About me: I had been in and out of a very non committal relationship with coding for about 3 years when I started with Coding Temple. I've learned mostly from sites like Free Code Camp and Udacity and have often felt dissuaded from completing the programs by the lack of community support. When I came to Coding Temple, I had zero experience with python, and had never built and hosted anything outside of templated Wordpress sites. About the Program: It starts with the Pre-work: 8 chapters of an introductory Python book and a couple of web pages on html and css. I feel like getting this introduction gave me loads of context for the program. I wasn't an expert on the concepts afterwards but as we learned and the instructor explained things in class I felt pretty comforted by the fact that I had been introduced to these concepts prior. Class moves quickly and that's what I was hoping for. Things that I found most supportive were: 1. Having classmates who were also present and serious about coding. It was great to know that I wasn't the only one struggling sometimes and I learned a lot of things collaboratively. 2. Instructors were helpful, direct, and knowledgable. Joel is the savant you'd hope for as a teacher in this type of program. He had a well studied answer for nearly every question, and developed resources for the class as we were learning to highlight the concepts that we asked enough questions about. 3. Coaching and help on the problems from TA's who've been there. The TA's were great too. I don't wanna say that they helped to dumb it down but they helped ground things and provided feedback and support on completing the projects and assignments. It's not just that I learned a lot of the tools and processes for engineering that makes me grateful for Coding Temple, I really feel like I've learned how to learn things on my own. I approach projects and problems differently now and feel like completing this program is a huge milestone along the path to becoming the developer who I want to be. | 