[Note To Self]

Musings of an Unemployed Customer Support Engineer

  • Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

    Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

    Hello! My name is Shireen Garcia, and I am currently an unemployed Customer Support Engineer. I have also worn a few other hats as Head of Support, Customer Support, and Back-End Developer. The last time I wrote here, I was an unemployed aspiring Junior Full Stack Developer who had recently graduated from The Iron Yard.… Continue reading

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  • Way Late Post – HackHLTH

    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

    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

    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

  • 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

  • A Love-Ish Letter To My Iron Yard Family

    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

  • Update

    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

    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

  • 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

  • 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