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  • 9 Cross-Functional Lessons from Event Planning

    9 Cross-Functional Lessons from Event Planning

    Event planning is not just about logistics; it’s a unique opportunity to hone cross-functional skills. Think of it as a dynamic training ground where mastering the art of human interaction is key. Unlike in a workplace where obligation drives interaction, events are optional—like games—where creating an engaging experience is essential. NOTE: this is the briefer…

  • Rebuild Your Resume for the K.O.

    Rebuild Your Resume for the K.O.

    SUMMARY I received some epic advice on improving my resume from a stranger on LinkedIn. It’s moments like this that redefine the word connection! As a point of reference for how I felt about the following… I’m inclined to think of that phrase “when the student is ready, the teacher appears.” I’m writing this for…

  • Applying Can Be Its Own Reward, or Fun with Figma

    Applying Can Be Its Own Reward, or Fun with Figma

    A few short weeks ago, I saw an job posting for a design role at a Cyber Security firm. Though I don’t have “professional” experience as a designer, the opportunity to create a work flow using ChatGPT, Adobe Photoshop and Figma. The task had requested an applicant take one or two images for post banners…

  • The First 21-Days Of Hunting for a New Job

    The First 21-Days Of Hunting for a New Job

    The following are links posted on LinkedIn… in chronological order from when myself and eCommerce team was laid off. DAY ZERO Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and the joy outweighs the fear of pursuing a new adventure! I’ve seen lots of #OpenToWork posts, but for anyone on this journey…

  • My Two MOST IMPORTANT Hours as a Coder

    My Two MOST IMPORTANT Hours as a Coder

    This is a repost of content originally written while at Flatiron School on February 26th 2020 “When the student is ready the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready the teacher disappears” Lao Tzu Meet Mark Daniel Delgado. He began the Online Self Paced section on September 14th and completed it on January 14th. He…

  • A Process for Minimum Viable Prototype (Flatiron School)

    A Process for Minimum Viable Prototype (Flatiron School)

    This is content reposted from my blog when I was a student at Flatiron School – Original Post Date was April 26th of 2020 When we typically talk about an MVP (or minimum viable product) we typically have “the Lean Version” in mind. But, as revealed in Marty Cagan’s book “Inspired: How to Create Tech…

  • A Directory of Code Interview Questions

    NOTE: THIS POST HAS BEEN DEPRECATED AS OF 11/22/20 … NO MORE UPDATES ARE EXPECTED ON THIS DIRECTORY…. This post will be the go to source for patterns, all of which will contain coding samples. If you’ve read Memorizing Code PART I, and Memorizing Code PART II, this is essentially “Part III” — or at…

  • Memorizing Code Patterns, PART II – A Glossary of Code Personified

    In the previous blog, I mostly address “the why” of attempting to memorize code. In this blog, I follow up on the concept of a “memory palace”… an approach to organize the stuff you memorize. Rote memorization can work for a little while, but there’s no way you can do it for a deck of…

  • Memorizing Code, PART I

    Everyone says you can’t. But you can. Memorization has gotten a bad wrap in favor of “understanding”. In short, the truth is: memorization (or memory) precedes understanding. You Cannot Understand Something That Does Not Exist (at least partially) In Your Memory. One might memorize the quote “Veni Vidi Vici” without having any understanding of it.…

  • A Recursive Approach to Problem Solving

    When solving a problem, you always want to break it down into a smaller subset of related problems. That said, it’s often difficult to know where to begin, and also in some situations, ONE SOLUTION might solve many problems. There seems to be a disconnect in identifying which “sub problems” to solve and whether or…

  • Result and Reflection for “My Experiment to Crack the Coding Interview”

    So… my mad ditch effort to pass the mock coding interview (written about in the previous blog here) was not a great success but not a great fail either. In short, I was unable to complete the coding challenge in time, but the interviewer suspected I’d have been able to complete it if given more…

  • An Experiment to Crack the Coding Interview

    Having only graduated Flatiron Software Engineering School this past Monday, this blog post is somewhat speculative. It’s about a hypothesis, one that I will get to test very quickly thanks to a parting gift from Flatiron. A token to SkilledInc, where we get tested on our technical chops. One of the things that it seems…