My Development Site
This is my Development site. I just learned how to write web apps. Click here to check it out.My Photography Site
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Recent Posts
- An Early Spring
- Pivoting
- What Makes a Good Programmer?
- Halfway There
- Defensiveness is not a Virtue
- I Have an Itch
- Embracing My Square Peg
- And So It Begins
- Network’s Antonym: Separate
- Chicago in December
- Got Symptoms?
- I Took those Photographs in a Mirror
- Out with the Old, In with the New!
- Let’s Play Pretend
- Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Halfway There
I am at the half-way point of my 12-week training classes at Code Academy in Chicago. There is so much to learn and so little time. My days, evenings, and weekends are packed, pushing my brain to the limit and … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Software Development
Tagged code academy, coding, development, fun, learning, programming, software, struggling
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Defensiveness is not a Virtue
I grew up in the Land of Defensiveness. The competition was stiff. Avoidance of embarrassment was at the root of our protective posturing. Winning meant a brief, yet fleeting feeling of superiority. When failure was immanent, last-resort tactics like “the … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Self-Management
Tagged competition, coping, defensive, ego, happiness, hope, knowing yourself, virtue
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I Have an Itch
Sometimes, when I don’t know what to write, I just start writing the first thing that pops into my head and then I go with it. That is how I came up with today’s title. It came out of nowhere. … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Management, Software Development, Uncategorized
Tagged code academy, learning, mentor, pomodoro, software
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