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OCS Blog: No more homework or projects, it’s time to find where we fit
(Guest post by Andy von Dohren) The last two weeks have been a lot of work. I’m not talking about project work, which can actually be a lot of fun. I’m talking about mock interviews, resume writing, portfolio building and documentation writing work. Omaha Code School has done a lot for us over the last…
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OCS Blog: Working with a client is a powerful thing
(Guest post by Andy von Dohren) Having a client is a powerful thing. We started on a group project last week for SMAC! Sock Monkeys Against Cancer, a local organization that makes sock monkeys for cancer patients. Their founder, Jen Windrum, went through a devastating lung cancer case with her mother, who sadly passed away…
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OCS Blog: Creating something useful for a real-life setting
Six weeks, officially half way. It feels like we have been here three months already, but at the same time, like we just started. Long days are starting to catch up with me. I can hardly keep track of the days of the week anymore. My language has changed from English to a weird set…
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OCS Blog: Halfway through, balancing work and play is key
Six weeks, officially half way. It feels like we have been here three months already, but at the same time, like we just started. Long days are starting to catch up with me. I can hardly keep track of the days of the week anymore. My language has changed from English to a weird set…
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OCS Blog: A third of the way home, with a lot more to learn
Four weeks. It’s crazy to think we are already a third of the way through Omaha Code School. We’ve come a long way since my last update. Let me get you up to speed with what we are doing. Up until this point, our programs didn’t have any persistence. That means when we shut down…
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OCS Blog: 2nd week of Code School brings challenges, hoodies & ice cream
(Guest post by Andy von Dohren) We’ve come a long way in the first two weeks. We started out small, only coding in Ruby on the command line. Our first assignment was to write a small program to keep track of pets for a humane society…
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Omaha Code School student starts blogging his experience for SPN
(Guest post by Andy von Dohren) Omaha Code School is the first course of its kind in Omaha. There are lots of similar courses in larger cities across the nation, such as New York and San Francisco, where our instructor, Sumeet Jain, lived and taught a similar course. After he moved to Omaha, he and…