The Beginning I recently blogged about my preparations for a presentation at NWRUG (my local Ruby meet-up) and recapped on how it all went. What I didn’t mention in those two posts was that I was offered the opportunity to apply for a junior software engineer role for a firm…

My First Talk at a Meet-up Last time I wrote a little bit about my preparations for a talk I was going to be giving at my local Ruby meet-up. I briefly touched on what it would cover; why I wanted to code, the difficulties of finding the right resources…

Preparing To Talk In less than 48 hours I will be making my way to my monthly Ruby meet-up, this time, however, I won’t be the attentive attendee I’ll be the orator. At this month’s event I’ll be chatting about my experiences as a beginner programmer. This opportunity presented itself…

Making Headway You’ve been working away at online tutorials and getting a good feel for the fundamentals of coding but you’re starting to run out of things to do. What’s next? It’s a position I found myself in after completing a series of courses on Treehouse. I definitely learned a…

What I Wish I Knew On my journey to learn to code one of the most frustrating problems I had was never knowing how much I needed to know in order to land my first job and how far along that path I had already come. When you pick up…

What Are My Options? When it comes to learning web or software development, unless you’re enrolled in a computer science programme at a university or college, it can be quite confusing knowing where to begin. …

My First Meet-up It was at the evening of my first meet-up with NWRUG (North West Ruby User Group). I was excited. By encouraging myself to join this group I was opening myself up to a great deal of insight into what it takes to become a developer. I knew…

Pushing Beyond Uncertainty — Part 2 It’s both exciting and nerve-wracking when you move to a new country. It takes a lot of adjustment. Finding your way around town, what places you should be avoiding and where you can go for a nice afternoon lunch. …

Pushing Beyond Uncertainty — Part 1 It takes a bit more courage than I imagined to write a blog post. I don’t have much experience writing anything that merits any consideration whatsoever, other than some work I did in university (this was barely considered by my professor). It’s intimidating to…