Don't judge. I know I'm bad at blogging. Actually I'm quite horrible at it.
Do not be surprised if there are LARGE time gaps in between blog entries. I'm sure you're already not surprised.
I do have a few updates for you though...
I was not awarded the scholarship, which is quite okay with me. I did however get offered an internship. I am SO excited to become a meltmedia superhero intern on Monday!!
Okay, so hanging out with women coders is pretty dang awesome! But at some point I feel that to succeed I have to able to talk with all sorts of people to get ideas and suggestions.
It was at a RailsBridge workshop with Women Who Code that I was reminded that us women might be missing out on help from the nice guys in IT. That's when I decided it was time to expand the list of meetups that I go to.
I've now been to a few Phoenix JavaScript meet-ups, two AGIA Arizona meet-ups, and a Phoenix Versioning meet-up
Some of the information was way over my head, however sometimes it's good to be able to learn what's out there that you don't know about. Generally during these meet-ups I write a lot of notes that include "look up the term..." and that, my friend, is quite okay. It's quite interesting to see how much I don't know and then learn about it.
I have also been to one Rockit Bootcamp meet-up. I didn't learn too much, but I did get to see the teaching styles of one of the one of the instructors, which is a good thing since I've applied for a scholarship with Rockit Bootcamp. If you'd like to see my "pro" application video essay click on this link and be prepared to laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IrFPVHOABE
I'll find out if I got the scholarship on July 21st, but I sure did spend a lot of time on the 7 essays, video essay, and reading the fine print in the Terms & Conditions so it seems right that they take just as long to decide who to give the scholarship to, right?
I'll provide some more in-depth details about what I'm learning in my next post... see you there. In the meanwhile, here's a wonderful TED Talk I watched while at the gym the other day.
