Justin SiimonStark

#Technical Prework Progress

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

Working in a lot of sales and customer service positions has really opened my mind as to how important empathy is in assisting those in need of help. I prefer not to "sell" to someone, but rather discover a solution whether its a win for just them or a "win" for me as well. In which knowing that they leave fully satisfied is enough of a "win" for me.

How does empathy help you build better software?

Building better software, to me that means the software will serve the user better than they could have imagined themselves. Empathy can be a strong tool to put you in the shoes of the user, to relate to them and imagine what better would mean to them.

Why is empathy important for working on a team?

With empathy in mind, teams can put in their best efforts to resolve conflict and come to a better understanding of one another in a constructive and beneficial way.

Describe a situation in which your ability t

Activity #1

(1) Read through 29 Behaviors That Will Make You an Unstoppable Programmer

(5) Always use the right tool for the job:

I believe in the age old method of measure twice, cut once. In doing so should help cut down on the time it takes to fix the errors in the first place. So if there is a tool that is popular, but isn't quite meant for the job at hand, it is most likely better to find the proper way. Rather than clunking around the code and duct taping it all together.

(11) Take responsibility for your mistakes:

What are you left thinking about from today's session?

Well I do want to share that video to my friends and family, some of them may need that in there lives. But I agree that we can leverage empathy in the work place to help the world take baby steps in the right direction.

How do you think the concepts covered in Gear Up today will impact you as a software developer? 3-5sent.

Learning about it now and having constructive conversations, will certainly keep it forefront going forward. I hope to be able to implent these discussions in many scopes. Share these ideas and opinions with my future teams and have a healthy discussion on incorporating empathy in the workplace. In the content I will create in the future, I hope that it relates to the end user. As well as setting and continueing a standard for the industry as a whole to follow.

Any additional thoughts on the session today?

It's hard to collect my thoughts in the moment. But I really appreciated some of the things ot

##Gear Up Gist Reflection:

What are you left thinking about from today's session?

It really makes me internalize how much I benefit from white privelege, but how little I know about the other perspective.

How do you think the concepts covered in Gear Up today will impact you as a software developer? 3-5 sentences.

I think that having these conversations now will help prepare us to have these deeper conversations with future teams. To create a more diverse and ally oriented outlook when tackling ideas that will have a big impact on the community. I hope to be able to participate in some instance of outreach to help diversify the tech workforce and get the word out there that there are resources like Turing to get an accessible jump-start at a career in tech.

Any additional thoughts on the session today?

I feel like we talked a lot about race gender, but some topics that I would like to hear more about is the LGBQT and those with Anxiety and Depression.

##What are you left thinking about? (3-5 sentences) - This gear up has me thinking about how I should step up more often in times where ignorance is being spread. As well as try to bring up the discussion of racial equality in more situtions. By expanding the knowledge to those arround us, we slightly stride towards a better future for equality.

##How will concepts today affect you as a dev? - By being exposed to these kinds of discussions early, it allows for me to reflect and gather my opinions on the topic. Which in the future may help to lead the conversation in the work environment. - Also it may help in having more empathy for end-users of all types; racial, culturally, handicapped.

##Any additional thoughts? - I'm happy to see that Turing puts in the effort to expose us to such a curriculum. I believe its a step in the right direction.

I come from a relatively small town in VA, tucked in the woods. Completely absent of a tech community, so I ventured out. I found myself attempting to self-teach my way through it, but after rabbit hole and rabbit hole of no progress, I instead decided it would make more sense to put myself in a fully encompassing environment. Where I could learn with others, have structure and guidance in the right direction, and most importantly I was looking for something that would challenge me to the core. I knew that this would be a life change that I could not give up!

Within my options, report after report claimed Turing to be the best school. They were not wrong! This curriculum has made me struggle more than any education before it. But through the struggle I learn more and more everyday. In just ONE month: I surrpassed my knowledge from self-teaching, branched out with networking opportunities that I would never of had the opportunity for, made more like-minded friends than ever, and I am so proud of myself

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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:

	1. What have you learned about the use of agile vs. waterfall in software projects?
	- Waterfall is the slowest yet most commonly used in larger tech companies.
	- Agile is the most effective, because it allows for quick breakpoints if a project is not worthwhile.

	2. 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.)?

	Article 1: Why is Empathy Essential for Design, by Mathieu Turpault

	Having experiences of empathy will generally make you feel more connected with another person, allowing you to see the design solution in a different light. When you experience the positive change it creates it tends to make you feel more as if what you accomplished was helpful and more meaningful.