{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-jsx","path":"/week-50","result":{"data":{"post":{"title":"Week 50!","slug":{"current":"week-50"},"_rawBody":[{"_key":"0bf654ecc215","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"4594457e8493","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"O boy, it’s been that long already?"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"7fffd9edaf20","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"46251ec8b5520","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Checkins"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"h2"},{"_key":"dbbe874bf77a","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"cf6f74cfd67e0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"This week and last week, I checked in with some of my “mentors” to get a sense of how I’m coming along and what I need to be doing next. Looks like I’m fairly on track with most of my goals."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"853da38577d0","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"d77f61d3c34f0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"One thing that did come to the fore is some of the challenges I will face as a self-trained web developer. One of the biggies is appearing credible without a college or bootcamp on my resume. Some of the things I’m planning to do in order to try to overcome that challenge:"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"850c303d6dd5","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"5835b8ad07d60","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Finish up my portfolio site and start listing my projects"}],"level":1,"listItem":"bullet","markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"948c6a010fdc","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"fe43796afdca0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Rework my LinkedIn presence to reflect my new career direction"}],"level":1,"listItem":"bullet","markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"57f6294746bf","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"4df904ffdf360","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Try to line up some freelance work, possibly under another company in order to show that others trust me with paying work (some of that is in the works already…)"}],"level":1,"listItem":"bullet","markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"b9e1b00751a2","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"ad27c9af94290","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Clean up my GitHub, making sure to leave the best projects, clean them up and write a ReadMe for each of them"}],"level":1,"listItem":"bullet","markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"17f74ff904d8","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"251bba016ff10","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Why not a bootcamp?"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"h2"},{"_key":"af7f2fec7447","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"b3949337be600","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"The idea of a bootcamp came up again as a possible way to fast-track the process. The obvious advantages are the interviews that you get to do, the career coaching, the connections, etc."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"0e64291df1a6","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"ef3da463399e0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"I was a bit taken aback since I had already considered that and decided not to go that route. Why would I consider it now? I should have just done that from the beginning."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"ab847d0c1a33","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"62a09b2eb4070","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"After going back to some of the bootcamps’ websites and reminding myself what is involved, I remember now why that wasn’t really a viable option."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"aa6b451ec9da","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"4f3272ab981e0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"The big thing is that they really expect you to be able to drop everything and dedicate yourself full-time (some of them expect your evenings too). That makes perfect sense given the “bootcamp” analogy and model."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"1879b23c67d7","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"bfe8ef2edb2f0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"However, as a father of two small kids with a wife who works and other existing commitments and demands on my time–during a pandemic when one child is in and out of school dependent on the winds of lockdown–and limited access to childcare…"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"3c5cc909cb4f","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"680a3853d73c0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"I just don’t see how we could have made it work."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"f77aa9b6d0ef","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"4a923115e47d0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"I’m confident of my ability to learn what I need to learn on my own. The challenge will be to convince employers that I can be a useful addition to their team."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"}],"publishedAt":"2021-04-27T04:00:00.000Z","categories":[{"title":"Journal Entries"}],"tags":[],"mainImage":{"asset":{"fluid":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","aspectRatio":1.600166251039069,"src":"https://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=900&h=562&fit=crop","srcSet":"https://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=225&h=141&fit=crop 225w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=450&h=281&fit=crop 450w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=900&h=562&fit=crop 900w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=1350&h=844&fit=crop 1350w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=1800&h=1125&fit=crop 1800w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=2700&h=1687&fit=crop 2700w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg 5775w","srcWebp":"https://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=900&h=562&fit=crop&fm=webp","srcSetWebp":"https://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=225&h=141&fit=crop&fm=webp 225w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=450&h=281&fit=crop&fm=webp 450w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=900&h=562&fit=crop&fm=webp 900w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=1350&h=844&fit=crop&fm=webp 1350w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=1800&h=1125&fit=crop&fm=webp 1800w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?w=2700&h=1687&fit=crop&fm=webp 2700w,\nhttps://cdn.sanity.io/images/pwg13agp/production/8526f1988254d43155c029e04cbd05afe4c0c328-5775x3609.jpg?fm=webp 5775w","sizes":"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"}}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"week-50"}},"staticQueryHashes":["63159454"]}