I have a love-hate relationship with my trauma. I hate it because of how it stopped my life for so long, how it prevented me from being myself, how it made me feel like I was stuck in this bubble...
When I woke up last January 1, I didn’t set out to code for a whole year with no days off. I didn’t set out to code in my car on long trips, to go to my first tech conference,...
It’s been a year since I’ve started coding. December 6th is my one year GitHub-iversary, and December 11th, is my six month anniversary with Flatiron School. It’s amazing to reflect on the last year and all I’ve learned and the...
For years, when I was teaching college English, I would give students an assignment that had general guidelines and expectations, but they would need to come up with a topic. There were always tears. How could I expect them to...
I get a lot of messages on social media asking me about coding, what it is, how to get started, whether or not to do a bootcamp, and where to get started. The truth is we are all the hero...
A couple of months ago I wrote about the Coder’s Journey, and one of the most important parts of any journey is finding a mentor. This might be the person who hands you the sword to defeat the dragon or...
Once you understand variables, you’re ready to dive into classes and objects. A class, in simple terms, is like a blueprint for objects. I like to think of it as an overall storage center for things of a same type....