18 Dec 2020

Only The Beginning

Choosing Lifelong Learning I began my first software engineering class with mixed feelings; eager to gain more insight into the career path I decided on, but also nervous about my lack of experience. I was worried that there was too...

Software Engineering
Agile Project Mangement
Source Control

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03 Dec 2020

Complexity Made Easier With Patterns

Grammi’s Quilts As a child, I used to be mesmerized by the flower quilts my Grammi would create. Upon inspection, I started to notice patterns in her designs. A single quilt would contain around 40 squares, and each square would...

Design Patterns
Game Development
Singleton
Observer

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30 Sep 2020

Collaborative Standards

Filling in the Blanks I stared at the monitor in confusion. Every word that came out of my mentor’s mouth was going over my head. Why does each line have to end with a semicolon? Why does the variable type...

Mentors
Collaboration
ESLint

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10 Sep 2020

The Smart Way to Ask Questions

Debugging Alongside Other Developers Whenever I run into a technical problem, my first instinct is to open up a new tab and google the issue. In my experience over the years, I’ve learned that knowing how to phrase your question...

SoftwareEngineering
StackOverflow
Questions

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04 Sep 2020

Selecting Software Engineering

Where It All Began Growing up, I could never figure out what it was that I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I went back and forth between being a lawyer, a veterinarian, or a journalist. And...

Engineering
Software
Robotics

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