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Some background: I graduated Flatiron School at the end of August, 2020. Since then I interviewed at two different tech companies, and was fortunate to win both of those positions; the first was a part time job, the second was full time. What’s more is: I think I only applied to a total of less … Read moreWhat’s an Interview? Some advice for bootcamp grads.
Awesome coding challenge yesterday with fellow dev Ranika Williams from Flatiron School. Though I’ve been attempting to substitute values in code such as “index, idx, val” with more descriptive values and console logs, working through the problem via Zoom with Ranika gave me a new appreciation for the approach. If you’re attempting to tackle algorithms, … Read moreSubSequencing Arrays: “The Awards Ceremony”, and… a Few Words About Learning
BACKGROUND: While on my adventure to learn algorithms, I was fortunate to have Flatiron graduate Daniel Dawson recommend this course: Grokking the Coding Interview. Despite my having access to multiple Udemy courses, AlgoExpert, InterviewCake etc., (all very helpful in their own way)… Grokking the Coding Interview was a standout, in part because of the recommend, … Read more“Setups and Payoffs in Fiction” … or, The Sliding Window Algorithm
NOTE: to the prospective reader of this blog post: you may find it entirely “skippable”, unless you’re curious about how I think. This blog may appear “messy” as it’s me trying to work through an idea, breathe some life into it that I might have an easier time coding it. It’s basically a forward-looking-reflection on … Read moreReal World Use Case of a Tree
Where to begin? Let’s start with some context: this site started out with the simple goal of creating “better heuristics for code” … the “goal behind the goal” was that by writing about code and problem solving, I’d be able to more quickly and thoroughly achieve mastery over Data Structures, Algorithms, and whatever else might … Read moreA NEW BEGINNING
In React, one of the more basic concepts for class based components is that of Lifecycle Methods. When thinking in only technical context the concept seems easy enough, but the ideas blur when it comes to implementing them. With that in mind, this analogy of Karma and The Wheel of Life may help. Imagine a … Read moreLifecycle Methods in React, and The Wheel of Karma
BACKGROUND: As I work through the final project of Flatiron’s curriculum, I initially found the Redux implementation to be overkill. Having completed my app using React along with State and Props, it was frustrating to attempt a Redux refactor as I found myself mostly adding code (as opposed to taking it away). Ultimately, I wiped … Read moreThe React-Redux Flow: A State of Dystopia