Hack Reactor Ready

My last post was right after my first technical interview with Hack Reactor. Well, I was not accepted on my first attempt, but they told me to study up and apply again in about two weeks.  I took my time reviewing materials and preparing to solve the problems they might present.  I am happy to say that the time and studies paid off.  I was accepted into Hack Reactor Remote!!! I elected to enroll in the cohort that starts on Feb. 29th, 2016.

The past couple weeks I've been digging into the required pre-course materials including building my first web application in javascript! I'm enjoying every project and can't wait to start working and learning with others next month.  I am so thankful for the opportunity to attend Hack Reactor's Remote program! It includes all the content and methodology from the on-site, but instead creates a virtual classroom and will give me just a little more time to connect with my wife and kids throughout each week.

So far, I'm in an ever-growing cohort of students from all over the US, London, and even Japan. We have been asked to rewrite part of a library of functions, write a simple clone of a well-known web-app, and implement a couple challenging functions using recursion.  There have been lots of helpful tutorials, slides, and links to get us ready for the first week.  The goal of the pre-course is to make sure we are all on the same page and I'm really excited to see where we progress from there! I have a decent idea of some of what the first week may include, but anticipate that even that first week will be challenging and surprising.

Each week, I hope to share a little more of what I'm learning and my favorite new resource, aside from the stuff you have to pay Hack Reactor to see ;-) .

This week, I'll stick to the announcement, but will share my favorite new resource. One of my classmates sent me this video on recursion.  It is hilarious and informative and I've already subscribed to his youtube channel.