by Shankar Poncelet | Mar 9, 2016 | BLOC Apprenticeship
This is blog post number 3 about my journey to becoming a software engineer. Meeting My Mentor I waited impatiently for this moment. My Block Dashboard had revealed the time of my first mentoring session and the appointment was conveniently imported into my Google...
by Shankar Poncelet | Mar 7, 2016 | BLOC Apprenticeship
This is blog post number 2 about my journey to becoming a software engineer. Let me share my goals that I hope to achieve with the help of this apprenticeship: I want to gain the knowledge that will help me market myself as an expert in web applications. As a...
by Shankar Poncelet | Feb 21, 2016 | BLOC Apprenticeship
This is blog post number 1 about my journey to becoming a software engineer. One of the main reasons I want to complete the apprenticeship with BLOC is the mentor I will be assigned to. I am so curious who he/she will be! Before I get assigned to a mentor I have to...
by Shankar Poncelet | Feb 12, 2016 | Business Strategy
I first learned about the Broken-Window Principle when I read The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. The book is highly recommended to anyone who is interested in good coding practices. The Broken-Window Principle teaches that if you start...
by Shankar Poncelet | Jan 29, 2016 | Personal
My Dear Friends, Today I embark on a journey that has been charted into my life for many years. I am moving to San Antonio, Texas. More than anything else that happened to me in the recent past, this is a dream-fulfilling event that will make me a happier, more...
