Ashley EllisUpdatesI can’t believe it’s been almost 4 months since I graduated the Iron Yard! I’ve really been neglecting updating this, but honestly I didn’t…Jul 23, 2015Jul 23, 2015
Ashley EllisDrinking From the Extra-Curricular FirehoseOne interesting challenge has been organizing my independent learning outside of class.Mar 12, 2015Mar 12, 2015
Ashley EllisAPIs, Oh My!I am now in Week 8 of the Iron Yard! This week is “API Week” and I’ve been (not-so-patiently) waiting for this since week 3, so to say I…Mar 4, 2015Mar 4, 2015
Ashley EllisIs The Iron Yard worth it?This weekend I TA’d at a local Rails Bridge event and it was an amazing experience.Feb 24, 2015Feb 24, 2015
Ashley EllisThe Struggle Against PerfectionismIt’s hard to believe, but somehow I’m coming up on the end of Week 5 at the Iron Yard. We’re over half way through the instruction part of…Feb 13, 2015Feb 13, 2015
Ashley EllisTransitioning from Ruby to RailsFor the first two weeks of class we focused on learning exclusively Ruby, without doing any rails. I found this EXTREMELY helpful, as when…Feb 1, 2015Feb 1, 2015
Ashley EllisThe Iron YardI am coming up on the end of my 3rd week at the Iron Yard and so far it has definitely been an adventure! Before I dive too much into the…Jan 30, 2015Jan 30, 2015