Using Code, Content, and Connection to Land Your Next Role — The job search process can be a daunting one, especially for early career developers and career changers trying to break into the industry. And there is no shortage of advice out there. …

A Tool For Objective Self-Discovery — “And I used to have a little book called the bug book, where I’m the bug and I’m studying the bug called Jim.” In his interview on The Tim Ferris Show, business author Jim Collins talks extensively about his journaling practice, inspired by a mentor who suggested that he study…

Drinking from a Firehose, on a Rollercoaster, Through a Whirlwind, and Other Clichés — It’s honestly pretty difficult to believe that I’m already nearly a third of the way through my software engineering program with Thinkful. Just two months ago, I was drilling FreeCodeCamp and CodeWars. I came into bootcamp with what I thought was a fairly solid grasp of basic JavaScript and HTML…

The process behind my first major bootcamp project — We went from zero to web app REAL fast. This project began in the middle of our second week of class, so we’d had only seven days of instruction before hand. Our assignment was to, with a partner, create a simple quiz app, with at least 5 questions, and we…

Enrolling in Thinkful’s bootcamp was easy. All it took was one $12,000 click of the mouse, and that was it. The chips were down, and I definitely felt a strong sense of “failure is not an option”. I needed to set myself up for success as best as possible and…

The first step on my journey from Shakespeare to software — When COVID hit, I was working for a small talent acquisition firm as a recruiter. After the initial stress of an abrupt switch to work-from-home wore off, I felt like I was able to find another gear. I was setting personal bests week after week on the majority of performance…