Here is another summer I find myself in the same position like last time. I'm trying to job search but to no avail with no results. Last summer, I was starting off with a blank slate trying to obtain a job in IT and I accomplished that. That was grueling process to go through in waiting to be called back. Now with my career change, I find myself in the same position again in going through this process. As much as I want to make it in this field, I feel that like it is getting farther than my reach. The longer I wait for an opportunity to be given to me, the more I feel discouraged. I feel like the effort I put in is not putting a dent in the distance between me and obtaining my dream career.
Only until I had this epiphany. After talking with my family, I remembered why am I doing this for. Besides my passion for web development, I also want to be the person to improve the way my family lives and take the load off of my parent's shoulders. I'm tired of seeing my father work long hours to provide for us. Instead of letting this fire within me dim, I will add more tinder to the flame and reignite my passion to its peak. Before I lost the scope in my focus but now I will be zeroing in and staying locked and engaged. Instead of waiting for someone to give me a chance, I am going to go out there and take it. I will be putting even more applications per day like I have today. I will scour the web and exhaust every option in my job search until someone answers my knock on the door to let my foot in. I will be participating in more projects. I will dedicate myself to mastering more languages such as ReactJS, Django, Node.js . I will be going to more networking events, and messaging and learning from my connections on LinkedIn.
Today, I write this as my statement of action and for others to hold me by my goal and my raised expectations.
Thanks for reading.
Look forward to this blog being updated with my latest progress in my projects as well as posting my experience with my previous projects that I created so far in Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree.
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Project 3 Multi User Blog
I know this long due as I've already completed this project as well as the fore-mentioned Tournament project but I figure I'd post my thoughts I wrote down of working on it at the time. Enjoy
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I'm at the half way point of the Udacity Full Stack Nanodegree. I am currently working on the tournament project. I expect to finish the nanodegree close to the end of this month.
I will go over my overall impressions of the nanodegree as well as my progression. So far I've faced a lot of difficulties within the previous project, the Multi-User blog. This project consumed most time thus far. This was probably due to my introduction to back-end programming. I had little to no experience to working with back-end programming with the exception of the small copious amount dealing with CouchDB (All back-end programming done with couch was done locally and I focused more on the front end aspect so this will be the first time dealing with live online persistent data). When taking on this project, I definitely felt the difficulty curve with learning and understanding the complexities of Google App Engine and its version of SQL language called GQL (Google Query Language). While learning, I relied heavily on forums of Udacity Full Stack and Google App Engine documentation (I suggest you do the same to understand GQL). This was a big step for me jumping into back-end development from front-end developement. With back-end programming, I was not able to see the action/code executing in front of eyes like front-end programming. What took up the majority of my time during this project was the troubleshooting. When working the back-end, the errors are not so obvious and can even sometimes point to a piece of code not even in the python file I created. Through some googling and reading the Google App engine documentation, I solved some errors which I believe really cemented my understanding of the way code works in Google App Engine.
After completing this project, I definitely feel accomplished. The learning curve was steep but I was able to climb it and understand the material. This project truly humbled me and really brought me back to how it was learning a programming language for the first time and the frustration that comes with it. But now, I can confidently say that I understand GQL language and back-end programming.
Here are some snapshots of the Multi-User Blog app in action:
You can actually view the live version of this site at the following link below:
http://multi-userblog.appspot.com/blog
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I'm at the half way point of the Udacity Full Stack Nanodegree. I am currently working on the tournament project. I expect to finish the nanodegree close to the end of this month.
I will go over my overall impressions of the nanodegree as well as my progression. So far I've faced a lot of difficulties within the previous project, the Multi-User blog. This project consumed most time thus far. This was probably due to my introduction to back-end programming. I had little to no experience to working with back-end programming with the exception of the small copious amount dealing with CouchDB (All back-end programming done with couch was done locally and I focused more on the front end aspect so this will be the first time dealing with live online persistent data). When taking on this project, I definitely felt the difficulty curve with learning and understanding the complexities of Google App Engine and its version of SQL language called GQL (Google Query Language). While learning, I relied heavily on forums of Udacity Full Stack and Google App Engine documentation (I suggest you do the same to understand GQL). This was a big step for me jumping into back-end development from front-end developement. With back-end programming, I was not able to see the action/code executing in front of eyes like front-end programming. What took up the majority of my time during this project was the troubleshooting. When working the back-end, the errors are not so obvious and can even sometimes point to a piece of code not even in the python file I created. Through some googling and reading the Google App engine documentation, I solved some errors which I believe really cemented my understanding of the way code works in Google App Engine.
After completing this project, I definitely feel accomplished. The learning curve was steep but I was able to climb it and understand the material. This project truly humbled me and really brought me back to how it was learning a programming language for the first time and the frustration that comes with it. But now, I can confidently say that I understand GQL language and back-end programming.
Here are some snapshots of the Multi-User Blog app in action:
You can actually view the live version of this site at the following link below:
http://multi-userblog.appspot.com/blog
Friday, November 18, 2016
Free Weekend at Code School
Hey guys, I know its been awhile since I've posted as I've been busy. I would just wanted to give an update and let you know that Code School is giving free access to their library for the weekend.
This is a great opportunity for those that want to expand their knowledge on any programming language. Codeschool is definitely one of the MOOC's that are in my rotation of knowledge. I eventually expect to create a list of the MOOC's I follow. Anyways, enjoy the free material and your weekend. Keep Coding!!!😃
This is a great opportunity for those that want to expand their knowledge on any programming language. Codeschool is definitely one of the MOOC's that are in my rotation of knowledge. I eventually expect to create a list of the MOOC's I follow. Anyways, enjoy the free material and your weekend. Keep Coding!!!😃
Monday, May 16, 2016
TechDay After Thoughts
I know I'm a little late with this one but here is my review of TechDay:
I'll start off with the beginning the event which was the line to get inside with my friend. The line was a few piers long but it went fast (event was located at Pier 95). We went in and this event was huge. After we checked in, I entered the vast sea of companies.
There were three wings of the warehouse companies were at. Each representing certain industry such as technology, marketing, and various others. The crowd of companies seemed to be start-ups. Some of the companies I've encountered were Ghostery, Babble (language learning), and Digital Ocean. There were also Startup Incubators ready to support the next start-up company. A recurring pattern I ran into with many of the companies I visited was that they were not looking to hire or were looking for more experienced people. It seemed that TechDay was more of a platform companies used to showcase what their company was about and the services they provided. I still kept on trucking after every denial, and eventually ran into companies that were accepting resumes (Ill write another post on result of this with one company).
Time to chalk up TechDay as my first big networking event with many more to come. The experience was fun and informational. I got the opportunity to test out my networking skills while also learn about some cool companies (especially ones that can help with my job search, I.e. HIRED). In addition to networking, I got to fill my bag with goodies and swag as well as my stomach with some free snacks (FREE ICECREAM :) ). I'd recommend anybody to go since its free and you get some free swag. I would not say it's exclusive to just people with Tech backgrounds as I seen companies hiring for other positions. You might gain something valuable to go to some of these events.
I'll start off with the beginning the event which was the line to get inside with my friend. The line was a few piers long but it went fast (event was located at Pier 95). We went in and this event was huge. After we checked in, I entered the vast sea of companies.
There were three wings of the warehouse companies were at. Each representing certain industry such as technology, marketing, and various others. The crowd of companies seemed to be start-ups. Some of the companies I've encountered were Ghostery, Babble (language learning), and Digital Ocean. There were also Startup Incubators ready to support the next start-up company. A recurring pattern I ran into with many of the companies I visited was that they were not looking to hire or were looking for more experienced people. It seemed that TechDay was more of a platform companies used to showcase what their company was about and the services they provided. I still kept on trucking after every denial, and eventually ran into companies that were accepting resumes (Ill write another post on result of this with one company).
Time to chalk up TechDay as my first big networking event with many more to come. The experience was fun and informational. I got the opportunity to test out my networking skills while also learn about some cool companies (especially ones that can help with my job search, I.e. HIRED). In addition to networking, I got to fill my bag with goodies and swag as well as my stomach with some free snacks (FREE ICECREAM :) ). I'd recommend anybody to go since its free and you get some free swag. I would not say it's exclusive to just people with Tech backgrounds as I seen companies hiring for other positions. You might gain something valuable to go to some of these events.
Monday, May 9, 2016
How was NYC Uncubed?
Hey people, NYC Uncubed is done and here's how I felt about it.
I'm going to give a little description of what happen at the event and the process through the day. So, the day was split into two parts which is the talks by various speakers from 10:30am to about 1pm and then continued on at 2pm-4:30pm. After 1pm, the 1st floor was open to the attendees to go and network with the various companies. Interestingly, all the attendees of Uncubed were giving name tags we wrote our names on that had a certain color which represented which field we were in or interested in applying for. Orange was for Technical, Green was for Sales, Blue for Marketing, Purple for Product, and Red for Operations (I had no clue that there were segmented groups based on your personal field). There is an app called "Yapp" that can be used by the attendees to get full insight on all that was happen at this event such as the various talks, the floor plan of where each company is on the floor, and as well as the as a description of each company and what positions they were hiring for narrowed in the specific categories (i.e. you can search specifically for tech positions and see what they were hiring for).
Being the Tech guy and armed with the intel on who these companies are and what they were hiring for, I ventured out to the sea of companies with my Orange Tech Name Card. There were a-lot companies there from all fields ranging from all sizes (such as big companies to start-ups). To give you example, I met with people from FanDuel, Yodle (Marketing company), Digital Ocean (Cloud Service provider that I actually talked to at the last event I went to, Tech Day), and Cater2me (start-up catering company). In the midst of networking with companies, there were speeches going on other floors so the day consisted of running up and down the stairs to soak up as much useful information that I can and then running back down to talk to so more companies, and then repeating the same process.
Being at this event was a very fruitful experience allowing me to sharpen up my networking skills as well as getting taste of what companies are looking when hiring. I learned a-lot while surveying the company floor as well as from the insightful speakers that were from the same companies that I met. Some the talks featured really technical stuff like using 'Vagrant and Docker for a Web Dev' environment as well as self-growth topics such as 'Public Speaking Like A Boss'. In my opinion, this event is/was perfectly executed, the Met Pavilion's atmosphere was beautiful, and it was easy to direct yourself to the relevant portions/areas of the event using Yapp as a guide to the NYC Uncubed event. In summation, it was well worth the 20$ to go to this event to have a fun time and learn some stuff along the way (by the way, I got the early bird discount so in advance if you want to go to these events, buy the tickets in February or March when they go on sale).
P.S You don't need to be Tech person to go and participate
....now to empty out the Swag bag of goodies I got from all the companies
.....sigh, these networking events are really starting to fill up my room lol
I'm going to give a little description of what happen at the event and the process through the day. So, the day was split into two parts which is the talks by various speakers from 10:30am to about 1pm and then continued on at 2pm-4:30pm. After 1pm, the 1st floor was open to the attendees to go and network with the various companies. Interestingly, all the attendees of Uncubed were giving name tags we wrote our names on that had a certain color which represented which field we were in or interested in applying for. Orange was for Technical, Green was for Sales, Blue for Marketing, Purple for Product, and Red for Operations (I had no clue that there were segmented groups based on your personal field). There is an app called "Yapp" that can be used by the attendees to get full insight on all that was happen at this event such as the various talks, the floor plan of where each company is on the floor, and as well as the as a description of each company and what positions they were hiring for narrowed in the specific categories (i.e. you can search specifically for tech positions and see what they were hiring for).
Being the Tech guy and armed with the intel on who these companies are and what they were hiring for, I ventured out to the sea of companies with my Orange Tech Name Card. There were a-lot companies there from all fields ranging from all sizes (such as big companies to start-ups). To give you example, I met with people from FanDuel, Yodle (Marketing company), Digital Ocean (Cloud Service provider that I actually talked to at the last event I went to, Tech Day), and Cater2me (start-up catering company). In the midst of networking with companies, there were speeches going on other floors so the day consisted of running up and down the stairs to soak up as much useful information that I can and then running back down to talk to so more companies, and then repeating the same process.
Being at this event was a very fruitful experience allowing me to sharpen up my networking skills as well as getting taste of what companies are looking when hiring. I learned a-lot while surveying the company floor as well as from the insightful speakers that were from the same companies that I met. Some the talks featured really technical stuff like using 'Vagrant and Docker for a Web Dev' environment as well as self-growth topics such as 'Public Speaking Like A Boss'. In my opinion, this event is/was perfectly executed, the Met Pavilion's atmosphere was beautiful, and it was easy to direct yourself to the relevant portions/areas of the event using Yapp as a guide to the NYC Uncubed event. In summation, it was well worth the 20$ to go to this event to have a fun time and learn some stuff along the way (by the way, I got the early bird discount so in advance if you want to go to these events, buy the tickets in February or March when they go on sale).
P.S You don't need to be Tech person to go and participate
....now to empty out the Swag bag of goodies I got from all the companies
.....sigh, these networking events are really starting to fill up my room lol
(Picture of the chalk board wall people can write on, this is what it looked like at the end of the event)
Friday, May 6, 2016
NYC Uncubed
I am off to another conference/networking event similar to like TechDay. This one is structured a little different compared to the last being their will be talks by various speakers from companies with topics differentiating in tech or general audience. There is a long companies that are going to be there such as FanDuel, Capital One, Grindr, Fiverr, Priceline, VMTurbo, and etc.
Here is the full list here as well as the list of speakers/topics:
http://nyc.uncubed.com
Can't wait to absorb some information and network with some people. May review of the event will come later.
Cheers
Here is the full list here as well as the list of speakers/topics:
http://nyc.uncubed.com
Can't wait to absorb some information and network with some people. May review of the event will come later.
Cheers
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
25 Highest Paying Companies
Here is an article that may useful to any of you wondering which company pays the most:
https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/25-highest-paying-companies-america-2016/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=April2016_US&utm_content=HIGHESTPAYING_COMPANIES_US16
By the way, this article was found via GlassDoor website which is a job listings website that I use often to apply for positions in my related field. They have listings for other fields other than Tech jobs but your results may vary on if you find anything; I would really recommend this site if you are looking for a Tech job in the tech industry as it seems to focus towards it.
https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/25-highest-paying-companies-america-2016/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=April2016_US&utm_content=HIGHESTPAYING_COMPANIES_US16
By the way, this article was found via GlassDoor website which is a job listings website that I use often to apply for positions in my related field. They have listings for other fields other than Tech jobs but your results may vary on if you find anything; I would really recommend this site if you are looking for a Tech job in the tech industry as it seems to focus towards it.
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