Makers Apprenticeship Week 2

Makers Learning Objectives

Navigate a unix command line
Version control projects
Write a procedural program
Use a process for solving a problem
Mastery Quizzes, Chapter 6
Mastery Quizzes, Chapter 7
Mastery Quizzes, Chapter 8
Mastery Quizzes, Chapter 9
Mastery Quizzes, Chapter 10

Applied Learnings

Ruby fundamentals

Personal Learning Objectives

get a good working foundation of arrays, hashes and classes by end-of-week
complete all mastery quizzes
understand how to write a procedural program from scratch

Things to celebrate

completing my learning objectives
spending time getting to know some of my fellow Elsevier colleagues
started attending the meditation breaks
getting a bit more comfortable with my home working environment
successfully led a pair-programming session where we solved two problems
making mistakes!
refactoring code blocks!

Emotions

I feel more positive at the end of this week. I have worked really hard to stay on track with my learning, especially after undergoing surgery on Thursday. What has helped me find the motivation to keep showing up for myself every day was knowing that now I have all the support and resources needed to be successful and it is all up to me to make it happen! I am deeply grateful every day to be able to learn how to code and be part of such an amazing group of junior devs!

While I feel like I've achieved my goals this past week, there are still times where I experience self doubt. What I started doing in order to keep myself on a progressive line and maintain a positive mindset is to celebrate one thing I have learned at the end of each day. I have also come to the conclusion that spending less time, but more focused, is better than spending hours on end without a structure or control flow.

Stop doing

→ comparing my progress to other people → be afraid to ask questions or support → struggle in silence

Keep doing

→ daily code challenges → daily reflection and appreciation of my learnings → stay curious

Key Learnings

General

complete all 10 quizzes and successfully applied the process of algorithmic thinking
use map v each methods on arrays
learn about combination, repeated combination, permutation, repeated permutation
Data Encapsulation - allowing data hiding, reusability of code
Data Abstraction - helps increase the security of a system because only crucial details are made available to the user.
Polymorphism - allowing access of same methods across various objects of the c
Inheritance - a relation between two classes which allows the classes lower down in hierarchy to get the features or methods of those higher up (parent classes)
more kata practice!
portfolio preparation for apprenticeship end review - how am I doing something and why?

Ruby fundamentals (cont'd)

write programs using conditionals and loops
write programs using arrays and hashes
create own methods and classes
learn how to create instances and instance variables. Instance variables cannot be seen outside of the scope of their assignment
learn main methods that can be called on strings, arrays, hashes
understand the Single Responsibility Principle (methods should do one thing only and do it well)
understand the difference between imperative and declarative programming
know how to implement a process from planning a solution, to breaking the problem down into smaller steps to executing and testing the code

EQ Workshop Learnings

Learn about feedback and conflict resolution
Acknowledge my own fear of confrontation, fight or flight approaches
There are six core needs we seek to satisfy - love, significance in the eyes of others, certainty, variety or stimulation, growth and being of service to others or having a higher purpose.
Learn about blind spots - traits or behaviours that others can see and we don't in ourselves
Build resilience and identify my own recovery stages after feedback or negative event (hold space for myself)
Types of feedback - appreciation, evaluation, coaching.
Learn about door mat vs. sword vs. lantern approach! I am trying to move from a sword approach, in the sense of standing my ground and being a bit more on the assertive end of the spectrum, to a lantern behaviour. Looking to clarify and bring light to different situations.
Vulnerability and courage - leadership skills

How do we make giving and receiving feedback easier?
1. Shift your perspective - you choose your reaction and boundaries, become an empowered receiver that can apply the lantern approach
2. Know thyself - truth, relationship, identity triggers
3. Understand feedback
4. Use a framework (ASK)