Learning to Code as a Form of Language LearningBefore I became a programmer, I worked in language access - first in English language education, then in nonprofit management running the Language Access and Proficiency program at a refugee resettlement agency. When I made the transition into softwa...2AJNov 29, 2022 · 7 min readblog.caitlinfloyd.com
Collab Lab RetrospectiveFor two months earlier this year, I had the privilege of working with a team of three other developers and three mentors during the spring 2021 cohort of Collab Lab. If you’re not familiar with the Collab Lab, according to their website they provide ...Jun 19, 2021 · 5 min readblog.caitlinfloyd.com
Job Hunting as a Junior DeveloperI recently started my first software engineering job at a company and on a team that I’m really excited about. While I was job hunting, one small mindset shift made a huge difference for me: View the job interview process primarily as a learning exp...1AJun 3, 2021 · 4 min readblog.caitlinfloyd.com
Building a Wedding WebsiteAmidst the craziness of 2020, on top of the craziness of a career change, a job hunt (and adopting a puppy for good measure), I got married! For the health of our loved ones, my husband and I had a very small ceremony with only immediate family membe...Dec 23, 2020 · 6 min readblog.caitlinfloyd.com
Couch Potato RetrospectiveThis article was originally published as part of the Building Couch Potato blog series. Working on Couch Potato was a huge learning opportunity for our team. It was one of our first times developing a project from scratch, without any kind of starti...Aug 20, 2020 · 4 min readblog.caitlinfloyd.com
