[4]Impressions 3 Weeks In
on bitmaker labs and the tech community at large
Number one. if you don’t speak meme fluently and are well-versed in gif-based communication, you’re gonna have a bad time. i mean you’d miss a lot of jokes. note: i had to promptly change my pronunciation of gif. to fit in.
Two. beer is popular. that is very welcome. and pizza, too. you’ll see those two at any opportunity.
Three. puns can be taken to the next level. your models should be fat, your controllers thin. get it? huh, git it?!
Four. open plan “offices” and spaces are the industry standard. not gonna miss my cubicle.
Five. there are game rooms everywhere. ping pong. foosball. what have you.
Six. the programming community promotes laziness. yep. all stemming from the DRY principle.
Seven. stackoverflow, github, documentation and the internet itself are my new best friends.
Eight. coding is actually addictive. you excite your mind by something you’ve just solved, and you keep wanting more.
Nine. it’s not all delightful, though. you will spend ours fixing what turns out to be “the dumbest mistake ever”. but when you do fix it, you’d be all like
Ten. there’s so much going on between workshops, talks, meetups, open houses. juggling that with the program itself will leave you thinking there’s not enough hours in a day.
for some real talk though,
enrolling in bitmaker’s Immersive 9-week fulltime Web Dev program is shaping up to be the best decision I’ve made in my life. there’s a lot to learn in this fantastic world of coding, and these folks sure know how to cram the largest possible amount of material in a day without causing you to lose your mind.
the program is very well structured and mapped out. I’d find myself reading up on a topic that I didn’t entirely grasp, thinking I’d fall behind if I don’t fully comprehend it. only to find that a few days later we cover that same topic in a lot more detail. the chunks of info we receive are just right.
the instructors and TAs are high-caliber folks who understand that many of the attendees are starting with no coding experience at all. they know how to target such an audience.
to survive the program, you need a very strong mind. there’s so little time to bask in the glory of a project you’ve completed. once you solve a problem, you start working on a new one and you’re at the bottom all over again. having a strong mind is key.
