My experience at Coding Dojo was better than I anticipated. I meet the most nicest and coolest people, that made the time go fast and all worth it. My days were long, 12 or 13 hour days followed by long weekends. Most of my time was either spending coding, reading or driving 72 miles a day, from San Francisco to Mountain View. Soy Latte's became my best friend in order to keep up my energy and to keep up with all that was being learned.
The best thing I liked while at Coding Dojo was all the good and healthy snacks that were provided. I believed that in order to be smart and sharp, good food is a must. My favorites were the bananas and the pears. I never felt low energy; maybe because I was conscious of what foods to consume in order to keep up a sharp brain.
At week nine, I had to prepare wireframing for the last project, that will be presented on graduation day. I spent a few days brainstorming on how I was going to have a site done in 3 weeks, on top of what else needed to be finished the course of at the boot camp.
After the wireframe was completed on week 10 www.dognate.org was created. The project was very ambitious so I decided to ask a few of my classmates if they wanted to participate on my project. This way we all could put to the test what we've learned at the program and what ever else we could learn from each other, but the most important is the experience working with other people.
Demo day and graduation, finally arrived. A lot of anticipation, exhaustion, nervousness, relief, all feelings were included that day. The thought of what I have learned for 12 weeks was mostly in my mind. From day one I was clueless of what was being taught, then the algorithms were introduced and I was shocked. I was shock from not knowing what I was doing or what was an algorithm. After a few weeks I started to understand what was an algorithm. Now I see them everywhere. This is when I understood about web development and what it all meant.
Now I can say that all was worth it. The long days, short nights, fast lunches and not enough time to eat. The long commute, the traffic and sometimes no time to breath. Fixing, learning and trying to decipher bad coding. But the best part of all is now I can say "I am a Jr. Web Developer and can't stop coding!!"
