Beginning Phase 3

This Friday marks the end of the first week of phase 3, and there has been a small lull in the activity level over the last 2 days. Last Friday my troop split into 3 groups of 2-3 people each, and spent most of their free time through Tuesday in a hackathon, each making a project that was different but covered the basic requirements. All of us were mentally exhausted on Wednesday morning, when we presented our projects to everyone at camp. It was an amazing experience, however. Now I can look back and see what myself and one other person can accomplish, given only 4 days. My fellow troop members also created awesome applications, and it's amazing to see how far we all have come in just 6 weeks.

Since our presentations on Wednesday we've been learning about agile software development and familiarizing ourselves with the new group project's code. All of the members of my troop are in the same group this time, which I'm excited about. I love working with everyone in my troop, since we all get along so well and help each other any time we get stuck on a problem for too long. We've been learning from Nick, who's the instructor for the third phase. He's had around 15 years of experience as a programmer, so being able to learn from someone who has been in the field that we're trying to go into is a great opportunity. 

I'm looking forward to the next couple of weeks, which will include working on the group project with my team, then an individual hackathon after about a week after that, then it's over. I know it will be here before I know it, especially since I've been here for 7 weeks now and it feels like it's been a week, while somehow also feeling like a year. I'm learning so much here, and it's been so challenging, that I couldn't imagine where I would be today if I decided not to come to Coder Camps.