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Way Late Post – HackHLTH

I’ve been slacking as of late and no, I don’t mean the gif war in the the Slack channel! One of these days, I’d like to go into a hackathon with a game plan and a team because I’m still awkward with meeting new people. But I’ve done two hackathons so far… and have entered Continue reading
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Breaking the Ice

So my latest personal project, is a web application that I call Icebreaker. You know what an icebreaker is, right? It’s a way to start up a conversation and/or a way to get to know someone better. Since I’ve been going around to a bunch of MeetUps, I’ve been trying to find a way to Continue reading
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Best Laid Plans

I had coffee with a couple of my Iron Yard classmates yesterday, just to catch up. We got to talking about projects and I started telling them about how after working on my own, personal project, I really appreciated all the planning that went into our capstone projects. So I started playing around with a Continue reading
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The Iron Yard – Post Mortem?
After Demo Day was over, I had intended to rest. The weekend was going to be for binge watching things and Monday was devoted to sleep. I lied. Friday was spent retrieving my car and since I was awake and needed to send Uber a strongly worded email about my missing phone… I figured I’d Continue reading
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A Love-Ish Letter To My Iron Yard Family

Don’t take this as a final thing. I wanted to express how grateful I’ve been to have this experience and to have met all of you. You got my number? You got my e-mail? Are you reading this? Good. That means you can reach me and I’ll be there for you, in whatever capacity I Continue reading
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Update

Time flies when you’re ignoring your blog! Amirite?! When last we spoke, I missed a friend passing away and I was tangling with The Iron Yard ceasing operations after my cohort. Fast forward… I made it to graduation! Was there any doubt that I’d get to that point? There sure as hell was! Maybe one Continue reading
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In Memoriam

Taking a short break from poking at my brain. Let’s work backwards, shall we? I can analyze this to… it’s end, but the truth is, I missed one and now I’ll miss one. I missed the passing of friend and I found out about a year and a half after the fact on Facebook. I Continue reading
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No Words… Wait. Some Words…
Iron Yard coding school in Las Vegas closing Man, if I wasn’t stressed out enough already… Last week, I think I said that I’d like this week to not be so exciting. I’ve already been drunk twice this week. I’m taking a personal day. Be back tomorrow. Continue reading
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Lather, Rinse, Repeat… Wait…
I initially started this blog to document my journey through the Iron Yard, but while I meant to talk about learning how to code, I’ve ended up focusing more on the mental aspect. I had a vague idea of what I was getting into. My cousin is a programmer… he’d actually been through a similar Continue reading
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Speak Now
I want to talk about communication. Yes, I’ve got jokes… But really, I do want to talk about communication. After many, many conversations last week, I realized that I’m not communicating very well. How, you ask, is that possible? You JUST SAID “many, many” conversations! Last week, I wasn’t very good at the “asking for Continue reading
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