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Samantha Freeman - Story Telling

At University of Colorado, I learned some basic coding in my minor. The Technology, Art and Media minor introduced me to HTML and CSS, which I enjoyed. However, lacked the confidence to make a career of web development. I just pushed it aside and thought I couldn't make into my career. So like many others I graduated college and went into the corporate realm. I feel like I definitely learned a lot from my experiences working the last 6 years, but it always didn't feel like enough. I felt like I was doing monotonous work without utilizing my brain.

My friend, a Turing graduate, had previously tried to get me to attend Turing. However, I kept pushing it aside and making excuses that I wasn't smart enough to attend. I had to get in the right mind set first. I was hitting a wall in my career and realized that I knew what I wanted and it wasn't where I was at currently. I went to the try coding event and became aware that Turing would fill the void I was feeling in my ca

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Agile & Feedback Reflection Guidelines In interviews, you'll be asked about how you approach working in projects, and being able to describe how you utilize agile processes is a great way to help you stand out as a junior developer candidate. This reflection is meant to help you develop this skill.

With that in mind, please answer the following questions in your own gist about your group project:

What have you learned about the use of agile vs. waterfall in software projects?

Both are valuable practices, however the decision for what to use is dependant on what kind of project you are working on. Waterfall is best when you know what you are doing or if testing isn't feasible for the process. Compared to agile process, which is a great way to introduce a project through testing and easier to stop early to generate some revenue.

How did you and your group approach project management in this project (what tools did you use, how did you hold each other accountable, etc.)?

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Software Developer Job

Seeking the following in a Software Developer:

• An individual who is comfortable working both in a group and alone.
• Empathetic developer who cares about their teammates and the users they are building for.
• A hardworking individual who is driven to meet deadlines for each project.
• Strong organization skills.
• Able to support others when the team is struggling to meet deadlines.

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Rubric

Functional Expectations

• Novice: Application meets all of the expectations of phase one.
• Advanced Beginner: Application meets all of the expectations of phase two.
• Proficient: Application meets all of the expectations of phase three.
• Exceptional: Application adds three or more of the extensions from phase four.

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DTR Memo Project: Number Guesser

Group Member Names: Amanda Sierra and Samantha Freeman

Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):

• Learn JavaScript
• Make it pretty
• More responsive site
• Learn to work in a paired environment

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Mod 0 Gear Up

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

   It definitely plays a huge part of my life. I wouldn't have the personal relationships that I have today if it weren't for empathy. It is extremely crucial that I listen to my friends and family to better understand them as people. It was also necessary with my previous employement, where I had to constantly partner with different teams. These teams often included individuals with different backgrounds than my own. Thus I would have to utilize empathy to work effectively with these individuals as a team. I was able to handle some stressful situations at work, because I tried to be the active listener and respond to the other parties concerns.

2. How does empathy help you build better software?

*Empathetic design, mentioned in the readings, is all about listening and understanding your audience. One could simply come up with a new software, but it takes an empathetic individual to come up with software

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Checklist/Rubric

Part I: Creating Directories and Files; Initializing Git and Pushing to GitHub

• I named my directories correctly.
• I named my files correctly.
• I structured my files and directories correctly.
• I made one initial commit.
• I pushed my initial commit to GitHub.

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Session 4 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you between 1.5 and 2 total hours.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document.
2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

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Beginners Guide to Git

Git Summary

• VCS = Version Control System
• You can use it to save your work and create save points that you can reference at a later date.
  • Thus you can "go back in time".
• Makes it easier to work collaboratively on a project.
  • Multiple branches or saves can be created, so different individuals can work at the same time and then merge the files together to create a final file.
• Can view who actually made each change.

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Samantha Freeman - Professional Development

1. What is your greatest strength and how do you know?

   I would say one of my greatest strengths is accountability. I frequently take responsibility for things affecting both my work and personal life. Coworkers and friends have frequently mentioned (and so did my Pairin results) that I am reliable. They know that I will be there if they need someone or I will take on responsibilities in new project to ensure that it is completed.

2. How do you work best?

I am comfortable in any scenario, I can either work in a team or indepedently. In addition, since I feel comfortable with groups of people; I'm able to give guidance or be a supportive team player. I react based on what is best for the group. I'm comfortable adjusting to fit to the work that needs to be completed. Sometimes it may take an additional nudge to get myself started, however once I start getting to work I become determined to see it through.