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Here is a quick guide to help you sync your training log to a google calendar. 
 
 Setup a google new Google Calendar. 
 Setting up a new calendar is, in my opinion, the better way to do this! I called my ‘Training’, but this name doesn’t matter so choose what you like! 
 
 Once you have created the calendar, you should end up on ‘Calendar…
I was recent having a problem with TravisCI taking ages to run so I spent some time moving a project over to GitHub Actions. 
 It has slightly different syntax to the setup in .travis.yml , and I struggled to get my pre-test migrations script running. 
 While the creating postgresql service containers documentation details how to start the postgres service, there was little information…
Oh hey there! It’s been awhile, again. Four weeks, I think, since I last spewed my thoughts into the void of the internet. I had sat down multiple times to write about how my journey on the way to dev-dom was progressing, but this time of year is always challenging for me. A combination of winter blues, memories brought up from being 2 years post life saving surgery, ongoing health…
Makers week six! Done!! Now I am closer to the end than I am the start, and typing that fact makes me so sad. Now I really feel I can start panicking about the ‘who will hire me?!’ / ‘what am I going to do without my enforced structure?!’ . 2020 has for many of us not been what we wanted it to be. Many of us had set goals for ourselves, many of us were making huge life…
Week four… and five at Makers completed! Yup, It happened. I missed last weeks blog. I set myself a goal at the start of this journey to blog every week. So last Sunday when I threw my arms up and said ‘Nope! I can’t do this today’ , I was filled with this massive ball of guilt and regret that I had let myself, and in turn anyone who chooses to read each week, down.
Week three at Makers is the first time we are introduced to the world of front end development by creating a Pokemon-esque game and a Rock Paper Scissors web app, using HTML and CSS. 
 It seems way too soon to be making sweeping statements about what I am and am not into as a developer… but I’m going to do it anyway. This blog is meant to be pulled straight from my brain at the…
Week two at Makers ?! ✅ 
 When I closed my laptop on Friday after our end of week retro, I did so in high spirits. Our coach for the past two weeks, Eddie, told us that traditionally week two is where peoples moods are the lowest, but despite this, I have felt incredibly powerful this week during the course. My pairing sessions were productive, my self-learning time was challenging but…
So it has begun! The full-time Makers course started on Tuesday. I woke up filled with the same nerves and tiredness as when you start a new school. Unfortunately, my lung decided on Saturday to hold a grudge against me and has not been fully co-operating. This is one of those issues I just have to get used to working around. Challenge accepted, lung. 
 Since I have now entered the full-time…
I didn’t expect the be confronted with it so soon, but week four of the Makers pre-course has guided me down the path of starting the first draft of my CV. I wasn’t ready for this. 
 All the underlying thoughts I have had about myself and my abilities have been strapped to a Saturn V rocket and blasted into the forefront of my mind. I know this is Becky talking, but there is a huge…
Programming 
 Week two of Makers has been a continuation of the work started last week, building out some of the core fundamentals of coding. I have found this week quite challenging, but not due to the learning topics (hashes, methods and classes) themselves. 
 I mentioned in a previous post that one of my Charlotteism’s (in this case, dyslexia) is that I often need to relate a…
This week I have almost felt as if I am in mourning for the years I neglected to expand my knowledge. In some instances it was a defense mechanism, in others it wasn’t a conscious choice. Being able to learn is such a privilege, I didn’t fully understand what that actually meant until now. 
 I feel like a kid again. You know that age where every day you discover something new and…
It arrived, the first week of the Makers bootcamp , and I lived to tell the tale! But seriously, this week has been a great technical and personal learning experience. 
 Commander of the Command Line 
 The first four weeks are the part-time pre-course, designed to get the entire cohort up to the same level before the full-time aspect of the course kicks in at the start of the next month.…
In the past four and a half years I have experienced the lowest of lows, and some of the highest of highs. The first three consisted of a critical illness that took me to the edge of not being here to write these words, and for the past year and a half I have spent my time recovering physically and trying to come to terms with how the experience affected and continues to affect me, mentally.
About Me 
 Hi, I’m Charlotte! Originally from the UK, but now living in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, in the town of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish). 
 I’m a critical illness survivor and PhD drop-out turned Software Engineer. My background is in Environmental Science and Petroleum Environmental Geochemistry with an interest in natural resource extraction. 
 I’m…
Reading list 
 These are some books that have been recommended to me over the years, and may be interesting to you as well. 
 Technical 
 
 Understanding the Linux Kernal: From I/O Ports to Process Management by Daniel P. Bovet 
 Chaos Engineering: System Resiliency in Practice by Casey Rosenthal 
 Security Chaos Engineering: Developing Resilience and Safety at Speed and…
Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn 
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Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Canada 
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 Meticulous, user-focused software engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-quality features that address real user needs. Leverage a non-technical background to bring a unique, empathetic lens to product…