Mod 4 Action Plan

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Template: Module 4 Action Plan

Module 4 Goals

• Get a job by October or in be in the process of getting one
• Learn React Native and deploy 1 app
• Build a network
• Start a blog about best coding practices

Strategy To Achieve Goals:

• Dedicate at least 4 hours per week to study React Native
• Attend at least 1 meetup per week.
• Do 2 blog posts a month
• Outreach 3 people per week
• Outreach 3 mentors per week
• Research 5 companies per week
• Prepare for interviews
• Refactor READMEs in Github

Coding (both including your module 4 curriculum and anything outside of it):

• Focus on learning more about Node.js and backend best practices
• Deploy at least 1 app to Heroku
• Start working on open source projects
• Do 1 coding problem daily to prepare for technical challenge
• Dedicate at least 4 hours per week to study React Native

Opportunities Research:

• Do research of jobs and people in linkedIn
• Do research on companies and know what they do
• Follow coding blogs to learn new buzz words and best practices

Cold Outreach/Network:

• Reach out to alumni to start networking
• Go to meetups to meet new people
• Research points of contact of different companies
• Reach out to people from twitter, medium, etc

Personal Branding:

• I will start a blog with the main focus on React because thats the technology I am more interested in working with
• Start participating in forums, chats, etc.
• Having presentable projects in github/Heroku

Timeline:

• Most of the work will be after class, and weekends.
• Coding exercises will be in the morning before going to class
• Interview prep will be each day after class (2 questions per day)

Module Tasks:

• Daily coding challenges
• Daily interview questions
• Schedule mock interviews
• At least 3 cold outreach per week
• At least 3 warm outreach per week
• Write a blog post every 2 weeks
• Scheduled mock interview with Ian
• Attend meetups
• Start participating in forums

Weekly Tasks:

• Daily coding challenges
• Daily interview questions
• At least 3 cold outreach per week
• At least 3 warm outreach per week
• Write a blog post every 2 weeks

What I Will Work on with Meg

• Pros and cons of different types of jobs (contract, full time)
• Negotiation tactics and know what to expect
• Best practices for networking
• Best practices for cold outreach