One of things that sparked my interest in coding was when I was trying to find archival databases for my current job, at an art gallery. All of the databases that I found met some, or most, of my needs, but none had all of the flexibility and organizational modes that I needed. When I moved on from the Ruby section of the curriculim into SQL and databases I was excited to begin this new section. immediately I could see how the functionality could be helpful in peristing data, and how it could connect with Ruby’s data manipulation to possibly build an archival application.
Starting the first big project for the Flatiron Curriculum was definitely a challenging moment. This was the first time I was required to cover all aspects of my code, including setting up files, creating a git hub repository, and figuring out exactly what I was going to be creating!
One of the attractive aspects of coding is that I always imagined it to be a mostly solitary experience and that it would require me to independent, self-starting, and resourceful.
Coding was, and in some ways currently still is, a bit of a mystery to me. I understood that it existed and its general purpose, but the basic mechanisms and language behind it was completely foreign. And while I vaguely understood that it was behind computer programs, IPhone apps, and pretty much all of the trappings of modern day life, I failed to see how exactly it was relevant to me.