Steven Lee Lawson stevenleelawson

Outreach & Networking Plan for Module 3

Meetups/Networking Events: Identify 1 meetup and/or other networking event that you'll attend between now and the end of Module 3. Answer these questions:

Why will you attend this particular event?

I will attend Develop Denver Happy Hour in March, because I know some attendees from past events, and I look forward to talking with other devs.

Who do you hope to connect with at this event?

I hope to connect with a former mentor, as well as try to meet some other front end developers.

How will you follow-up with the people you connect at this event?

Slack, and I have some old business cards I will bring to the event.

Warm Outreach: Identify a mentor, alum, or someone else in the Turing community you will reach out to by the end of Module 3. If you have someone you'd like to reach out to outside of the Turing community, go for it! Describe:

FeedBack outline:

Date of feedback conversation: 2/1/2018

How did you prepare for the conversation? Reflecting over the project and how each person participated in the project

I prepared by making a list of things that went well during the project, as well as aspects that could be improved upon. For the aspects that could be improved, I examined what I had written for any negative connotations, for when we spoke in person, keeping in mind any non-verbal ques that might change the perception of my intentions.

How did the conversation go for you? What was easy about the conversation? What was more difficult?

Appreciation is always easier, I expect. For us, it was me telling my partner that I really appreciated her positive outlook that kept me balanced when I felt overwhelmed at the beginning. This project was pretty stressful for me personally, and I had a fair amount of dread how I would handle the aspects in the conversation in a positive way. Instead of saying to my partner, "you should

Steven's Professional Story

Having a background in music as a bandleader, I learned how to work well in a team, especially because musicians can be particularly challenging in their temperments. Because of these experiences, I am really interested in what makes a team work well. Part of this is knowing when to take initiative and lead, but also knowing when to be a good team member is equally crucial. Whether scheduling tours or encountering a problem while recording, I learned how to solve challenges as a team. I used to think that programmers were loners coding alone in basements, but the more I learn about the craft of coding, the more I see that it is a group of people working together to solve a common problem. I fell in love with solving problems as a team, and I got into software development to solve problems of a technical sort in a similar fashion. Learning to code didn't come as naturally as music did, but because of that, I learned how to really be tenacious in overcoming obstacles. For me, tha

Date of feedback conversation: 10/12/2017

How did you prepare for the conversation? Reflecting over the project and how each person participated in the project.

How did the conversation go for you? What was easy about the conversation? What was more difficult? I had a great group to work with on this project. Working in a larger group, communication is always a concern; however, we communicated really well. Giving feedback was easy because after working together and communicating through our project we were able to communicate our feedback as well.

How you’ve used agile as a process at Turing and what kind of project management tools you utilized. Address these questions:

What were you already doing?

I have been using github issues to keep track of what needs to happen as far as features for my projects. Using a DTR was also particularly helpful.

What did you put into place in Module Two?

For mod2, I have started to implement using waffle.io to expand my project management prowess.

Strengths and Storytelling

Steven Strengths:

Connectedness

Empathy

Context

Intellection

Learner

My strengths have been evident since I began Turing, though I don't always see them manifest as strengths, necessarily. In Turing life, the most applicable are Context, Intellection, and Learner. Context as in I need to see everything contextually to understand it (big picture), Learner because I do enjoy learning, and Intellection, where my mind is constantly humming, but not always in a productive manner.

CSS Warm Up challenges

Challenge 1

Went with absolute positioning. Trickiest thing was getting rid of the margin.

Challenge 1

Challenge 2

Think I got it pretty good: the question I had about this one is how responsiveness changes it, though I know we haven't gotten to responsiveness yet.

Challenge 2

	import React, { Component } from 'react';
	import { connect } from 'react-redux';
	import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
	import { FormatCurrency } from 'num-format';
	import { Grid } from 'semantic-ui-react';
	import TypeCheck from 'typecheck-extended';
	import _ from 'lodash';

	import { UnderlineHeader } from '../../../../components/CustomUIElements';
	import Guarantors from './components/Guarantors';

	const express = require('express');
	const app = express();
	const data = require('./data.json');


	const urlLogger = (request, response, next) => {
	console.log('REquest URL:', request.url);
	next();
	}

	const http = require("http");
	const url = require('url');
	const server = http.createServer();

	let messages = [
	{"id": 1,
	"user": "brittany storoz",
	"message": "hi there!"
	},
	{"id": 2,