| name = raw_input("What's your name?") | |
| print ("Hi " + name + "!") | |
| #set variables | |
| answer_dict = {} | |
| quiz_dict = {} | |
| #quiz answers | |
| answer_dict["easy"] = ["Buzz Aldrin", "West Point", "MIT", "astronaut", ""] | |
| answer_dict["medium"] = ["Moon rocks", "Apollo", "Soviet Luna", "moon's", ""] |
| #6-"understand that code is cheap" | |
| before reading this i thought there is no way to abondon a big chunk of code you wrote just to start over. now i see that sometimes you must in order to move forward and get it correct in the end | |
| #9-"error message clues" | |
| i have struggled in this area a bit. trying to figure out what i did wrong with a brief, broad and hard to understand error message has been a struggle for me. i look forward to learning new ways to approach them. | |
| #14 -"the job is a place where you get paid to learn" | |
| this actually seems like a cool concept. one thing i have come to learn is, as a programmer you are always having to teach yourself the newest and latest tech. being able to learn it on the job seems like an ideal situation for both employee and employer. | |
| checklist: | |
| i have used checlists often throught my career. sometimes i feel like they help and sometimes i feel like they are just another |
| What words or phrases stick out to you? How would you define each of your top 5 talents in your own words? | |
| achiever - someone who kicks ass | |
| harmony - someone who thrives in an environment where everyone is embraced | |
| woo - someone who is good at getting others buy in | |
| positivity - someone who neds to be in a positive environment which helps them be creaive and produce better results | |
| includer - someone who needs others around and has compassion for those not easily accepted | |
| Do these top 5 talent themes resonate with you? Why or why not? | |
| they do. I think they describe me pretty well. its a little weird to get these results from the question i was asked |
| What are your learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project? | |
| jm-function refactoring and learning local srorage | |
| jorge-the same | |
| What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches? | |
| jorge-likes more indepedent programming. we need to find a balance we can both live with. | |
| jm-can go either way. | |
| How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others? | |
| jm-slack, texting and face to face. |
| I do really well with small attainable goals. In the last couple minutes of our time together set up a github gist and write | |
| down 3 actionable commitments you can do in your next coming projects to accommodate for accessibility issues? | |
| to date i havent really wraqpped my head around implementing ARIA. i did enjoy Jhun's lesson on it and it helped me understand | |
| what i am up against when writing accessible code. | |
| i should make sure the content is structured in a way that wiii make it easier for accessibility tools to will work well. | |
| i should make sure to include ARIA items in my code | |
| i should use tab index to make sure it is tab-able |
| The mentors/alums that I contacted were: | |
| Lovisa Svallingson 08/17/17 and 08/25/17 | |
| Robert Cornell 7/20/17 | |
| i met Robert for lunch. he is a lovelace mentor and offered to meet in the slack channel. so i did. we talked about how he got | |
| to where he is and some cool projects he is working on personall and professionallyas well as my story. | |
| i met Lovisa through my wife (they work together at CA) and i saw her name on the mentor sheet. i reached out to her and she |
| just based off of my experience so far i can say that it is easy to write buggy code. i couldnt imagine writing code for months | |
| and months before being able to actually have it tried out by the end user. | |
| also the fact that code costs virtually nothing to produce, but when it works and serves some purpose its at least worth | |
| something. this means that it can be performing its intended dutyin less time. | |
| i personally cant think of how i implemented any agile practices into my projects. maybe i did and just dont realize it. |
| Francy and i spoke in early September | |
| How did you prepare for the conversation? | |
| I thought through it beforehand. my intent was to put myself in her shoes. i reflected a good bit on our interactions and | |
| prepared myself to make sure i didnt say anything that could potentially offend the other person while giving feedback. | |
| How did the conversation go for you? | |
| i thought it went well. it was pretty casual. |
| What are you doing well as a pair programmer and collaborator? | |
| i make myself overly available. there are no spacial boundaries and i prioritize our project over most other things to make | |
| sure that we are successful. | |
| How do you use your strengths as a team member? | |
| if i have an idea that i know is good i can usally get someone on board. harmony is always one that makes sure everyone is happy | |
| so thats always a good thing. |