explore if you have a fixed or growth mindset around negotiation? What mantra or thought can you use to foster a growth mindset when it comes time to negotiate an offer? Example; “I am in charge of how I communicate my value, goals, and offer to their team.”
- I think I have a growth mindset. I've negotiated before, but it probably wasn't in such an elegant way. So I appreciate these tips on wording!
- Write out what accomplishments, experiences, and the value you bring to a team or role.
- In my Turing projects, I typically took on the role of delegating and leading tasks, making tickets, etc. I take responsibility for tasks, keep the ball rolling on projects by taking initiative, and am resourceful to continually work out bugs or tickets even when I'm stuck that way I don't sit idle.
- Draft a counter email message.
- Hi Cory, Would you have some time for a quick phone call tomorrow? I'm so pleased with this offer, but I was hoping to be just a bit closer to $80k in salary. The median starting salary for Turing graduates is $75,000 and my peers are seeing offers ranging from $70-80k. I'm happy to provide you with some references to speak toward to my abilities. Let me know if there's anything we can do to close this gap. Thanks again! All the best, Becca
Mod 4 Week 3
- How did the mock interviews go for you? What is one tip, question, or part of the experience that you will use to prepare you for your next interview?
- They were much harder than I anticipated. One interviewer was pretty harsh with me and demeaning. But I know I'll encounter that in the real world anyway. I wasn't expecting a code challenge either, so I was thrown off since we were told it'd just be questions no code challenge. I need to take the advice to study up on more CS topics.
- How is your Gear up presentation coming along? This week the slides and talking points/outline should be in a solid place for the final in-class practice.
- We're in a good place. All our content is there, just need to practice speech delivery more.
- What feedback have you received that you need to incorporate into your final presentation?
- Nothing, just practice speech delivery.
- Do your slides complement your talk by providing just enough information (but do not compete with your talking points)?
- Yes.
- Are there any concerns or questions that you have from your partner or those who provided feedback?
- No.
Mod 4 Week 4
- What is one takeaway or tip you will use from this session on working with recruiters?
- Work with a few recruiters if you do so. Keep your options open and make sure to interview them as much as they're interviewing you.
- How is your networking plan going? Have you had a coffee meeting thus far in Mod 4? If so, how did it go? If you have not, please share your progress and challenges in this area.
- I haven't done any coffee meetings but I went to an online conference and a few meetups.
Mod 4 Week 5
- How successful were you in holding yourself accountable to your job search goals for this mod?
- I'd give myself a B+. I meant to go through all the technical/behavioral questions Turing provides us, but about 1.5 weeks ago I got too busy with the capstone to continue. I'll finish them up now that the capstone is done.
- What is one big win you are proud of?
- Solidifying my foundation in TypeScript and my freelance opportunity I'm start now at the end of week 5.
- What are some areas that you could fine tune? What is your plan to do this?
- Some of my behavioral answers. In interviews my weakness is getting nervous, talking too fast, losing my breath & getting lost in my train of thought hah. Just need to practice more.
- What are you excited about for Mod 5 now that you are close to graduating!
- Getting in some hours with the freelance company. Asking lots of questions, learning & growing a lot.
- How many people did you reach out to this week?
- 1
- How many new leads or contacts did you get?
- None, just the one I'm focused on now
- How many jobs did you apply to?
- None
- How many interviews did you have?
- None
- How many hours did it take you to do all this?
- 3 hours -- I am continuing down this freelance path. Working part time for my first month after Turing, after the month with them we'll do a preformance review & bump my pay if I'm preforming well. After that I'll take on closer to full time hours. I hope to transition to a salaried position in 3-6 months. Either at this company or a new one. In about 2 months I'll re-evaluate how my freelance work in going and make a decision from there. For now I am setting up my LLC for 1099 tax ease and setting up my healthcare through my partners employer.
I love all the details in your reflections so far! Keep it up!