Mod1 Gear Up Takeaways

Growth Mindset

Discussing mindset and how we handle challenges is always important. Learning to be open with our struggles and to share them with our partners was helpful because they ended up being the people who supported and pushed us to be our best throughout the mod. I've usually been good about having a growth mindset in my life so I didn't see the value in this session at first but Turing has definitely put me in places that changed my mindset to think I wasn't good enough for the program. The awareness to know that my mindset has changed certainly helped me turn my mindset back around so I keep moving forward.

Learn to Pair

This session was great because I was hesistant about pairing when I first arrived at Turing. I've worked with others on projeccts in my undergrad but nobody was as committed to their education when compared to Turing students. Everyone here wants to each other succeed. I value the DTR's as they help with workflow and set up communication expectations. It's important to decide and agree on schedule and pairing styles before actually diving into a project.

Working with Introverts, Extroverts, and Ambiverts

It was great to strengthen relationships with classmates by getting to know them better. I appreciated hearing others be vocal and honest about who they are, how they work, and how they get their energy. It's equally important to know myself and be aware of the my traits whether good or bad, and the implications of that when working on a team. This session also had me think about how my personality would work with other personalities and working styles.

Strengths and Storytelling

Finding my strengths and openly discussing them was extremely beneficial with me. When working on paired projects knowing someone else's strengths and the way they work made everything go smoothly. This gear up also made me realize that I haven't told my story recently and that I need practice talking about it. I'm going to continue to practice and develop my story as I prepare for a career in coding.

Debugging the Gender Gap

I learned a lot from this session. The movie explained several instances of discrimination against women and it was all eye-opening to me that these things were happening. I had no idea the gender gap was so large. The amount of harassment and even the threats females received in the industry was hard for me to comprehend. The movie had so many compelling stories and it was inspiring to know that this problem has turned into an active conversation to address it as we move forward in the tech culture. I value the environment at Turing and plan to bring that environment into whatever company I end up working for.

Developer Identity

I thought this session was extremely helpful - this can be something that would be easy to push back because we are all so busy, but I am glad we got the time for it. Being new to tech, I had no idea how to put myself out there, so this was a great starting point. I'm also glad we got to talk about this in Mod1 so we can all think about the kind of developers we want to be as we continue to go through the program.