Author: David Elmer

Today I’d like to revisit imposter syndrome. I think it is getting better. My brother is a software engineer. I told him the other day that I was feeling inept and having imposter syndrome. He told me that the feeling never goes away, you just feel inept in different ways. That was strangely reassuring to… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #7

This week’s readings on company culture were encouraging for me. Particularly how many companies are now focusing on maintaining a healthy work-life balance. As an older new grad employee and coming from my current industry, work-life balance will be an important factor in starting a new career as a software engineer. I currently work in… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #6

I have talked in previous blog posts about finding my place in the world of software engineering. I may have ruled out front end design! As we continue to create the UI for our project, I am amazed at the beautiful user interfaces that my teammates can create. We are using the Ionic framework, which… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #5

This week I would like to talk about being overwhelmed with choice. As a person who is just starting their career in software engineering, it can be paralyzing to think about the potential career paths that are available. There are so many specialties, how does one go about deciding which direction they want to take… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #4

            This was the first work of real development on our project and today I want to talk about the frustration of configuring new tools (and the reward for perseverance).             I have struggled throughout this program with setting up new tools. There is usually a good walkthrough on how to get started but somewhere… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #3

            This week I would like to reflect on the week’s video: The Myth of the Genius Programmer. In particular, I would like to reflect on how it relates to imposter syndrome.             The video touches upon the idea of hiding one’s mistakes from the world. The quotes from the beginning of the video express… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #2

Hi, and welcome to my blog! I am a CS student at Oregon State University currently participating in the capstone course. Future posts will likely be related to our project, but since we are just starting out the course I thought that I would just introduce myself with this post. I am originally from Green… Continue reading David Elmer – Blog Post #1

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