VT has been telling me of a growing number of our classmates who are discontent with the way the material is being presented to us. I know that the system isn't perfect and there could be a bigger bang for the buck but the bang was better than none at all and I didn't want to take anything for granted. So I wasn't as adamant as he was. He told me that he was spending the last couple of days reading Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial rather than following the material. He was reading the second edition and highly recommended it to me and I surprised him when I showed him the third edition I had been reading for two months before the bootcamp. He switched over to the newest edition and he had to say that the way it was presented was more effective than the way the dojo did it. I had to disagree since I spent two months reading it and didn't understand much until I went through this whole experience.
The day was spent doing more Ruby. It was easy but just tedious, like some of the early PHP assignments. But today did feel a bit demoralizing; most of the class didn't show up today. There was me, VT, RS, and AN who were hear for a good chunk of the day. The rest either didn't show up or took off early.
At 10Am I had a phone conversation with a career counselor from Coding Dojo's Seattle branch where she gave me tips on how to improve my resume so as to stand out more distinctly. Also in the morning I got an email from a college friend asking me if I could meet him for lunch some time in the near future; we agreed on Tuesday next week. Not sure if that part means anything at all, but I just felt like adding that little part of the day.
It's less than an hour until midnight and it's only VT and I from our class who are left. I'm about ready to call it a night but he insists on staying longer to code and prepare for tomorrow. As much as I sympathize with him I don't have the strength to follow him right now. I'm going to get some sleep. Later.
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