I’m wondering if viewing programming as an art-as poetry-will help me hack my brain into believing that I actually can do it. I’M HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY COMPUTER, PEOPLE. Yesterday I continued my trek through an introduction to the command line. Then I realized that optimizing my editor for speed and comfort is another long journey of its own!
The few things I’ve been exposed to, and the atmosphere of collaboration and education I’ve experienced, have whetted my appetite in such a meaningful way that I’ll never be able to forget them. It strikes me tonight that if Sparkbox were to email me and terminate my apprenticeship now, after only two weeks of it, I would feel completely changed and grateful for the time I had here.Įven the second-hand smoke I inhale while working at Sparkbox is enough to blow my mind and make it more than worth being here. Having the company of my coworkers as I go is going to make the work even sweeter.
I can’t remember having looked forward to something as much as I am this for a long time! I’m giddy at the thought of doing the kind of work I love all day, every day. I’m starting my apprenticeship at Sparkbox tomorrow morning. Sorry that it has taken us awhile to get through the selection process, but we’re happy to say that we’d like to offer you an apprenticeship with us beginning in January! Week 1: The big day It’s the chronicle of the successes and failures of a little web worker who was willing to make a lot of mistakes in order to make a lot of progress. It’s a little raw, and it’s more than a little honest. I’m sharing my journey this way in the hopes that you’ll find something inspiring for yourself. I didn’t necessarily intend to publish the writing-I wrote every few days as a personal exercise to track my progress and sort out the flood of inspiration I encountered. I wanted to squeeze every last drop out of my Sparkbox apprenticeship for the short six months it lasted, so I kept a personal journal of my progress. I often say, “I think by writing” so when I want to think a lot, I write a lot. In order to do that, I’m going to peel back the cover of my journal and let you take a peek. I want to share with you how the program helped launch me into orbit and find my place in this incredible industry. Getting a foothold as a well-rounded web developer is more than a little daunting, though, and the apprenticeship made a huge impact on me. As a designer coming into the program, I was determined to become a skilled developer. There hasn’t been a lot said about what the experience is like from the perspective of an apprentice, though.
#Sparkbox apprenticeships code
Drew wrote about why we do it, and the Code School folks were kind enough to run a little feature about the Sparkbox apprenticeship in their blog. There’s been a lot of chatter about our apprenticeships recently.
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