When Scott Sawyer was an inventory and logistics manager for a seafood company, he found his life pretty hectic, with a management job, long commute, and a newborn to care for. After missing some of his child’s milestones, Scott decided he needed better work-life balance, with a job closer to home. “After talking to my wife, we…
Growing up with a software engineer father, Zachary Rheaume was always curious about coding. “My dad has been a software engineer since the 80s, so I’ve always had a little bit of interest in it,” he said. While in high school, Zach took coding courses that taught introductory Python. Here, he built a range of basic programs,…
Roxana Milea loves to challenge herself. When it was time to decide on her high school path in her native Romania, she chose to study computer science because “it was the most difficult subject,” she said. Roxana excelled at coding and enjoyed the tech world, but it was just one of her many interests. So when…
This is part two of “The Making of Panic in the Dark,” a zombie-themed, multiplayer HTML5 game using Node.js, Express, MySQL, Sequelize, and Socket.IO. If you are just finding this article I would strongly suggest you check out The Making of Panic in the Dark Part 1. Going into the second sprint we had a…
Initially, the idea for Panic in the Dark came from a group think tank for the second project at the University of New Hampshire Coding Boot Camp. We effectively had two weeks to produce something amazing over the 4th of July weekend (for us New England folk, it’s like Christmas in July). The brainstorming involved…
When Michael (Mike) Blydenburgh enrolled at the University of New Hampshire Coding Boot Camp, he was no stranger to the field of computer science. He’d always had an interest in coding—playing around with it mostly as a hobby. But now he was taking it seriously. In college, Mike took a few 101-level coding classes, and then ultimately chose…
Restarting your career after time off is never easy. In technology, it can be even more difficult. But Anitharaj (Anitha) Sridharan was up for the challenge. The New Hampshire-based stay-at-home mom had a B.S. in computer science from the Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology in India, but upon moving to the U.S., she wasn’t…
Yet another blog post telling you to stay productive, except this one provides you resources on the ‘how’ and what exactly these time management apps ‘do’. Stay focused and form effective habits by incorporating one (or all five) of these applications into your daily routine: 1. Trello [Visual Work Management] Trello is like one big…
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