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Start-up generalist, now learning software engineering — deep listening and student-mindedness are my learned secrets

NYC
Joined February 2010
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Tom Hiddleston says happiness is overrated and spending your life chasing it can actually make you unhappy "Happiness is overrated. Meaning is underrated. Happiness is like a sunrise or a sunset. Bear with me" "You're there. It's lovely. You're present with it. The sun's rising or the sun is setting. It's perfect. After 15 minutes, the moment is over and it's gone. Trying to sustain it is impossible because it's over" "And a life spent chasing the permanence of that feeling will make you unhappy because you can't hold on to it. The moment you try to hold on to it, it slips through your fingers and is lost" "Meaning is a structure that only you create in your own life, an architecture with your own particular spiritual fingerprint, whereby if you're going through a hard time, if you're going through challenge, struggle, obstacles, suffering or pain, only you know why you're going through it" "You might know, this is hard now. I'm doing it for my kids. I'm doing it for my mom. I'm doing it for my future" "And then it makes enduring the hard times bearable because you know what it means" "And meaning - this is the take - meaning yields joy. Joy is deeper than happiness"
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Used to be I felt extreme relief when out of cell/wifi service. Now it’s when I’ve hit 100% usage across all my AI subscriptions.
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First day of my SEI (software engineering intensive) at General Assembly!! #SoftwareEngineer #student #studentmind
4 days until my coding bootcamp starts! I’m so ready!
Learning Regex today via @freeCodeCamp to keep wrinkling my brain while I wait for my Software Engineering Intensive bootcamp with @GA to start.
Completed all my pre-work for the @GA SEI yesterday. Proud of getting 14/15 Javascript questions correct on the "readiness quiz".
I’m happy to announce I’m joining the 10/31/22 cohort of @GA ‘s Software Engineering Intensive Bootcamp! #SoftwareEngineer
Done 99/113 lessons in #freecodecamp ‘s JavaScript Basics. Keeping it moving!
Started my JavaScript journey today with @freeCodeCamp ! Front end career dreams are becoming reality one day at a time. 🤙🏼☕️💻
8 weeks in my personal email, 3 weeks in my work email. 🤙🏼
Keeping the streak alive takes discipline 🧘 Now that you've conquered your inbox, it's time to unwind with a Superhuman self-care kit. How many weeks have you #HitZero? Quote tweet this post with your Inbox Zero streak for a chance to win 🔥 Hurry — ends at 10am PT on 10/6.
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It's Inbox Zero Day! I've #HitZero 3 weeks in a row with @Superhuman 🏆 Want email superpowers too? Learn more here: superhuman.com/ibz
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I just earned the Responsive Web Design certification @freeCodeCamp! Check it out here: freecodecamp.org/certificati… Now starting -- JavaScript.
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And for todays practice… finish painting the office, and create a consistent study space. And maybe also reactivate my personal website.
My study today: HTML for beginners from @freeCodeCamp , making my own simple local site in VS Code, and having a catch up with a friend. He advised me to try everything — train for full stack, and then specialize in data engineering. Following all the bread crumbs.
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Today, I've decided to start on a journey to become a Front End Developer. #freecodecamp HTML and CSS courses... go!
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I #hitzero in my inbox today, thanks to @Superhuman . (Only a 4 week streak, but not bad for me!) Been using your app for 6 months and can’t imagine going back to anything else. ❤️
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I just signed up for Dr. @davidasinclair's new test that will tell me how fast I'm aging — thought you would want to know too! Don't worry, I won't tell! doctorsinclair.com/?r=Qpcs2