The moment I caught my first glimpse of the prep work for a/A, I was like, “Whoa. Holy sh*t.” One part being that at the time, I had less than three weeks to complete it, and it was “four weeks” worth of work, and the other part being that, after looking through some of the […]

Changing cohorts was not an easy decision. I had met up with a couple people from the November 2016 SF cohort and clicked with all of them. I was excited to work with all of them and crank through the boot camp together. However, a couple circumstances outside of my control, as well as a […]

First Technical Interview I got invited to chat and code! My first technical interview was scheduled for early in the day, before I would get into work. I woke up and did my best to warm up my brain for the interview. The minutes and seconds leading up to the Skype call were nerve wracking […]

The application process for App Academy was incredibly long and arduous, and here’s why: I had no previous coding experience. Zero. Zilch. None. In my past readings and research with App Academy’s application process, each applicant seemed to be unique in terms of the number of steps, but the general order was usually the same: […]

Selecting a bootcamp was no small feat. Considering that I live in a tech hotspot, there was an abundance of options. It was just a matter of picking a couple to apply to and discerning whether or not it was the best option for me. Thankfully, I had a former roommate that graduated from App […]

Woo boy! This is the first post to my blog, so I figure a little background into who I am and how I came to my decision to become a developer is in order. It’ll be a fairly lengthy one so get comfy! I graduated from San Jose State University in 2013 with a B.S. […]