Jade Kneen

February 6, 2021

Play some Code Wars with me

Though unfortunately blogs don’t make it easy to play along so how about you read with me. I’ll also paste the link to the kata I’m going to be working on at the top. If you want to try it yourself before you read my solution let me know in the comments how you got […]

February 5, 2021

My Journey After Coding Bootcamp V

I Got The Job, But Did Bootcamp Help Me? So we agreed that I would be able to continue with my apprenticeship with the new company. I then got another interview. This time it was an opportunity to meet and chat with the tech lead (who would be my manager if I was successful), along […]

February 4, 2021

My Journey After Coding Bootcamp IV

Interview, a tech test and an admission My first interview with this company was with the CTO. The Chief Technology Officer. The big guns. The last time I had been in a meeting with someone that high up, I got fired the next day (it was not related to the meeting, but it stays with […]

February 3, 2021

My Journey After Coding Bootcamp III

Figuring out the job hunt Job-hunting was interesting to me. Thankfully I didn’t have to find a new job as I was still employed. I was fortunate to be in that position during a global pandemic where many companies lay off people or put them on leave. However, the downside to job-hunting in a global […]

February 2, 2021

My Journey After Coding Bootcamp II

My first tech job The main thing I have learned from starting new jobs, tech and non-tech, is that your experience will most likely rely on your colleagues no matter what the company. The people of the company. However, that is difficult to assess on your first day where all the names and faces become […]