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

Empathy is such a strange concept because it comes very naturally to some people and not very naturally to others. While growing up people always called me the nice girl so I would like to think, and even thought, that meant I was a pretty empathetic person. However, I've come to realize that empathy and kindness are not the same thing. It is not as difficult to be kind as it is to be empathetic, and while I do not have to work at all to be kind it has taken some practice for me to truly empathize with other peoples pain. It wasn't until I was in college I began to realize that to build strong relationships it is necessary to become selflessly immersed in another persons feelings to truly be empathetic, and that's when I began to open up to other people as well as listen and care more deeply.

How does empathy help you build software?

It is important to be able to understand what the user expects from the program. To be able to

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8. 'Say "I Don't Know"'.

This is very relatable for me. I've learned that not asking for help or acknowledging that you do not understand is a way to be unsuccessful. In my life, I have felt before like I knew more than I did and sometimes in school I was too proud to ask the teacher or fellow students for help. Confidence is good but arrogance can lead to failure. This is something I learned the hard way in college.

11. "Take responsibility for your mistakes".

This is always challenging and something many people struggle with. I especially find this difficult when working on a team out of fear of being ridiculed by my teammates. It emphasizes again why empathy and understanding are so important while working on a team. People need to feel comfortable taking responsibility for their mistakes.

19. "Recognize that the hard part of freelancing isn’t writing the code. It’s everything else."

It is easy for me to get so wrapped up in something I forget about other aspects of a projec

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

Empathy is such a strange concept because it comes very naturally to some people and not very naturally to others. While growing up people always called me the nice girl so I would like to think, and even thought, that meant I was a pretty empathetic person. However, I've come to realize that empathy and kindness are not the same thing. It is not as difficult to be kind as it is to be empathetic, and while I do not have to work at all to be kind it has taken some practice for me to truly empathize with other peoples pain. It wasn't until I was in college I began to realize that to build strong relationships it is necessary to become selflessly immersed in another persons feelings to truly be empathetic, and that's when I began to open up to other people as well as listen and care more deeply.

How does empathy help you build software?

It is important to be able to understand what the user expects from the program. To be able to place your

CodePen: https://codepen.io/hljacobs/pen/zReoXG Day 1 - Chapters 1 & 2 On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code? HTML code makes up HTML elements which send a message to the browser and provide it with information. What is the difference between an element and a tag? Tags are placed on the outside of elements. The opening tags have a left and right angle bracket around characters. The closing tag also has a forward slash before the characters and after the left angle bracket. The characters between them are the element. Why do we use attributes in HTML elements? Attributes provide additional information about HTML elements. They are placed inside of the first tag of an element, right after the left angle bracket. Attributes contain 2 parts: a name and a value. The name lets the browser know what kind of information to expect. The value is the information and it is written in quotes. Describe the purpose of the head, title, and body HTML elements. The head contains information about the page, the title e

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	8. 'Say "I Don't Know"'. This is very relatable for me. I've learned that not asking for help or acknowledging that you do not understand is a way to be unsuccessful. In my life, I have felt before like I knew more than I did and sometimes in school I was too proud to ask the teacher or fellow students for help. Confidence is good but arrogance can lead to failure. This is something I learned the hard way in college.
	11. "Take responsibility for your mistakes". This is always challenging and something many people struggle with. I especially find this difficult when working on a team out of fear of being ridiculed by my teammates. It emphasizes again why empathy and understanding are so important while working on a team. People need to feel comfortable taking responsibility for their mistakes.
	19. "Recognize that the hard part of freelancing isn’t writing the code. It’s everything else." It is easy for me to get so wrapped up in something I forget about other aspects of a project. Balance is the key to