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My Journey into Tech

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After graduating from college, I really had no idea what I wanted to do. I graduated with a degree in Zoology and had been working in a…

Calendar Journal side project changelog

— 08 February, 2023: 👩‍🌾

To supplement my job search and keep my skills fresh I'm creating this calendar journal side project ! Hopefully, this changelog will help…

Job searching during tech layoffs

— 07 February, 2023: 👩‍🌾

Job searching really stinks, especially when you enjoyed your job. A ton of companies are going through layoffs and unfortunately I was…

Seek a community not a mentor

— 27 November, 2021: 👩‍🌾

A lot of newer developers see experienced developers and ask them to be their mentors Or think they need a dedicated mentor to make…

How I built my digital garden

— 16 November, 2021: 👩‍🌾

I learned a lot about digital gardens from Joel Hooks and decided to build my own after watching this panel . The main reason I decided…

Named versus Default exports

— 10 November, 2021: 👩‍🌾

During a technical interview, I realized I was unsure of the difference between named and default exports and imports. It's not that this…

What I learned during my job search

— 06 November, 2021: 👩‍🌾

Caveats The first thing I want to address is that this post is based on my personal experience and opinion. I don't want this to be another…

What is Semantic HTML?

— 06 November, 2021: 👩‍🌾

During my job search, I had to build small apps during technical interviews. When I was building them I realized I didn't know the most…

Digital Garden Walkthrough

— 27 October, 2021: 🌻

Why I created this project? There can be a lot of pressure when putting out content on the internet. Because I was learning about technical…

Retiring your side projects

— 12 October, 2021: 👩‍🌾

Side projects are something that we're encouraged to do in our free time as developers. It can be hard to find time for side projects or…

What I learned after leading my first hackathon team

— 25 September, 2021: 👩‍🌾

I had previously done one hackathon and during my Flatiron bootcamp I decided to do another one with my classmates. Myself and 3 other…

My favorite interview questions to ask

— 02 March, 2021: 👩‍🌾

Interviewing is always very stressful for me, but one thing that's helped me is framing it as a mutual interview. You're interviewing the…

Tips from my first developer job

— 24 November, 2020: 👩‍🌾

I've had my first developer job for a little over 3 months now and I've already learned so much. It's still a struggle but I feel like my…

Learning Design as a Developer

— 31 October, 2020: 👩‍🌾

Design has alwaya been a hard skill for me to grasp. All my time on the internet has given me the ability to spot good design but recreating…

Level Up Your Developer Portfolio

— 25 October, 2020: 👩‍🌾

My notes on Josh Comeau's book Building an Effective Dev Portfolio Developer portfolios can be an important factor in finding your first…

Introduction to JavaScript Testing

— 23 September, 2020: 👩‍🌾

Writing tests for my new job has been a big struggle for me recently. It feels like when I first got started programming, I knew what I…

The Beginning of PlayItForward

— 30 July, 2020: 🌻

Before joining Flatiron school I always wanted to do a Hackathon but I was always too nervous to join. I wasn't sure if I would be able to…

Create your personal portfolio with Gatsby

— 16 July, 2020: 👩‍🌾

After graduating from boot camp and starting my job search everyone kept saying I needed to have a personal portfolio to market myself and…

What is a digital garden?

— 12 June, 2020: 👩‍🌾

A digital garden is a different way of writing and creating content. I first learned about digital gardens from Joel Hooks , swyx , and…

What is GraphQL

— 21 March, 2020: 🌻

GraphQL is a query language for APIs invented and open-sourced by Facebook. It can be used as an alternative to REST and boasts a lot of…

Reading helped me become a better developer

— 14 March, 2020: 🌻

Since I was younger I've always loved reading. I was able to explore new places and learn so many new things without having to experience…

React Redux with Hooks

— 07 March, 2020: 🌻

If you're not familiar with Redux or hooks feel free to check out my other articles explaining the topics and then come back! When I was…

Beginner's Guide to React Redux

— 01 March, 2020: 🌻

Redux is a library used to contain the state of your application in one single location. Redux is language-agnostic and can be used with…

Introduction to React Hooks

— 22 February, 2020: 🌻

React hooks were added to React in February 2019. One of their main features is they give us a way to use state without having to define a…

New Additions to JavaScript

— 03 January, 2020: 🌻

The language of JavaScript is constantly being updated. Any new ideas or features that want to be added to the language are brought to the…

What is Testing?

— 06 December, 2019: 🌻

Why Do We Test? In its simplest definition, a software test is code that returns an error when the actual value does not equal the expected…

Beginner's Guide to React

— 26 November, 2019: 🌻

React is a JavaScript library created by Facebook and open-sourced in 2013. React was created to help build simple and reusable interfaces…

Why you should start blogging

— 11 November, 2019: 🌻

So you’re looking to write your first blog post? Blogging is great practice for both new and experienced developers. I encourage everyone to…

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