Dan Fletcher Blog Blogger | Student | Programmer Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:23:34 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 My New Job at a Fast Growing, Forward Thinking Company /2016/03/new-job-fast-growing-forward-thinking-company/ /2016/03/new-job-fast-growing-forward-thinking-company/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:13:16 +0000 /?p=848 Saturday, I went out to meet up with an inspiring fellow by the name of Rob Redding, president of Redding Designs, which is a start up web development company in my local area. How our meeting happened is actually an interesting story, and I want to share the experience with you guys. Hopefully there is something … Continue reading My New Job at a Fast Growing, Forward Thinking Company

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]]> /2016/03/new-job-fast-growing-forward-thinking-company/feed/ 4 What In The World Have I Been Up To? /2016/03/what-in-the-world-have-i-been-up-to/ /2016/03/what-in-the-world-have-i-been-up-to/#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2016 02:15:29 +0000 /?p=845 Some of you might be wondering why my blog has been vacant for the past few weeks. I have a lot of things that happened – dropping my Software Engineering course among them. So, let’s get you guys up to speed on why I’m taking a break from school, and my most recent endeavors.  So, the … Continue reading What In The World Have I Been Up To?

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]]> /2016/03/what-in-the-world-have-i-been-up-to/feed/ 0 Programming Meetup Goals for 2016 /2016/02/programming-meet-up-goals-for-2016/ /2016/02/programming-meet-up-goals-for-2016/#respond Sun, 07 Feb 2016 01:26:16 +0000 /?p=829 With all of the time I’ve devoted to learning how to program, and understanding software development, you’d think that by this point I would have been to a lot of developer meetups by now. It has been more than a few years that I’ve been doing this sort of thing after all, so it wouldn’t … Continue reading Programming Meetup Goals for 2016

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]]> /2016/02/programming-meet-up-goals-for-2016/feed/ 0 2015-16 Term 3 Week 1: Learning Journal – UoPeople /2016/02/2015-16-term-3-week-1-learning-journal-uopeople/ /2016/02/2015-16-term-3-week-1-learning-journal-uopeople/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:32:20 +0000 /?p=822 Awesome, 1 week down already. 8 more, and I’ll have finished an entire year at University of the People – feels great to have made it this far already! The 1st week of Software Engineering started out a little rough, but I think I’m back into the swing of things now. Today I share a … Continue reading 2015-16 Term 3 Week 1: Learning Journal – UoPeople

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]]> /2016/02/2015-16-term-3-week-1-learning-journal-uopeople/feed/ 0 UoPeople 2015-16 Term – 2 Review /2016/02/uopeople-2015-16-term-2-review/ /2016/02/uopeople-2015-16-term-2-review/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:22:08 +0000 /?p=770 For those who haven’t been following along, I just recently finished my fourth term at University of the People. It already feels like it’s been so long, yet I’m only just begun my journey. I always make a point to review each term, and summarize my experience, as well as some thoughts about the school; … Continue reading UoPeople 2015-16 Term – 2 Review

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]]> /2016/02/uopeople-2015-16-term-2-review/feed/ 5 2015-16 Term 2 Week 8: Learning Journal – UoPeople /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-learning-journal-uopeople/ /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-learning-journal-uopeople/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:26:15 +0000 /?p=813 This is the very last of my learning journals from last term, and just in time too. Tomorrow I’m already due for an LJ on Term 3 of this year! This journal I talk about the importance of being conscientious as computer science students. No one can predict the future, but we know that what … Continue reading 2015-16 Term 2 Week 8: Learning Journal – UoPeople

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]]> /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-learning-journal-uopeople/feed/ 0 2015-16 Term 2 Week 7: Learning Journal – UoPeople /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-week-7-uopeople/ /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-week-7-uopeople/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2016 02:23:50 +0000 /?p=801 It’s funny, I’ve been talking about how much I slacked on my blog in the last month, and the first line I see in my LJ from last term is referring to procrastination. It’s just never going away, no matter how hard I try… Oh well, as promised here’s another learning journal, and there will … Continue reading 2015-16 Term 2 Week 7: Learning Journal – UoPeople

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]]> /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-week-7-uopeople/feed/ 0 2015-16 Term 2 Week 6: Learning Journal – UoPeople /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-week-6-learning-journal-uopeople-2/ /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-week-6-learning-journal-uopeople-2/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:19:51 +0000 /?p=782 Wow, I didn’t realize I was so far behind with the learning journal. I thought I was missing 2 posts, but it turns out I’m missing 3 :/ I decided that I’m still going to share, because there was some valuable information in them, especially for CS majors who are a course or two behind me … Continue reading 2015-16 Term 2 Week 6: Learning Journal – UoPeople

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]]> /2016/02/2015-16-term-2-week-6-learning-journal-uopeople-2/feed/ 0 [UPDATE] January 2016: What I’ve been up to… /2016/01/update-january-2016-what-ive-been-up-to/ /2016/01/update-january-2016-what-ive-been-up-to/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2016 02:25:48 +0000 /?p=779 I keep meaning to get some work done on this blog. Funny how after setting goals to stick with my frequency of posts, is exactly the same time the frequency just plummets… Anyway, I thought I’d hop on and just bring up some things I’ve been up to, and let you guys know what I’m … Continue reading [UPDATE] January 2016: What I’ve been up to…

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