Charlie Dunn dunncl15

Post-Grad Job Search Action Plan

#1: Job Search Plan: Create a schedule & goals

Design a 40-hour "work week" that provides time for:

Monday - Friday: 8:30am: Workout 9:30am - 12:30pm: Outreach/Company Research 1pm - 5pm: Code

For my interview practice I participated in a whiteboarding session with the mod4 instructors. It was a very helpful exercise and I found that I need to work on articulating my thoughts in a clear and concise manner. I felt like my shorthand syntax was solid, but I will continue to work through technical challenges speaking outloud and practicing my shorthand.

I also had a first round interview with a company in Denver called Ideas By Nature. It was not a technical interview, but it was great practice for telling my story, highlighting my strengths, and articulating where I want my career in software to go. We left things open and I am going to be in touch with after I finish the program and see where they are at hiring wise.

-Company of Contact: FareHabor

-Person of contact and relevant postion: "Lawrence Hester, CEO"

-Date of contact: 4/9/17

-Outcome:

##Let's say tech executives (consciously or subconsciously) seek teams in which at least 1/3 of team members are like them (gender, age, race). How will this impact the types of jobs available?

Even this seemlingly small bais will impact the larger job market, because over time only certain people will be hired for these jobs creating a large gap in diversity.

##Diversity "quotas" are sometimes dismissed as counter-productive or missing the point of actually valuing diversity. PotP does demonstrate how they may add some value. What are your attitudes toward diversity quotas; does this game change your assumptions?

I can see how people could dismiss diversity quotas, but personally I think it's a nice way to hold a company accountable. Without any sort of metric it is easy to dismiss the idea. This game really highlights how even if you personally don't have a bias, not actively trying to create a more diverse neighborhood or workforce does nothing to change the status quo.

##Given the patterns illuminated

###Challenge 1 I created three divs and assigned each a separate class in order to apply styles to each box individually. I wrapped divs 2 and 3 in a parent div in order to group them together. I left the positioning of div 1 alone and floated the parent div containing divs 2 and 3 to the right.

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###Challenge 2 I created three divs and assigned each a separate class in order to apply styles to each box individually. I then wrapped all three divs in a parent div. I assigned the parent div a width of 100%. I centered div 2 using margin: 0 auto and I floated div 3 to the right. I left the default display of block in order to keep each div on separate lines.

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	Module 4 Goals

	Have atleast one interview with a company in SF or Denver.
	Become proficient at Node/Express.
	Get back into codewars to stay fresh on the fundamentals.
	Finish personal website.

	Strategy To Achieve Goals:

	Leverage the turing alumni in the SF Bay Area.

	• Use the tab index attribute to ensure the form elements and other relevant information are accessible.
	• Use a color scheme that accommodates people with various forms of color blindness.
	• Use CSS to include a focus state on form elements.