psenior · HackerTrans

4 yıl öncediscuss

I have a friend who had the exact same circumstances you describe. He decided to go to the local state school which gave him a full scholarship. Graduated with zero debt and now has a successful career as an electrical engineer working at a Silicon Valley startup. He told me everything he needed to know to do his job well, he learned from his dad (electronics, UNIX, C, etc.).

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9 yıl öncediscuss

I participate in my local Code for Ft. Lauderdale meetup. Here's a link to an article about a small project I did for them: https://medium.com/@CodeforFTL/the-story-of-oh-snap-civictec...

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I attended a meetup and was inspired to solve a problem I and many others experience with code. You can read about the details at https://medium.com/@CodeforFTL/the-story-of-oh-snap-civictec...

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9 yıl öncediscuss

I have heard some military and law enforcement friends mention something along the lines of "hang your fangs at the door." In those fields, it's very clear who your "enemies" are versus "friendlies." I suppose there is some serious compartmentalization going on in order for this philosophy to work.

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10 yıl öncediscuss

I have 3 sons. When they kids, they were mostly homeschooled. I tried to supplement their education in ways that would be interesting to their individual tastes and myself with an eye to their future.

My oldest son is not the kind of person to sit still at a desk staring a computer screen all day, so when he was in high school I got him involved in Fire Explorers through a friend who was fire chief in a nearby city. He ended up becoming an EMT.

My middle son had a strong interest in soccer, so I signed him up for a fairly intense twice a week soccer academy. Within a few months he got really good, much better than the kids he was playing with in the rec league. He had to stop because he realized he wasn’t going to be able to go pro and his academics were starting to take up a lot more of his time. Competitive sports taught him the value of having a strong work ethic. He earned his high school diploma and his AA degree at the same time and a partial scholarship to UCF. He works as an intern software dev at Lockheed Martin and will graduate with a Computer Engineering degree later this year.

My youngest really loves video games. I tried to get him into software dev by taking him to a coding camp one summer where he learned a little bit of Ruby. I also enrolled him in the local technical high school to learn web development.

All of them are good musicians. I provided them with whatever instruments they might want to play. I taught them the concepts behind jazz music theory. They have a lot of experience performing live music in front of audiences at church.

psenior

12 yıl öncediscuss

I'm currently taking a Java class at a non-profit org and they suggest the same strategy. Can you please point me to the Java Github projects that you suggested to your friend? Any other tips or advice would be appreciated.

psenior

12 yıl öncediscuss

Barry Harris tells it like it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjnX_PkDwWs#t=2992

psenior

12 yıl öncediscuss

Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, Ruby, Sinatra

Resume: http://tinyurl.com/see-my-resume

Email: [email protected]

psenior

12 yıl öncediscuss

Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: DevOps, HTML, Bootstrap, Ruby, Sinatra, SQL

Resume: http://tinyurl.com/see-my-resume

Email: [email protected]

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