Thanks for the advice, I’m lucky enough to always find time to code daily, I have found locking…

Thanks for the advice, I’m lucky enough to always find time to code daily, I have found locking myself down to 21 hours of coding a week has really accelerated my understanding and speed. I will look into DevOps automation. I had not be given that advice before, but it makes a lot of sense.

January 25, 2016 · 1 min · 55 words · Nic Ollis

One of the things I try to push on my friends learning code is don’t get stuck on a lesson for 5…

One of the things I try to push on my friends learning code is don’t get stuck on a lesson for 5 hours that should have taken 30 minutes just because you don’t fully understand it. Keep working it will come up enough that sooner or later the light bulb will turn on.

January 25, 2016 · 1 min · 53 words · Nic Ollis

One of the big reasons I love Free Code Camp is the simplicity behind it, and how advanced it gets…

One of the big reasons I love Free Code Camp is the simplicity behind it, and how advanced it gets when you get into projects. While I was sad to see the terminology go, I was happy to see how quickly changes were made when the community saw the new site in put in input on how to improve. I hear Ruby has the best community out there of any language....

January 25, 2016 · 1 min · 87 words · Nic Ollis

Staring Line

We all start somewhere I suppose. I’ve been “learning” to code for over 5 years now. Yet, here I am a Senior IT Administrator, not a programmer with very few projects to show of my years or “learning”. Its easy not to stay focus on one project or another, or wanting to jump to the newest language. I made a promise to myself, that this would be the year I hunker down, study, and apply for jobs as a Junior Developer....

January 24, 2016 · 2 min · 246 words · Nic Ollis