theDevNovice

      A little over three years ago, at my previous apartment, there was neighborhood cat that everyone fed. Each person had their own name for her, but my family and I called her Gato. Well, Gato was the definition of scraggly. She was tiny, had awful skin problems, and was missing chunks of hair, but everyone absolutely adored her. She was a street cat through and through and wouldn't let anyone convert her into a house cat, but we did our best to look after her. Within a year, she had given birth to two litters of kittens. After the second litter, I took her to get fixed and her shots. The first litter I hope was adopted throughout the neighborhood as the feral kittens all eventually disappeared. The second litter remained a mystery for a few weeks. While she was pregnant the second time, we often let her inside to look after her. My partner would rub her belly and feel the kittens kick. She even spent Christmas with us and slept under the tree. Then one day Gato poppe...

      It has been over two weeks since my last post and things have been busy. During that time I was finally able to get my portfolio live using GitHub Pages. It was relatively easy, easier than I thought it would be at least. I have limited experience with GitHub and the online resources that I was looking at made it seem like deploying a repository was pretty complicated. Luckily I was able to locate a YouTube video that walked me through the steps and it only took a few minutes. I was able to link my projects to my portfolio and post an URL to my LinkedIn page. I also updated my LinkedIn page to reflect that I am looking for a coding job. I deleted all of my prior work experience, which is no longer relevant to the field I am attempting to get hired in.      Let's pause a moment to silently thank the unsung heroes of YouTube and StackOverflow. The developers who take the time to upload tutorial videos, or respond to coding questions. As a new coder...