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 # Turing Career Development - Mod 0 Capstone
 ## Developing Mindsets to Succeed
 _Our **mission** is to unlock human potential by training a diverse, inclusive student body to succeed in high-fulfillment technical careers._

 When you're transitioning careers, often many other aspects of your approach to work and life undergo a transition as well. Turing aims to be a place where you can work through these transitions successfully. While enrolled at Turing and during your subsequent job search, you'll be provided with tools and strategies to develop the professional skills necessary to enter a new career as a software developer. 

 The pre-work for career development is focused on introducing you to a set of mindsets that we at Turing believe will make you a successful programmer. These mindsets are:

 * Agency: Taking initiative and ownership over your learning and work
 * Empathy: Understanding and sharing others' emotions in order to relate to them 
 * Engagement: Active participation in community
 * Grit: A combination of perseverance and passion
 * Growth: A belief that your abilities can be developed through dedication, hard work, and resiliency

 Your Gear Up pre-work is focused on Empathy, so that is not a focus of this pre-work while the other four mindsets will be introduced to you here. Your objectives in this pre-work are to:

 * Understand the non-coding aspects that go into being a successful programmer
 * Reflect on your current mindsets and build an understanding of new or differing mindsets 
 * Understand a strengths-based approach to development
 * Begin analyzing how your strengths apply to your development at Turing

 ### Introduction to Strengths-based Development
 One tool we'll be using for your professional development at Turing is the [Pairin Survey](https://www.pairin.com/). This survey measures over 100 coachable and changeable skills. This activity invites you to begin building an understanding of how learning about and developing your strengths applies to your success in your new career. We will discuss the results of this survey more in-depth in your first professional development session at Turing. Follow the steps below to fulfill this part of the prework:

 Step 1: Take the survey using [this link](https://survey.pairin.com/signup/15960/student). It will prompt you to create an account when you take it. There are 2 sections for this survey:
   * First section: Choose adjectives to answer _how you currently are_
   * Second section: Choose adjectives to answer _how you would like to be_. The second section is marked as "optional," but it is highly recommended that you fill out this section in order to provide more data for you on how you'd like to grow. 

  The survey should take you about 15-20 minutes. 

 Step 2: Read this post and watch this video to start building an understanding of your Pairin results (5 minutes total):

   * [Understanding Your Pairin Results](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXe3i_KjaSI) (2 minutes)
   * [Pairin Qualities Overview](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LIR7gITKqOX2ewcOqp_KTkj3Phqjk4ZKoOrpUdidvwM/edit?usp=sharing) (2.5 minute read)
      
 Step 3: Please respond to the following questions in a reflection (4-6 sentences):
  * What is your greatest strength and how do you know?
 Being able to achieve my goals by pushing through no matter how difficult. I have done this multiple time through my life in work, school, and personal learning. When I want to accomplish something I will do it. 
   * How do you work best? With focus and limited interruptions. This allows me to get in the zone and immerse myself in the work. Generally later at night, I feel quite energized and with some music and determination I can work for hours with no distraction. 
   * What is your greatest area of improvement? I should plan further with actives as to minimize going down incorrect paths. Many times I look at what I want to accomplish and sometimes grasp at straws and try random approaches. I think it would help if I slowed down and attempted to fully map and understand my solution before implementation. 
   * How do you hope to maximize your strengths for your new career in software development? Persistence and self-examination on how to continuously improve. I hope to keep my head down to learn, practice, and go beyond to really give myself solid skills. I want to be able to really understand and implement fundamentals to make large projects.
   * How might knowing about your strengths and working preferences benefit you as a software developer? Identifying weaknesses is hugely important to improving oneself. Knowing what you don’t understand, what you need to learn and the going out to learn those things. Huge parts of development is solving problems without knowledge of how.

 
 **Capstone submission directions:**
 In a gist, please:
 1. Include a screenshot of your Pairin top 4 results by following [these directions](https://gist.github.com/kannankumar/4c613cac6d9db896062a16e1cc57d3e5)
 2. Include your responses to the questions in Step 3.
 https://gist.github.com/MattTuring/ee2a3b9d62fffd25c06be77ede2a3bea#gistcomment-2976017
 Submit your gist in the survey [here](https://sites.google.com/casimircreative.com/enrollment/mod-0-capstone-fka-pre-work?authuser=0)**
 
 Optional further reading:
   * [How the Pairin Survey compares to other assessments](https://github.com/turingschool/career-development-curriculum/blob/master/files/Survey%20Comparisons.pdf)
   * [How to Hire Like Google & Facebook](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2014/04/15/how-to-hire-like-google-and-facebook-evaluating-candidates-beyond-their-technical-ability/#64c08fc513bf): (5 minute read)
   * [Four Essentials of Strengths-Based Leadership](http://www.forbes.com/sites/ekaterinawalter/2013/08/27/four-essentials-of-strength-based-leadership/#76b62a91fa21): (6 minute read)
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	# Turing Career Development - Mod 0 Capstone
	## Developing Mindsets to Succeed
	_Our mission is to unlock human potential by training a diverse, inclusive student body to succeed in high-fulfillment technical careers._

	When you're transitioning careers, often many other aspects of your approach to work and life undergo a transition as well. Turing aims to be a place where you can work through these transitions successfully. While enrolled at Turing and during your subsequent job search, you'll be provided with tools and strategies to develop the professional skills necessary to enter a new career as a software developer.

	The pre-work for career development is focused on introducing you to a set of mindsets that we at Turing believe will make you a successful programmer. These mindsets are:

	* Agency: Taking initiative and ownership over your learning and work
	* Empathy: Understanding and sharing others' emotions in order to relate to them
	* Engagement: Active participation in community
	* Grit: A combination of perseverance and passion
	* Growth: A belief that your abilities can be developed through dedication, hard work, and resiliency

	Your Gear Up pre-work is focused on Empathy, so that is not a focus of this pre-work while the other four mindsets will be introduced to you here. Your objectives in this pre-work are to:

	* Understand the non-coding aspects that go into being a successful programmer
	* Reflect on your current mindsets and build an understanding of new or differing mindsets
	* Understand a strengths-based approach to development
	* Begin analyzing how your strengths apply to your development at Turing

	### Introduction to Strengths-based Development
	One tool we'll be using for your professional development at Turing is the [Pairin Survey](https://www.pairin.com/). This survey measures over 100 coachable and changeable skills. This activity invites you to begin building an understanding of how learning about and developing your strengths applies to your success in your new career. We will discuss the results of this survey more in-depth in your first professional development session at Turing. Follow the steps below to fulfill this part of the prework:

	Step 1: Take the survey using [this link](https://survey.pairin.com/signup/15960/student). It will prompt you to create an account when you take it. There are 2 sections for this survey:
	* First section: Choose adjectives to answer _how you currently are_
	* Second section: Choose adjectives to answer _how you would like to be_. The second section is marked as "optional," but it is highly recommended that you fill out this section in order to provide more data for you on how you'd like to grow.

	The survey should take you about 15-20 minutes.

	Step 2: Read this post and watch this video to start building an understanding of your Pairin results (5 minutes total):

	* [Understanding Your Pairin Results](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXe3i_KjaSI) (2 minutes)
	* [Pairin Qualities Overview](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LIR7gITKqOX2ewcOqp_KTkj3Phqjk4ZKoOrpUdidvwM/edit?usp=sharing) (2.5 minute read)

	Step 3: Please respond to the following questions in a reflection (4-6 sentences):
	* What is your greatest strength and how do you know?
	Being able to achieve my goals by pushing through no matter how difficult. I have done this multiple time through my life in work, school, and personal learning. When I want to accomplish something I will do it.
	* How do you work best? With focus and limited interruptions. This allows me to get in the zone and immerse myself in the work. Generally later at night, I feel quite energized and with some music and determination I can work for hours with no distraction.
	* What is your greatest area of improvement? I should plan further with actives as to minimize going down incorrect paths. Many times I look at what I want to accomplish and sometimes grasp at straws and try random approaches. I think it would help if I slowed down and attempted to fully map and understand my solution before implementation.
	* How do you hope to maximize your strengths for your new career in software development? Persistence and self-examination on how to continuously improve. I hope to keep my head down to learn, practice, and go beyond to really give myself solid skills. I want to be able to really understand and implement fundamentals to make large projects.
	* How might knowing about your strengths and working preferences benefit you as a software developer? Identifying weaknesses is hugely important to improving oneself. Knowing what you don’t understand, what you need to learn and the going out to learn those things. Huge parts of development is solving problems without knowledge of how.


	Capstone submission directions:
	In a gist, please:
	1. Include a screenshot of your Pairin top 4 results by following [these directions](https://gist.github.com/kannankumar/4c613cac6d9db896062a16e1cc57d3e5)
	2. Include your responses to the questions in Step 3.
	https://gist.github.com/MattTuring/ee2a3b9d62fffd25c06be77ede2a3bea#gistcomment-2976017
	Submit your gist in the survey [here](https://sites.google.com/casimircreative.com/enrollment/mod-0-capstone-fka-pre-work?authuser=0)**

	Optional further reading:
	* [How the Pairin Survey compares to other assessments](https://github.com/turingschool/career-development-curriculum/blob/master/files/Survey%20Comparisons.pdf)
	* [How to Hire Like Google & Facebook](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2014/04/15/how-to-hire-like-google-and-facebook-evaluating-candidates-beyond-their-technical-ability/#64c08fc513bf): (5 minute read)
	* [Four Essentials of Strengths-Based Leadership](http://www.forbes.com/sites/ekaterinawalter/2013/08/27/four-essentials-of-strength-based-leadership/#76b62a91fa21): (6 minute read)