Sometimes we learn something later in life only to realize that it was put in our ears a long time ago. Take the story of the Tortoise and the Hare for example. The moral of the story is that consistent work pays off over pure talent. Consistency is key to anything. Ask any business owner […]
There is an old saying in Spanish “Bueno Bonito y Barato” it translates to English as “Good Appealing and Cheap”. We live in a day and age where our attention spans have decreased. We are bombarded with stories of overnight success. It is also well known that the 3 B’s are rarely attainable. It reminds […]
If you asked my high school English teacher what I would be doing in 20 or 30 years, it is unlikely that she would mention anything remotely related to writing. But today, here I am, by definition, a writer. After all, a writer writes. I hated writing throughout all of my pre-college years. What made […]
We all hate it or at least dread the idea of going to tech interview to be grilled about what we know. Who wants to show up for an interview and be grilled on programming questions or even worse, be asked to solve tough problems on a whiteboard. As much as we hate the process, […]
For some time now I’ve heard that we no longer need nor should be using jQuery. Yes Yes, I know, I’m late to the party. The frustrating part of this was exactly how do I stop using JQuery and using pure HTML and JavaScript instead. The information regarding what to use instead is quite […]
I caught one of the latest episodes of Eli the Computer Guy last week and it really caught my attention. Eli pointed out that one of the biggest coding schools, The Iron Yard, was shutting its doors completely, soon. It made me really think about the idea of coding schools altogether. The idea that anyone can […]
Sometimes I feel like I’m not moving forward in the direction that I want. I have personal and professional goals like everyone else. I have been blogging off and on for about 10 years and in those 10 years, my audience hasn’t grown much. My career has been somewhat stagnant. My technical knowledge has increased […]
I’m of the mentality that you get out of something the amount of what you put into it. I’ve seen many a student graduate with a degree in computer science or information systems and be ill-prepared for the job market. Heck, I’ve seen individuals with a master’s degree and be ill prepared for an entry […]
If you have been programming in an object-oriented language such as C# or Java and are struggling to learn Javascript of have been putting it off, this post is for you. Learning Javascript has been quite a challenge for me. I’m now going on about five or six years learning it. I’ve taken several courses […]
Introduction Recently my organization gave an introductory talk to a group of students for the local high school. For this presentation, we decided to create a simple application to provide a way to engage the students with a mobile application. I created the application as a single page application using MVC 5 and Knockout JS. […]
