Category: CS@Worcester
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Sprint-3 Retrospective
Going into Sprint 3, we completed a majority of the issues that we wanted to get out of the way except for backend testing. We had already put in a lot of time and effort trying to get the test-runner to work but it was still facing some issues. It was having some issues running…
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Sprint 2 – Retrospective
The goal for sprint 2 was to maximize our production. The team and I wanted to get more issues done, at least more issues done than the last sprint. Compared to the previous sprint, we got way more issues and weight done this time. What worked well for us this time was to look over…
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The Key To Having Competence
When I was in trade school, I had a carpentry teacher who always emphasized the importance of having some sort of competence in whatever is being taught. Having this knowledge is the difference between knowing what to do in a certain project or being absolutely lost. The teacher would advise the other carpentry students, and…
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Falling Down the Deep End
I’ve always had this feeling of wanting to do more and challenge myself to reach the potential that I so desperately want to reach. In this pattern, the deep end is one that all aspiring craftsmen want to reach, and any apprentice or journeyman needs to gain that experience or take on a project that…
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Retrospective Post For Sprint 1
Sprint 1 of working on the LibreFoodPantry was a nice dip in the water of how the scrum framework works. So far, I understand why this framework is very important to the software development process and the added organization it brings when it comes to producing software. The first thing I worked on in sprint…
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Exposing The Ignorance?
Exposing ignorance is apart of the learning process, and assuming that the person that this pattern is for is a apprentice, it’s safe to assume that having ignorance is apart of the learning process. What I disagree on when it comes to this pattern specifically is that it is hard to imagine that if your…
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The Importance of Building Concrete Skills
Being able to build a set of skills that could be one day used by a team of craftsmen is crucial when walking into any profession. Although it’s a little hard for anyone to go into a job that requires one to know a set of skills. It should be clear-cut on the application. But…
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Expressing Enthusiasm in the Workplace
This is one of the more interesting patterns in the book. It’s a pattern that discusses the interpersonal relationships between the apprentice the masters or journeymen. I try to portray a lot of enthusiasm when it comes to the workplace. Currently, I work at a sub shop. It’s not my preferred job, but it’s a…
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The White Belt
I have a very strong idea that there is always something new to learn or that there is always something to learn. This is how I can keep myself busy for hours at a time. I haven’t hit a point in my life in which my abilities of self-improvement has fallen short because I’m unable…
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How To Become Better at my First Programming Language.
Learning a language is really difficult, not only is it really hard to get started with one but once you have a good understanding of the syntax then learning certain methods of how that language can be used can be quite time consuming to learn. The problem I tend to have is that it can…
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