I have decided to blog about my Hackbright experience here on this blog rather than start a new one. After all, this blog is my journey to 'freedom' and Hackbright is definitely part of that journey.
Tonight, I attended my first Hackbright event and I met a bunch of new people, including people from my cohort. Although I felt those jittery nerves as I waited in line to check in... you know, being alone, not knowing anyone, having to meet new people... those nerves. In the end, it wasn't too bad and it was fun to meet the women I will be working with for 10 weeks in the autumn.
It was also fun and inspiring to see the projects that the summer cohort created. Some of the apps were amazing and just had so much depth. Hope my project goes as well as theirs.
I met one woman who was a special education teacher for 7 years. Props to her! But she told me how she is a very confident person, and the first couple weeks were pretty easy. However, by week 3, that's when it all hit the fan. Everyone feels like they are the slowest one. Everyone feels like they are holding others back. Everyone feels doubt about whether or not they are ever going to get the hang of coding.
So, that's something I have to look forward to.
As for the pre-work/studying, I had to go back and review all the lessons I read/exercises I did for Learn Python the Hard Way. After taking a month off, I couldn't remember important details. Still going through them, but things are starting to stick.
I've also started going through How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. I'm actually enjoying this site a lot more than the previous one. I feel like I am learning more. Also, the exercises make me think harder and actually write code rather than just retyping what the author wrote. Still, I think I would have been lost if I started out with the latter. I was half lost reading the intro page on How to think like a Computer Scientist.
At any rate, I'm looking forward to learning more and to getting things together for my app. Time to start designing a logo!
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