Hi!
I am an electrical engineer transitioning into web development! I want to leverage the tech skills I've learned to help everyone make the most of their lives!
The pace is very quick. In my cohort we have few people coming in with programming experience (like a CS degree), and majority of people with no experience. I lie somewhere in the middle (because of my EE degree). Everyone is keeping pace, it's actually really inspiring
That being said, this specific program is split into 5 "mods". Mods are basically levels or "grades". You graduate from one mod to another by completing a code challenge and a project (that encapsulates the concepts you learned during the mod), and each mod is 3 weeks long.
I am currently in Mod 2. My experience in Mod 1 was like this:
I was bombarded with new concepts, and I benchmarked my own progress by completing coding labs
Every day during the 9-6pm session I worked with my cohort on discussions questions, pair-programming excercises as well as the labs. I took this time to get support from coaches, instructors, and my peers to fill the gaps in my knowledge so I maximize my time learning and not be stuck.
Because I am a slow learner, I spend my nights and weekends also working on labs (and creating cheat sheets or "brain dumps" to make sure I was ready to tackle the next week). I'll be writing a blog post on my strategy for "learning" coding concepts soon!
I am so glad I am full-time, because I feel like it's a good reflection of what working as a dev might be like:
It teaches you how to learn, and learn quickly
You have to learn to leverage the knowledge of other people (peers or otherwise)
You get out to industry quicker
Everyone in my cohort is extremely driven, so it's a great environment to work in
From what you're telling me, you would have been an awesome fit for a full time program. But the important thing is that you're through!
That sounds like such a wonderful environment to learn coding in. Your dedication and preparation will take you far! I would suggest looking at problems on Hackerrank, Leetcode, and Code Wars to get better at whichever programming language you're learning, if you're not doing something similar already. A few classmates and I studied on those sites together weekly to prepare for interviews. That being said, however, I was only asked to reverse a string and query SQL tables in the interview I had for my current dev job.
Hi!
I am an electrical engineer transitioning into web development! I want to leverage the tech skills I've learned to help everyone make the most of their lives!
Thanks for encouragement! We do a daily algorithm but I didn't actually know all the different places these algorithms were pulled from. I'll be incorporating this into my weekend study sessions! Really appreciate your input Matthew!
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Hey Matthew!
The pace is very quick. In my cohort we have few people coming in with programming experience (like a CS degree), and majority of people with no experience. I lie somewhere in the middle (because of my EE degree). Everyone is keeping pace, it's actually really inspiring
That being said, this specific program is split into 5 "mods". Mods are basically levels or "grades". You graduate from one mod to another by completing a code challenge and a project (that encapsulates the concepts you learned during the mod), and each mod is 3 weeks long.
I am currently in Mod 2. My experience in Mod 1 was like this:
I am so glad I am full-time, because I feel like it's a good reflection of what working as a dev might be like:
From what you're telling me, you would have been an awesome fit for a full time program. But the important thing is that you're through!
Thanks for asking!
That sounds like such a wonderful environment to learn coding in. Your dedication and preparation will take you far! I would suggest looking at problems on Hackerrank, Leetcode, and Code Wars to get better at whichever programming language you're learning, if you're not doing something similar already. A few classmates and I studied on those sites together weekly to prepare for interviews. That being said, however, I was only asked to reverse a string and query SQL tables in the interview I had for my current dev job.
Thanks for encouragement! We do a daily algorithm but I didn't actually know all the different places these algorithms were pulled from. I'll be incorporating this into my weekend study sessions! Really appreciate your input Matthew!