Before reading Part 2, make sure you’ve read Part 1! The bootcamp experience is without a doubt one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in terms of education. Nothing else has given me more excitement about my future career and, just future in general. A lot of this really has to do with the content […]

The Decision The decision to go into programming, without any prior programming knowledge was an easy one. I had lost my passion for medical school, and I really didn’t want to pursue a Masters or a PhD in Biochemistry. As a result, a career change was really my only option unless I wanted to stay […]

After a grueling 3 months or so, my job search has come to an end. I’ve officially signed with Dropbox and start working the 26th of September! I’m seriously excited as Dropbox has so many opportunities for growth. I’ll go into extensive detail in regards to my entire App Academy and job search experience in […]

Having just had my first real rejection from a company I recently had an onsite with, I wanted to talk to you guys about how I’m coping, and keeping my motivation through out it all. Rejection isn’t easy. And it might be just as bad as the days leading up to hearing back from the […]

Before I really go into how I personally overcome imposter syndrome each and every day, it would probably be a good idea to define what exactly is imposter syndrome. Wikipedia defines it as: Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a concept describing high-achieving individuals who are marked by an inability […]

I’m finally “finished” with my interactive resume! What that really means is that there’s still more work to be done, but it’s at least presentable so I can move to the next steps of my job search. You can check it out here, remember, it’s a work in progress! I’ve just been cranking out work […]

I almost forgot to blog today haha. Please expect not as daily blogs now since there won’t be as much content on a day-to-day basis. I’ll still do my best however. App Academy is experimenting with a new pilot program, coined the “Graduate Job Seeker Program.” This program is a four week program where you’re […]

The end of Week X Day X titles are here! And with it marks the ‘official’ unofficial graduation, and start of my first week as a graduated job seeker. I have some exciting news for tomorrow’s post, which is everything that happened today, but that’s tomorrow. Today’s post, which happened yesterday, is a BUNCH of […]

The Google meetup was absolutely dope. It was an incredible opportunity to network and learn about some of the technologies that Google Software Engineers have been working on. The two topics of interest for the meetup was Google Cloud, as well as Firebase. Both topics were incredibly interesting, but my top two takeaways weren’t actually […]

I think I have a pretty solid game plan of how to attack my projects and finish them in a timely manner. With the help of one of the career coaches, we were able to segment my long list of to-dos into a structured execution plan. We’ll start by finishing up my JS project this […]