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Telegram Looks to Cut Deal With TON Blockchain Investors After SEC Order AMCgroup Follow Oct 17, 2019 · 2 min read
Telegram has notified investors that the TON blockchain project will be launched later than planned, pushing the deadline from Oct. 30 to April 30, 2020.
In an email to investors reviewed by CoinDesk, Te... | ['Blockchain', 'Exchange', 'News', 'Telegram', 'Investors'] |
Most investors will tell you that the best time to build relationships with them is when you don’t need to fundraise. This is because they want to take the time to get to know you, your team and your product before they feel comfortable investing in your business.
Knowing this, it only makes sense that the best thing ... | ['Startup', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Investor Updates', 'Business', 'Investors'] |
Few investors and market observers were really surprised when Mario Draghi announced the ECB’s next massive easing package in mid-September. Cutting rates further into negative territory and the revival of QE were largely expected sooner or later, as the “whatever it takes” outgoing ECB President is now faced with a wi... | ['Ecb', 'Economics', 'Market', 'Investors'] |
Rendering of the amphitheater at the new Waterloo Park opening soon in downtown Austin, at the convergence of our technology, medical school and arts districts.
Austin’s secret sauce… it’s the WHY
Austin has been the fastest growing city in the country for a decade and recent events seem to be causing it to accelerat... | ['Startup', 'Entrepreneur', 'Austin', 'Texas', 'Investors'] |
Asking ‘what we need to believe?’ The 5-year view
There are many things you probably need to believe for Peloton to be a successful investment at today’s prices. This could range from your beliefs on consumer behaviour, to Peloton’s product strategy and even to macroeconomic conditions. Ultimately these factors (and o... | ['Peloton', 'Investing', 'Investors'] |
Achieving Product-Market Fit as a B2B SaaS Startup — an Investor’s View
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash
Successful startups require more than just good ideas. In fact, many startup ideas do not survive their first contact with market reality, i.e., actual customers. How to increase the chances of surviving this re... | ['Startup', 'Funding', 'VC', 'Product Market Fit', 'Investors'] |
6 Perspectives on How to Fix VC with Data-driven Solutions
Maybe you’ve heard the phrase ‘Venture Capital is broken’, but what’s behind that grim diagnosis, and what can be done to cure it? Recently, six thought leaders in venture capital came together on the Clubhouse app to talk about what might help.
So what’s act... | ['Data', 'AI', 'VC', 'Machine Learning', 'Investors'] |
Disclaimer: I am not an investor, I just work at a Venture Capital firm.
Photo by Tool., Inc on Unsplash
I have probably met with more than 500 founders in the past two years, and every time I meet one, I get really excited. These entrepreneurs are so ambitious and positive that being around them gives you hope for a... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Fundraising', 'Investors', 'Startups', 'Mistakes'] |
A Founder’s Guide to Pre-Seed
The signals overview on how to raise the very first VC round Christopher Algier Follow Feb 3 · 10 min read
1. Defining Pre-Seed: Round Sizes & Valuations
A relatively new category, pre-seed rounds and funds specializing in this stage both experienced skyrocketing growth in past years. A... | ['VC', 'Founders', 'Early Stage', 'Angel Investors', 'Investors'] |
Introverts are the people who prefer to be individual. They rather choose time with themselves than being in crowd.
Introverts are friends of them and support their own desires and needs before anything else. They are concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than external.
Introverts do not hate people o... | ['Friends', 'Relationships', 'Introvert', 'Lifestyle', 'Managing Introverts'] |
I’m one of the most introverted person I’ve ever met.
When I look at the sunsets, I ask myself how happy God must be after painting them. And when I think about God, I think everything in the world works together. I wonder if God splits into a million halves just to refine himself once more.
So when I think of refini... | ['Insecurity', 'Self-awareness', 'God', 'Introvert', 'Life'] |
The secret power of introverts makes them more productive at work and in personal life. Introverts have cherished ideas that work for them. Introverts’ innate power might be enhanced with mindfulness practice.
Do you like the crowd? Do you feel blurry in groups? Some people don’t like gatherings, they hesitate to spea... | ['Behavioral Science', 'Introverts At Work', 'Introvert', 'Psychology', 'Tips For Introverts'] |
I am an Introvert, I hate socializing and being the center of attention.
And this is my short story of how Awkward and Embarrassing I ended up like, Just because I had to say hello to our Guests, that had just arrived to our house.
It all started when……………………. skip the causalities.
I was eating dinner, I love food, ... | ['Short Story', 'Storyofmylife', 'Humor', 'Introvert'] |
How to Force Yourself to Date When You Hate Dating: A Guide by Your Friendly Neighborhood Introvert Sincere Media Jan 21·3 min read
By Haley Bartel, Contributing Writer
How do you explain to someone that the reason you’re upset is because the person with whom you’ve only had a few conversations — but you’ve already f... | ['Personal', 'Covid 19', 'Introvert', 'Dating', 'New York'] |
I was preparing myself to start a course in my new school when I saw the message and my heart sank, “Monday and Tuesday will be introduction and team building days”. This is something most introverts don’t want to hear, am I right? I know I didn’t.
I woke up extra early, packed my lunch and headed off to RED Academy. ... | ['Introversion', 'Team Building', 'Social Anxiety', 'Introvert'] |
Thank you so much for doing this with us! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?
You know that person who just freezes anytime they have to speak in front of a group? They could be prepared and capable, but the moment they they stand up to speak — everything goes out the window. T... | ['Introvert'] |
Our society may not appreciate gentle souls, but they are indisputably awesome.
Those of us who are gentle souls — introverted, highly sensitive types — understand early on that we have an undesirable personality in the eyes of society. Most of us grew up hearing that we needed to be “more”: more social, more active, ... | ['Mental Health', 'Introvert', 'Self Improvement', 'Personal Development', 'Highly Sensitive People'] |
If you are going through the same circumstances as me, this article is for you.
I am a nerd. That’s what everyone called me during my bachelor's degree. Back then, I was going to school, and that’s it. You can say that my full-time job was “a student.” I was also an introvert who wasn’t “fun.” I was constantly faced w... | ['Aiesec', 'Students', 'Change', 'Introvert', 'Experience'] |
What are Silent Meetings?
“Silent Meetings” are meetings where most of the time is spent working and not talking. When done correctly most of the meeting is spent silently working together.
Is it 100% silent? Not really… A rule of thumb is a silent meeting is where more than 50% of the time is spent silently and the ... | ['Introvert', 'Productivity', 'Meetings'] |
My sweetheart (introvert) with me (extrovert)
Welcome to the weird wonderful world of being an extrovert dating an introvert. It is an exciting land, filled with opportunities for growth, fun adventures, and sometimes educational lessons on patience. You will find that the road to dating bliss does not equal lots more... | ['Relationships', 'Introvert', 'Dating', 'Love', 'Extrovert'] |
Have you ever had a conversation so good that it left you reliving it for days, weeks, months, or even years after it took place?
Just as we put traveling, marriage, or stepping into your first home up on a pedestal as the “ultimate” expressions of human joy, I believe great conversations are up there too. A great con... | ['Life Lessons', 'Writing', 'Introvert', 'Psychology', 'Life'] |
Photo by Oscar Söderlund on Unsplash
Introverts and extroverts. A personality dichotomy that stands the test of behavioral time, but should it?
I, for one, find myself exhausted by the constant need to label everyone as essentially either a hermit or a court jester. The semantics of the labels themselves are so extre... | ['Behavior', 'Disc', 'Personality', 'Introvert', 'Extrovert'] |
Even though introverts need some alone time, that doesn’t mean they hate people. Introverts are humans too, and humans are social creatures. They do love people (well, maybe not all of them, but mostly they do), but they have limited social battery. It gradually decreases by these two things:
Social interactions and o... | ['Self-awareness', 'Personality', 'Introvert', 'Self Improvement', 'Personal Development'] |
Gary Vaynerchuk is a delight to watch.
For an introvert like me, it’s refreshing to see an entrepreneur so outspoken, daring, and, well.. extroverted!
That’s how entrepreneurs are, right?
Brash. Outspoken. Extremely confident in their abilities.
That’s how Steve Jobs was. Walt Disney and Oprah also come to mind.
B... | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Entrepreneur', 'Introvert', 'Personal Development', 'Life Lessons'] |
Introvert leaders: Stop trying to be extroverts
My wife and I take trips to the Outer Banks to have an entire beach to ourselves.
My favorite time each year is our family vacation to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Rachel, my beautiful wife, and I spend a week on completely deserted beaches with our dogs. During t... | ['Startup', 'Introvert', 'Leadership', 'Personal Development', 'Personal Growth'] |
Harken back to your childhood: you, as a sick child, being spoon fed that foul tasting medication by a parent to put you on the mend quickly.
Fast forward and the professional equivalent of stomaching that artificial grape flavoring is professional networking as an introvert.
When people think about networking, they ... | ['Networking', 'Listening', 'Introvert'] |
It’s 2021, and the joy of hermit crabbing has finally worn off. I actually miss other humans, and for a deep and truly introverted person, that’s quite startling. I miss them so much, in fact, that this year, I am committed to being a different kind of introvert.
Back in March, all the introverts of the world secretly... | ['Quarantine', 'Relationships', 'Mental Health', 'Introvert', 'Life'] |
12 Superpowers HSPs Bring To the Workplace
Stepping into your power as an HSP at work requires you to recognize that your innate qualities are rare and in demand — and to know the value that gives you.
1. You’re diplomatic when it matters most
As a highly sensitive person, you think longer and more deliberately befo... | ['Mental Health', 'Work', 'Leadership', 'Introvert', 'Highly Sensitive People'] |
Navigating the workplace as an introverted designer
I’m an introvert by all measures. Ask me to choose between a social gathering and a quiet evening by myself. You’ll see me jump at the latter. It’s just who I am and the kind of environment I prefer. Over time, those who know me have come to accept this and understan... | ['Personal Development', 'Design', 'Personal Growth', 'Introvert'] |
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of SimpliSafe, the survey found that the average porch pirate victim has lost $175.05 due to package theft and they’ve lost three packages during quarantine alone (Photo by Wicked Monday on Unsplash)
Over six in 10 Americans are worried the packages they send to their loved ones will get... | ['Research', 'Delivery', 'Gifts', 'Holidays', 'Surveys'] |
One of the advancements that occurred as of late is the online food conveyance framework. The food conveyance market size keeps on advancing in a consistent space. This area has changed the whole standpoint towards the food business as shoppers currently have the advantage to look over a wide assortment of cooking styl... | ['Delivery', 'Shopping', 'Food Ordering App', 'Food Delivery', 'On Demand'] |
Go for the Ben & Jerry’s, Stay for the Subtle Art of Surprise Chips
I thought I was happy with Instacart. Like many, I’d come to rely on the someone-else-shops-for-me app during the Covid pandemic. Indeed, I still use it sometimes. I’m not one hundred percent comfortable mixing my air with everyone else. And for the m... | ['Referrals', 'Delivery', 'Groceries', 'Cannabis', 'Go Puff'] |
We’re excited to share today that we’ve expanded our Eat offerings to include Frozen Eats, featuring sweet treats from Coolhaus, Chloe’s Pops, Marco, and Dalci, alongside savory foods from Chef Bombay, Nuggs, Cappello’s, and more.
Frozen Eats speaks to our mission of simplifying your life by bringing you the most cove... | ['Delivery', 'Launch', 'Food', 'Technews', 'Technology'] |
Get Ikea Home Delivery Services In Dubai And Tips IKEA Furniture Assembling Apamia Jan 21·3 min read
What are the Tips for Buying IKEA Furniture Assembling?
Many IKEA customers find themselves simultaneously fascinated at reasonable prices and modern styles of pieces of RTA furniture (ready-refit) companies, and are ... | ['Delivery', 'Furniture', 'IKEA', 'Home Delivery', 'Services'] |
Packaging Guidelines for your International Courier
So you’re planning to send a courier internationally? Vega Express provides a range of cost-effective service options for you to choose from whether you’re shipping to the USA, Canada, or Australia. We will get your package where it needs to go.
Let’s say you have s... | ['Delivery Service Usa', 'International Service', 'International Courier', 'Delivery'] |
Favor Delivery Expands to More Cities Across Texas
At Favor, we know Texans are relying on delivery now more than ever — and we are dedicated to doing our part to serve the communities we love. That’s why we’re excited to announce we’re doubling our coverage across Texas to serve more communities than ever before!
Fa... | ['Delivery', 'Texas', 'News', 'Expansion', 'Community'] |
Authors: Elan Greenberg and Mike Goldblatt
From the beginning, DoorDash set out to empower local economies. As part of that mission, we strive to help local businesses expand their reach by offering on-demand delivery for customers wherever they are.
Two years ago, through our white-label fulfillment platform, DoorDa... | ['Grocery Home Delivery', 'Grocery Shopping', 'Delivery', 'DoorDash'] |
Since last summer, CloudKitchens has been aggregating independently owned food trucks to launch new markets faster than the lengthy construction process required for its multi-kitchen warehouses. In lieu of leasing space to restaurant tenants to occupy 225 square-foot kitchens, the company sells its Otter software to f... | ['Delivery', 'Startup', 'Food', 'Business', 'Technology'] |
By James Reeve and Rose Mortada
This is part of a series of posts about how digital leadership is changing. Last time we talked about some trends we’ve observed. This post is a two-parter with this bit coming today and Rose’s bit coming shortly after.
Recap
GDS showed us the way. The low hanging fruit is now gone. W... | ['Digital', 'Government', 'Policy', 'Delivery'] |
With ParcelX, worldwide parcel delivery can be easier, more efficient and cheaper. Find out how.
Global e-retail sales is projected at a whopping $4.8 trillion for 2021.
If you are an online shopaholic, you are not alone.
To think in 2017 alone, there were 1.66 billion online buyers according to Statista and this nu... | ['Parcelx', 'Blockchain', 'Delivery', 'Shopping', 'Ecommerce'] |
I’m going to play this week backwards because today has been huge.
After 15 years at HM Land Registry, today I handed in my notice.
I’ve been offered a job at Surevine and I have accepted it. I will be Technical Lead for a very nice team (who I met on Wednesday, more to follow) building software to enable people with... | ['Government', 'Delivery', 'New Job', 'Leaving', 'Weeknotes'] |
Our backyard in summer 2013
Before we moved out to our acreage, we lived in a very nice suburban neighbourhood in northeast Edmonton. We had grocery stores, convenience stores, schools, churches, and recreation centres all within a very small radius. Our mail came to a ‘supermailbox’ across the street, but packages we... | ['Rural', 'Co Op', 'Delivery', 'Startup'] |
Spanish delivery and distribution startup Glovo aims to raise 100 million euros in its second round of financing in less than a year ahead of a possible initial public offering, said people with knowledge of the subject .
Glovo, based in Barcelona, holds meetings with investors as it seeks funds and evaluates going pu... | ['Intelligence', 'America', 'Barcelona', 'Deliveries', 'Glovo'] |
Expanding the use of the blockchain in payment and delivery service, as well as implementation in financial institutions Volt Technology Apr 12, 2019·2 min read
High competitiveness of large domestic corporations and financial institutions … VOLT, a leading commercialized company based on advanced technologies
The bl... | ['Blockchain', 'Volttechnology', 'Delivery', 'Volttech', 'Cryptocurrency'] |
August 2017 I opened a brand new door in my career, I had entered the world of Financial technology and Agile transformation Talent acquisition, of Big Data, the Cloud, Solution architecture and Scrum mastery…I can not lie, I was out of my depth by a country mile.
Having come from Contact Centres, with a passion for L... | ['Blog', 'Delivery', 'Changes In Life', 'Agile Transformation', 'Scrum Master'] |
The Coronavirus is no joke. Few events have brought New York City to its knees like the quarantine.
Ironically, the problems caused by COVID-19 have also kick-started a booming third party delivery industry in which you belong. Carsharers have more work than ever, but does that also mean each point of contact poses a ... | ['Delivery', 'Coronavirus', 'Rideshare', 'Carshare', 'New York City'] |
We all might have surely bought something online and we might have gone through the stomach butterflies before getting that product. It might have been ordered by someone or maybe it might be ordered by you. But the feeling of getting the product in your hand is always special.
There's a delivery date given for you, a... | ['Delivery', 'Blog', 'Thoughts', 'Sleeved'] |
At Zego, we aim to provide insurance options that suit you, however you choose to work. We want our cover to give you the same flexibility that you get from your delivery work.
In this article, we’ll explain how you can get the most from your cover with Zego by accessing the full flexibility of our insurance.
Pay-as-... | ['Insurtech', 'Delivery', 'UberEATS', 'Flexible Work', 'Deliveroo'] |
Photo by Drew Beamer
E-commerce, which already accounts for nine percent of total retail sales, is growing at a double-digit clip according to the U.S. Census Bureau. What’s also growing at a rapid rate? The use of artificial intelligence in business. Here’s how AI could help solve e-commerce’s last mile delivery prob... | ['Delivery', 'AI', 'Machine Learning', 'Ecommerce', 'Marketing'] |
How Our COO Ryan Sturgis Figures it All Out
It was a moment of location-based kismet that led Ryan Sturgis, 34, on his righteous Dude path, courtesy of his parents. When the Sturgis family decided to sell their house but stay in the same Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, it was none other than the Koss family who purchase... | ['Small Business', 'Delivery', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Food Delivery', 'Restaurant'] |
CANARY RELEASES & A/B TESTING
If a (software) feature is just the materialisation of an idea, and some ideas hold more value, and are more successful than others, then how do you quickly identify ones worth pursuing versus ones to discard? Canary Releases and A/B Testing are two supporting practices to achieve this.
... | ['Delivery', 'Software Engineering', 'Release Management', 'Agile', 'Innovation'] |
A gigabyte of data for a bag of groceries. This is what you get when doing a robotic delivery. That’s a lot of data — especially if you repeat it more than a million times like we have.
But the rabbit hole goes deeper. The data are also incredibly diverse: robot sensor and image data, user interactions with our apps, ... | ['Delivery', 'Data Mesh', 'Robotics', 'Data Science', 'Data Engineering'] |
Announcing Updates to Provide More Choice, Flexibility, and Transparency for Local Restaurants DoorDash Follow Apr 27 · 5 min read
DoorDash, the nation’s leading last-mile logistics platform, unveiled new pricing changes designed to better support restaurant partners. Beginning today, all U.S. local restaurants will h... | ['Small Business', 'Delivery', 'Restuarants'] |
Drawbacks from “classic” product roadmaps
“I’ve seen unrealistic roadmaps destroy teams and good products time and time again. Many problems could be solved if we stop considering Product Roadmaps to be a Gantt Chart rather than a high-level guide, but the way we make traditional product roadmaps prevent teams from be... | ['Discovery', 'Product Management', 'Delivery', 'Roadmaps', 'Agile'] |
When we founded Nuro, we set out to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. In our first blog post, we discussed our goal of not building fancy gadgets for those who already have everything, but rather developing technology to improve the quality of life for everyone. And for the past four and a half yea... | ['Delivery', 'AI', 'Autonomous Cars', 'Self Driving Cars', 'Dominos'] |
Every moment of your journey is important. Some moments will boost your confidence, others will teach you lessons. All right reserved for the picture (made it myself).
A natural hair journey isn’t a linear path. There will be some days where you hair is flourishing, and there will be other days where it doesn’t want t... | ['Natural Hair', 'Black Women', 'African American', 'Self Care', 'Self Love'] |
What will the future of America hold? (Unsplash)
President Biden’s Inaugural Address on January 20, 2021, set a new tone for American’s future and gave us a reason to hope.
As an English teacher, I was listening to President Biden’s speech for references and allusions to other works of literature and was not disappoi... | ['President Biden', 'Blm', 'African American', 'Biden Speech', 'Democrats'] |
Ebony Magazine and Jet Magazine
The once-iconic Chicago-based publishing company, Johnson Publishing Inc., launched in 1942, has filed for bankruptcy. It will not reorganize or redistribute ownership. Ebony Magazine was sold in 2016, and Jet Magazine printed its final issue in 2014.
Although companies fold every day,... | ['Memories', 'Culture', 'Icons', 'African American'] |
Nina Feldman, WHYY
October 13, 2020
When the coronavirus arrived in Philadelphia in March, Dr. Ala Stanford hunkered down at home with her husband and kids. A pediatric surgeon with a private practice, she has staff privileges at a few suburban Philadelphia hospitals. For weeks, most of her usual procedures and patie... | ['BlackLivesMatter', 'Africanamerican', 'Blackdoctors'] |
Jean Shafiroff, Brenda Simmons, Aisha Christian. Credit: Patrick McMullan
The Southampton African American Museum (SAAM) held a summer party chaired by New York philanthropist, author, and TV host Jean Shafiroff, and her husband, Martin Shafiroff, along with Aisha Christian & Michael Steifman in Southampton, NY follow... | ['History', 'Society', 'African American', 'Charity'] |
The Guerrero Decree
Vicente Ramon Guerrero Saldana was born on August 10, 1782 in the mountain town of Tixtla, Mexico. It’s a small town about 60 miles northeast of the beach and port city of Acapulco. He was born to a father who was a descendent of African slaves. His mother was indigenous, descended from the Aztec. ... | ['African American', 'Texas', 'Slavery', 'History', 'Featured'] |
1. Frederick Douglass’s opposition to restrictions on Chinese immigration
Chinese immigration to the United States became a salient political issue in the 1800s. In his 1869 “Composite Nation” speech, abolitionist Frederick Douglass argued on behalf of Chinese immigration to America, urging Americans not to fear Asian... | ['Asian American', 'Solidarity', 'Black History Month', 'African American', 'Coalition Building'] |
Race Relations
An Asian response to Black American Criticism and Prejudices about Asian Americans
When it comes to combating the Model Minority Myth, being seen and heard is one of the biggest challenges for Asian Americans Y. Vue Follow Jan 7 · 10 min read
Photo by Korantin Grall on Unsplash
I once wrote a piece t... | ['Race', 'Racism', 'BlackLivesMatter', 'African American', 'Asian American'] |
Our reaction to ALREADY
A lot of conversation was held over the visually dynamic music video for ALREADY. It incorporated fashion and dancing inspired by different African cultures, namely Nigerian, Kenyan, and South African. It also features the Ghanaian artist Shatta Whale. So why was there controversy? Well these w... | ['Culture', 'African', 'African American', 'Cultural Appropriation', 'Beyonce'] |
Race
Hood Asians, Model Minority, and Black and White America
My older brother and I in a refugee camp in Thailand in the late 1970s. Photo credit my dad.
I’m not your model minority. I never have been, but people have assumed I am because I’m well-read, I’m well-spoken, and I write well. I often get mistaken for Ch... | ['Race', 'African American', 'White Supremacy', 'Refugees', 'Asian American'] |
What better way to commit myself to learning something, than to also write about it so that others can read up on it. It’s like a means of self-disciplining yourself, at a PUBLIC level. Love the approach, never done it before but all excited about it.
Alright folks, quick background. The name’s Karim (you can also cal... | ['HTML', 'CSS', 'Codingbootcamp', 'UX', 'Coding'] |
A tale of navigating the job hunt during the pandemic and the holidays — 2 Months post course, what have I been up to and what have I learned? Kathleen B Nov 23, 2020·7 min read
Wow, where has the time gone? It’s been two months since I graduated coding bootcamp, and since my last check in things, have slightly gotten... | ['Career Change', 'Software Engineering', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Codingbootcampgraduate'] |
Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash
React is a library that specializes in creating single-page applications (SPAs) that are rendered on the client side. This means the client side is in charge of handling the routing, fetching and displaying of the data in the browser rather than the server. SPAs tend to have multipl... | ['React', 'React Router', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Flatiron School', 'Coding'] |
This is a popular question in the coding interviews and if you have a good grasp of the solution you can tackle a lot of variations of this problem.
So the pattern of question matches something like you are given a number N or an array of N numbers and you have to return all the possible subsets of this array or the s... | ['Data Structures', 'Java', 'Algorithms', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Coding Interviews'] |
Whatever path I take, I seem to be choosing a path that requires long hours of sitting by the keyboard, whether it is in this form,
Photo by Claude Gabriel on Unsplash
or the other!
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash
My Flatiron School journey began about two weeks ago, but my official coding journey began in 2021, ar... | ['Classical Music', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Musicians', 'Flatiron School', 'Coding'] |
So you served your country. What’s next? Maybe you have a friend who broke into tech. Is it for you? It might seem impossible to break into. The tech industry is full of people who are amazing at math and science, right? Well, let’s answer these questions.
Is it for you? Well, can you work hard and commit to learning ... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Veterans', 'Career Transitions', 'Community', 'Software Development'] |
Computers have always been apart of my life. Whether it was at home playing video games or at school when assignments were online. As I grew up I was always intrigued by the way video games were made and I would always rush to my T.V. or Monitor to play after school. I want to become a Software Engineer so I can create... | ['Flatiron School', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
Where do I begin? I guess I should start with a few tidbits about me that got me to this point.
If I think back far enough, my first experience with technology was with my Dad’s Atari game console. Back then, the graphics were elementary compared to what they are now. It was pretty cool but it was the pre-cursor to wh... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Software Engineering', 'Coding', 'Life Change', 'Technology'] |
How to become world class in programming and get a job in tech? HashJar Jan 21·6 min read
You are in your final year and the placement scene in your college is pretty bleak. It is late in the night, you should have slept by now. But you are still up, doing what we all spent our college days (and nights) doing. You lov... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Tech Jobs', 'Coding', 'Programming', 'Developer'] |
In a world of constant innovation, I find myself wondering what is the best stack to be learning at any one time? Last year I took part in a coding bootcamp in which I learned Ruby, Ruby on Rails (which I use on the backend when developing apps) and then Javascript and React (frontend). Knowing how to code has opened n... | ['Learning And Development', 'Growth Mindset', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Coding', 'Technology'] |
Treasure Island and Bay Bridge (photo by: Ata Akca)
Welcome to my first blog ever. This post will be about traveling all the way from Izmir to San Francisco to become a data scientist. I am pretty excited to be writing this story and hope you readers would enjoy it.
A quick summary of my background. Three different U... | ['General Assembly', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Data Science', 'Learning', 'Travel'] |
Hi, my name is Godfrey Martinez and I just started the San Diego Code School program on April 5th and I am on week #1 out of the 12 week Fullstack JavaScript course. I’m feeling pretty excited and a bit anxious for whats to come.
Some of the biggest challenges I faced this week was getting all my dependencies installe... | ['JavaScript', 'Coding', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
How to Succeed in a Coding Bootcamp
Growth Mindset is Key
My first week, I thought the bootcamp staffs’ emphasis on approaching everything with a growth mindset was overkill (we talked about it at least 5 times). But, at this stage in my bootcamp journey I almost think it could have even been emphasized more! When yo... | ['Web Development', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Coding', 'Programming', 'Learning To Code'] |
You finally got your webpage looking exactly the way you want. But… you know people have different devices, right? I mean, your site will look great in any screen size, RIGHT?
TLDR; Section 1 explains how it works, Section 2 explains the syntax and Section 3 shows the code.
If your answer is anything other than a res... | ['Front End Development', 'Media Queries', 'CSS', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
From Network Engineer to Web Developer
Amir Helmy
What’s your name and where are you from?
Amir Helmy, I am an Egyptian/Canadian. I grew up in Egypt and spent the last decade living in Montreal.
What were you doing before you decided to take up coding?
I am a Telecommunications Engineer with a master’s degree in E... | ['Education', 'Career Change', 'Web Development', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
Three weeks ago, I began a 12-week software engineering bootcamp with the intention of changing my career. Coming from a nontechnical background, I was excited for the opportunity to build out a new skill-set but also a little nervous. Is 12 weeks enough time? Could I do it?
The more I talked to my classmates, instruc... | ['HTML', 'JavaScript', 'CSS', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
The last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind (you know, the kind of whirlwind that immediately follows a 10-week long hurricane). Midway through our final week of bootcamp I got an e-mail from a company that had been at our speed-interviewing event (week 7) asking if I’d like to come in for an interview that Frida... | ['First Job', 'Junior Developer', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Women In Tech'] |
Discuss in words something you learned in class today or this week.
-Protected Routes- component is the blueprint for all protected routes in the application. If the user is logged in, go on and display the component in question; otherwise, redirect the user to sign-in page. Additionally, we can define the logic of is... | ['Coding', 'Web Development', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
Having started the new term at Coder Academy, I now have a basic grounding of Ruby. Now we go one step further and look at the nebulous framework of Rails.
Here’s what I’ve learned to get started.
Rails fundamentally follows a trifold structure. Essentially, (to get started), there is three elements: the router (uppe... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Rails', 'Ruby on Rails', 'Ruby', 'Coding'] |
The Journey…
Started the journey of me learning UI/UX on SideHustle 1.0 .
Design is a large flow of topics and is not limited to graphic design. When someone says “I’m a designer” it’s not immediately clear what they’re actually doing day in and day out. There are numerous pillars of responsibility that together hold... | ['Tech', 'Codingbootcamp', 'UI', 'Coding', 'Technology'] |
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Courses for novice programmers won’t make you a developer: here’s why
It’s not easy to change careers. I respect people who can learn a whole new discipline and become a professional in that field. I’ve been trying to learn programming from various online courses for years. But it still... | ['Beginner Coding', 'Programming', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
When starting your journey of learning programming, it can be daunting. However, here are a few tips that I have learned so far in my journey.
1. Take things slowly.
I think the first thing that I found was that I was in a rush to learn. What ended up happening was that I would rush through all the tutorials and find... | ['Tips', 'Coding', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
When I first began learning to code, I signed up for Codecademy and freeCodeCamp. I think that both are excellent resources, and they helped me make the first steps into programming. I think that my experience with freeCodeCamp as a beginner dev was pretty familiar: I breezed through HTML and CSS, I loved learning basi... | ['Beginner', 'Algorithms', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Programming', 'Freecodecamp'] |
After having spent the first few weeks on Ruby Object Oriented Programming, in my 5th week into Flatiron School’s bootcamp, I was introduced to Rails. One of the things I picked up during this part of the course was that when building a Ruby on Rails web application it’s actually quite handy to know that Rails comes wi... | ['Web Development', 'Codingbootcamp', 'London Tech', 'Ruby on Rails', 'Learning To Code'] |
Introduction
Most often, developing mobile applications, we build them for only two types of devices — smartphones and tablets. And every time we start a new Android Studio project we come across the proposed templates for other types of devices. Unless necessary, developers wouldn’t use those templates especially if ... | ['Mobile App Development', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Android', 'Mobile Apps', 'Wearables'] |
Working with people from different countries, the challenge of working together and practicing coding. For all of us we either used code in new ways,
learnt more and built more and did this together!
Using SCRUM for the first time to keep organized, and also pushing ourselves to learn basic Koa and Postgres
Worked w... | ['Web Development', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Chingu', 'Showcase', 'Freecodecamp'] |
The Ultimate Guide to Joining Makers
Hi budding coder — my name’s Rachael and I’m an Admissions Manager here at Makers.
I’m guessing you’ve found yourself on this blog because you’re interested in getting into the world of software development — perhaps you’re even looking to change your career completely!
Makers is... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Learn To Code', 'Career Change', 'Coding', 'Software Development'] |
🔥 On February 21st we’ll send you the brand new Chingu Handbook, but we thought we’d share a little information before then as well.
Below is a list of links to help you get oriented and ready for your Remote-developer Pre-work & Voyage! Don’t feel like you have to read & watch everything (you won’t be able to).
1 —... | ['Freecodecamp', 'Chingu', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
Know what you don’t know
Someone in my bootcamp Slack channel wrote that the process of learning to code starts with turning unknown-unknowns into known-unknowns. I took this advice and wrote a list of all the questions I had accumulated (there were a lot). This saved me from a state of overwhelm and created a rough o... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Coding', 'Programming', 'Coding Interviews', 'Hack Reactor'] |
Practical advice for early career software engineers.
I get a lot of questions from people who’ve completed a software engineering bootcamp and are looking for advice on finding a job or advancing their career. I think enough has been written about the former, but very little information is out there about the latter.... | ['Career Advice', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Startup', 'Software Engineering', 'Silicon Valley'] |
In this blog Nishant Shah, B.Tech 3rd-year student and Convener of the Programming Club at DA-IICT shares his experience in Competitive Programming. It will also be helpful for someone who wants to begin with Competitive Programming and excel at it. Currently, Nishant is ranked Top 17 in Codeforces and Top 30 in CodeCh... | ['Codingbootcamp', 'Coding', 'Programming', 'Competitive Programming'] |
I studied from a normal regional college near Hyderabad, you might not know the name of and applied for innumerable companies in last two years, before bagging offers from Oracle and Amazon.
Hi, I am Srikanth, narrating my story for you to pick some cues for yourself, if you are also on the journey of getting into the... | ['Data Structures', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Software Engineering', 'Coding Interviews', 'Amazon'] |
lets take a look at the following UseEffect
const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
const [mouseClickCount, setMouseClickCount] = useState(0); useEffect(() => { if(mouseClickCount === 2 && count !== 0) {
setCount(count + 1 );
} else if(mouseClickCount === 1 && count === 0) {
setCount(count + 1 );
} }, [count, mous... | ['React', 'Codingbootcamp', 'Hooks', 'Junior Developer', 'React Hook'] |
Spikes flying
If Baseball’s Hall of Fame Voting is a popularity contest how did Ty Cobb get inducted? Mark Kolier Nov 23, 2020·3 min read
You may have missed it last week as on November 16 the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWA) announced https://www.mlb.com/news/2021-hall-of-fame-ballot-announced the 14 p... | ['Baseball Hall Of Fame', 'Baseball Essential', 'Baseball', 'Baseball History'] |
The dilemma for owners and players and fans may be understood as The Paradox of Progress: we know the game is better, so why, for so many, does it feel worse? I submit that while Science may win on the field, as clubs employ strategies that give them a better chance of victory, Aesthetics wins hearts and minds.
That m... | ['2020', 'Baseball', 'Change', 'World Series', 'Sabermetrics'] |
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