Brooke Sargent
How Being a Musician Helped Me Learn to Code
Inspired by Code Newbie podcast Episode 73 Coding Chef
How to Make the Web Better
My excitement about the web started when I was about 10 years old. My parents replaced our family computer with a new one so that old family computer got moved into my room. I spent countless hours playing games on the Cartoon Network website and taking care of my NeoPets....
2016 Goals
2015 was a lot of things for me. It marked a year of being a college graduate and all of the fun that comes with being a "real adult". I picked up what I thought would be a casual hobby (programming) and really fell in love with it and how...
Disappointment & Rejection
Learning to code is a mixed bag of emotions. Some days you feel like a total wizard, capable of anything even when you're solving the smallest of problems. Other days you feel inadequate. Not smart enough, not creative enough, not good enough.
My Favorite "Learn to Code" Resources
Like many others, I consider myself a self-taught programmer. This can definitely be a challenging path to go down, but there are also a lot of benefits to learning on your own. One reason that I've loved learning to code on my own versus going back to school for it...