So I guess I will start off by saying that as of yesterday, I have been a big sister for over 21 years which is pretty solid. My sister kinda rocks. Seriously, she's great.
Now on to life updates:
Is it possible to be ready for a career change without ever really having a career? Well, it's starting to look like I am. I have been trying to teach myself code off and on for a while but now I am actually trying to stick with it. I spent a few hours working on it today and will do more tomorrow and so on, until I can get this down. I am looking for a boot camp program where I learn A LOT in a very short amount of time (between 9 and 12 weeks) so I can leave being a Jr. Developer. I'm realizing now that at 18, I had no idea what I wanted, very few people really do but we are all expected to have found our path by then. Well, at least the path to take us to a midlife crisis change. I've always liked computers and making things happen yet I was too afraid of failing to take the risk and study it in college. Turns out that it may not have done me much good taking that route anyway but now, I think this is what I want to be doing.
More updates include a few interviews I had over the past few weeks. I interviewed at two very similar companies only to realize that I didn't want to be doing the job they had to offer. If I thought I could tough it out for a year, I would have pursued it but then I would be back where I am now in a year. This was really the catalyst for changing career objectives.
I had a phone interview this morning which was really nice. I wasn't sure I wanted the job when I found out I had the interview, but I thought the location was great and figured it couldn't hurt to see what they had to say. In the end, I would really like to see this one through, it could be the right stepping stone for right now.
Speaking of location, I took a road trip to Northern California last week. I didn't have work due to the local school district having "Ski Week" so my friend asked if I wanted to go play tourist in San Francisco, so we had a great time. She is currently on assignment in Southern California and since she was only here for a few months, she wanted to try to get in a trip up north while she was here. It was a lot of fun because I don't always feel like I can go and play tourist up there because so many of my friends live there and I have been a handful of times. I think I am now in love with the city. It combines so many of the things I love about both LA and DC that I am leaning towards a move up there if I can swing it at some point. I'm 24, now's the time to move and make changes right?
After the weekend in San Fran, I spent the next 36ish hours in wine country with one of my oldest friends. My coworker and I always joke that we fail to act our age but I actually had an adventure and went wine tasting. I think I will need to work on my tasting abilities if I go again in the future, I'm not sure I appreciated it as much as I should have.
The end of the trip was spent in Berkeley just spending time with a friend I missed very much. I got to see some of the town but was honestly just more interested in catching up and hanging out. I left early the following morning to have an exploratory meeting about a company that I would love to work for and then after a quick stop in Santa Cruz to see yet another friend, I started the long journey home.
I really want to plan a really solid road trip with friends that included some white water rafting and maybe a skydive or something but we shall have to wait and see when the timing works out.
This was a lot more than I had intended to write but I want to go now and see if I can manage a little more code learning before bed.
