I am using this blog to talk about my experiences from pre-software development boot camp towards entering the Web3 ecosystem. I'll share thoughts and what I'm learning, reflect on the journey, and share informational interviews for others to follow along.
4 Apr 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Week 8 has closed and with it, the weekly recaps. In this week's non-technical recap, I'm sharing the big points from this week's articles focused on building an understanding of smart contracts and the progress made with the upcoming hackathon. If y...
4 Apr 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Week 8 has come to a close and here's the technical recap. I made heavy decent progress through the new course, Flask + MySQL with some steps forward in my projects. I did choose to take some time for my health this week, so the progress is not as su...
28 Mar 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Week 7 has ended with successful non-technical growth from outside of the boot camp experience. If you're more interested in the technical side of things, check out the week 7 technical recap here. This week was somewhat limited in available time due...
28 Mar 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Week 7 of the boot camp experience with Coding Dojo went well, although I feel like I did struggle a little bit this week. My time to dedicate to learning was impacted by some pretty big personal matters, and I've spent the last few days halfway acro...
20 Mar 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Mike Bivens
Week 6 of the boot camp experience has come to a close, you can find the technical recap here. It's also the end of my blockchain-focused learning and I'll be moving into smart contracts starting tomorrow. Unfortunately, I was not able to hold any in...
19 Mar 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Welcome back to the Journey to Web3 blog series. If you're new here I'm creating this blog series as I go from coding newbie to working in web3. I'm creating this to reflect on the technical and non-technical growth and to leave it behind for others...
13 Mar 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Mike Bivens
Hey there and welcome to the non-technical recap of my journey from coding newbie to working in web3. If you're new here, I'm reflecting on everything I learn each week through self-study of articles, a software development boot camp, informational i...
12 Mar 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Week 5 has closed for my Coding Dojo boot camp and this week was all Python for its technical growth, you can follow along or check out the assignments for this stack on its respective repo here in my GitHub. Most of the initial material covered was...
6 Mar 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
This is part 2 of the week 4 recap, (the technical portion here is part 1 for those of you interested in the technical growth). This week I was successful in finding opportunities to talk with developers through informational interviews so I'll be sh...
5 Mar 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Mike Bivens
Another week down in the Coding Dojo and it was the final week of Web Fundamentals. With Python starting on Monday, I'm feeling a mix of nervousness and excitement. I've made it further than I ever have in self-directed study and I feel like I have a...
