#Tacoma wa coding bootcamp online series

They've walked me through interviews, got me in the door for tech interviews, and become lifelong peers and mentors!Дў) Accountability. With the price of admission, I immediately got connected with the instructors and future coders of Spokane. I chose Nucamp because (in order of priority):ДЎ) Connect with real developer/mentors. You can find PROS here, here and here, and CONS here and here.

I'm not going to go into the pros and cons of bootcamps. I've learned MORE from my Bootcamp than I did with self-studying in the past 5 years! And self-taught PHP forced me to unlearn a lot of bad habits. Don't use my prior experience as an excuse for why this post won't work for 'new to coding'. But now, with a new perspective, I was ready to take being a developer seriously.ДЇor new devs. I did it because it was a means to an end. I wasn't really committed to developer work and I wrote some really hacky code. I've always attended meetups and involved myself in communities, which opened the door to asking them about their jobs.Д¤) Remember how I never called myself a developer? Because I'm a self-taught PHP nerd for years.

#Tacoma wa coding bootcamp online series

(Heck, I wrote a 3 part series on it ) If I wanted to find a job to call home, I knew I had to work hard to build a network, and understand the company culture before Day 1. So I wasn't in a rush to take any tech job.ДЈ) I'm no stranger to networking. My prior job had amazing coworkers and great culture, and I wanted to find that again. If things got SUPER desperate, I can hustle at a supermarket.Дў) Toxic workplaces lead to stress, which has caused me to get health problems to flare up. I learned from that experience and now, I plan financially. I grew up super poor where my mom worked 3 jobs to feed us. In Ukulele metaphor - I was sick of playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and decided to finally commit to playing Bohemian Rapsody.ДЎ) I'm in a fortunate situation where I was getting benefits and had a pretty decent savings to survive unemployment for AT LEAST a year. But now, I was way more focused on being a full-time developer. I had no network in Spokane and I was starting completely fresh. While putting boxes on a moving truck, I was let go from my remote job. The most recent tech-ish event was like 4 months ago. Spokane WA isn't exactly known for its tech scene. Skim, read the sections you want, skip the parts you don't care about. And I don't expect you to read EVERY SINGLE WORD. I thought about breaking this into multiple posts but then that's 7 clicks, instead of skimming and scrolling. Oh and then they fired me while I was in the process of moving. And worst, my current title as 'Course Developer' was pretty worthless in the real job market. When my job fired our director, I knew I had to switch roles and be a developer. And I sort of turned my back on development a decade ago when I went $20k into debt to launch a mobile app. (More like copy) But was I REALLY a developer? I didn't think so.

Yes, I deployed a bunch of tech and probably wrote thousands of lines of code. That's how I felt about being a developer in the past 5 years.

When I carry my ukulele around, people ask, ' Oh, are you a musician?' Umm.