Learning Plan
Bootcamp
What is your long term goal or career pathway?
This is still a work in progress, but I would love to work with products or services to help make a positive difference in peoples lives
What do you think your biggest strengths and limitations will be in Bootcamp?
Strengths Over foundations I have really seen how my
curious nature and love of learning have been real strengths, for some
of the time I was thinking that I was not really problem solving but
then when I took a step back and looked at it I realised that there
was actually lots of good problem solving I was doing, it was just
that if felt like playing with code and learning so it was just how I
was framing it. I hope that this continues through bootcamp for me and
I can keep this mindset around learning.
Limitations Will be to do with my busy life and
finding ways to fit course work in. Another limitation will be around
nerves with pair programming and maybe not backing myself when doing
tricky work with others and not speaking up.
What do you think your biggest non-technical challenge at Bootcamp will be?
I am feeling very nervous about the presenting material and talking in front of a group of people when showing our projects to the others. I also think that keeping on top of the course work will be quite a challenge for me in bootcamp
What skills (human skills) would you like to see developed in yourself while at Dev-Academy?
I am really looking forward to being challenged with group work and presenting material, while this is what I will struggle with I think I will grow a lot in it as time goes on and that will be great.
What are your expectations from the Bootcamp team?
I expect the same great support that has been happening over foundations, I think I will end up getting to know them more as I will need more help as time goes on.
What are your expectations of yourself on Bootcamp?
If I notice I am stuck on a problem for more than 20minutes and I have
covered the individual problem solving techniques myself, I will seek
help from my peers and facilitators through using the appropriate
discord channel, or the helpdesk if appropriate.
That I will work collaboratively with others rather than being tempted
to do work individually as much as possible. Being respectful of
others when working together. And that I will commit all the time
required to the course each day.
Foundations
What is your long term goal or career pathway?
This is a bit of a work in progress at the moment, but I guess when I break it down to a basic level of what I would like to, I want to work on products or services that make a meaningful difference to peoples lives, or improve others lives.
What are your strengths and limitations when it comes to learning?
Strengths -My strengths when it comes to learning are
my love of learning and my curious nature. Both of these have me keen
to keep learning and dive into lessons and activities. They can also
make it a little difficult not to go down rabbit holes so I do need to
keep and eye on that.
Limitations -My limitations when it comes to learning
are my tendency to procrastinate if I am not sure on something, my
challenge asking for help, and the related struggle to be seen doing
something wrong. I am aware that for this course I need to be really
mindful of all of these and work on overcoming them.
What skills (human skills) would you like to see developed in yourself while at Dev-Academy?
Following on from my limitations I would like to work on being less in a place of ego when it comes to not knowing something, and so work on asking for help, and putting myself forward and taking a risk when I could possibly be wrong.
A commitment to how you will manage your workload in this programme:
I will engage respectfully and mindfully with others, ensuring I do what I say I will when I say I will, or I will communicate if I can't for any reason. I will do my best to ensure I am dedicating adequate time to course work and engage support when required.
A commitment as to how and where you will seek help in a timely way:
If I notice I am stuck on a problem for more than 20minutes and I have covered the individual problem solving techniques myself, I will seek help from my peers and facilitators through using the appropriate discord channel, or the helpdesk if appropriate.
A description of what you expect from the Facilitation team
I have a lot of faith in our wonderful facilitation team. I expect them to continue to provide feedback, support and encouragement.
Scheduling information
My life is pretty wonderfully chaotic so scheduling is interesting, with 5 kids at mine during work hours. Mostly with some notice I can make myself available as I can set the girls up. One exception to this is Thursdays from 2-6 when I support the teachers at a Musical Theatre class. In September I will also have a couple of weeks where my availability is very limited due to supporting at the shows for that same class.