Accomplishments and lessons learned through creating a volunteer program at my local food pantry
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Problem-Solving Patterns: Parsing
When you solve enough problems, you start to run into patterns of logic. Every problem has many different ways to solve it, but if you learn some ways to think about the logic behind the problem, you will see connections that will help you solve new problems. For a beginning programmer like me, it is […]
Are you an internal processor like me? I have good news for you: there is hope! You can succeed at the interview assessment! If you practice the right way, you will get better in this area. It takes consistency, a willingness to make mistakes in front of peers, and quite a bit of talking out […]
When preparing for a LS assessment, every little detail adds up. Prepare!
We need the Arts because the Arts teaches us how to be better humans. The Arts also teaches us how to be fully alive.
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The Rotation Braid
I started recording myself talking through the PEDAC method out loud, and it is a disaster. I know that I am not a verbal processor – I tend to write everything first or see it written in my mind’s eye. I even sometimes imagine that I’m writing a blog post as I speak. It takes […]
We balked when the Career Counselor at my college told us that the average person changes careers – not just jobs, but careers – 11 times in their lifetime. I remember thinking that this number was a little drastic. However, in the decade since my college graduation, I have already had 3 different career paths, […]
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Creative Logic
It’s a sea of methods in Ruby.
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Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock!
Breaking down a problem seems slower, but it helps speed up the process in the long run. I lived this firsthand when making the game Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.
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Rubocop Musings
Rubocop helps standardize Ruby code. Rules give you freedom. It’s a paradox, I know. Here are some lessons I learned the hard way.