I went into software development thinking that I knew a lot of useful information. Truth be told, that is probably still true... but there were 5 particular problems that I ran into once I landed my first job. This post is a message to aspiring Software Engineers.…
The following instructions are heavily inspired by Bernard 't Hooft over at Udemy. I found instructions from his Windows 7, 8 and 10 course here: https://www.udemy.com/make-gimp-work-as-photoshop. I know that many Linux users love GIMP but may still be missing that 'Photoshop feeling' so I wanted to…
Wow, what a weekend. So as many of you know I have been working on my second web application, Amiibo.Land. Well, on Friday, September 28, 2018 I decided it was finished so I launched the beta to the public. Friday morning I spent a chunk of time setting up…
Today is my last day at The Greenbrier Companies. I've been with the company for nearly 6 years now and it's been a great experience overall. I started my position as a Tier 1 employee in Dayton, Ohio and was transferred and promoted to the Boulder, CO. office 2 years…
I have decided that I am transferring colleges. I am currently enrolled at CSU-Global which is an extension of Colorado State University, but I am in the process of switching to Western Governors University (WGU), a competency based university. So far, I really like CSU. The professors are all pretty…
Okay, well that was interesting. Let's start this post off with I am excited to have been given an opportunity to interview for my first developer position. I'll spare you the company name as it is not a large company such as Google or Apple. I don't feel as if…
Picture this, it's 2013 and you just landed your first real "career". You're a software support employee for a great company with great benefits. You are 23 and have had to put college on hold due to some personal and financial reasons, so this job is really important to you.…
The next project I am working on is something I am creating for Nintendo fans. This is by far the largest project I have tried working on and there's going to be a large learning curve. Originally, I started Amiibo.Land in Python as I really do love the Python…