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Good luck with your switch! I tried to highlight that it's a difficult but highly rewarding path, if you stick with it. The first time I (unsuccessfully) applied for internships, I…

I was actually learning React around the time I was learning to touch type. So, naturally, my first project was to build a typing test[0] :) Looking back, I cringe at the code qual…

Ah, sorry it took so long to respond—I was at work. I used KeyHero[1], mostly because the passages were interesting enough to keep me from getting _too_ bored. I studied a few char…

We were taught to touch type in grade school, but I goofed off during those lessons. I got through college without needing it. I was a speedy point-and-peck typist, which was good …

Two people close to me are considering web development bootcamps. One is 40 and the other is 30. They're both quite bright. I'm a software engineer but haven't met many bootcamp gr…