Hello and welcome back to my blog.

After presenting what we did in this capstone class, the apprenticeship pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” was brought up and I wanted to check out what this pattern was. The pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” in “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave Hoover encourages apprentices to embrace their ignorance and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth. Rather than hiding gaps in knowledge or pretending to know everything, the apprenticeship pattern suggests acknowledging what you don’t know and being open about it. Embrace the lack of knowledge and use it as a stepping stone for learning. “Expose Your Ignorance” is about normalizing the learning process. It is about showing your willingness to learn, and acknowledging that the only way to fill gaps in your knowledge is to first admit that these gaps exist.

I can use this pattern in many scenarios, such as during team meetings. Instead of pretending to understand a concept, I should ask questions about it. This would help me learn more about that concept and might also help others too if they had the same questions. I have already done this in our standup meetings for the capstone class. Another example is when learning new tools. I’ve noticed other people in my group using this apprenticeship pattern when we wrote the chai tests. I wrote a chai test and when the other members in the group saw the test, they immediately asked me to explain it since they did not know how the test worked. The chai test scenario can also be applied when problem-solving. Instead of pretending that I know how chai worked, I told the group that I was not sure how to solve it and that I would research how to do it.

“Expose Your Ignorance” will definitely be one of my most used apprenticeship patterns since the world of computer science is very vast and it is hard to know everything from new technologies to every programming language. Embracing imperfection is a large part of the learning process. Using this pattern will speed up my learning process and promote collaboration with my peers and I.

From the blog Comfy Blog by Angus Cheng and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

After presenting what we did in this capstone class, the apprenticeship pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” was brought up and I wanted to check out what this pattern was. The pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” in “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave Hoover encourages apprentices to embrace their ignorance and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth. Rather than hiding gaps in knowledge or pretending to know everything, the apprenticeship pattern suggests acknowledging what you don’t know and being open about it. Embrace the lack of knowledge and use it as a stepping stone for learning. “Expose Your Ignorance” is about normalizing the learning process. It is about showing your willingness to learn, and acknowledging that the only way to fill gaps in your knowledge is to first admit that these gaps exist.

I can use this pattern in many scenarios, such as during team meetings. Instead of pretending to understand a concept, I should ask questions about it. This would help me learn more about that concept and might also help others too if they had the same questions. I have already done this in our standup meetings for the capstone class. Another example is when learning new tools. I’ve noticed other people in my group using this apprenticeship pattern when we wrote the chai tests. I wrote a chai test and when the other members in the group saw the test, they immediately asked me to explain it since they did not know how the test worked. The chai test scenario can also be applied when problem-solving. Instead of pretending that I know how chai worked, I told the group that I was not sure how to solve it and that I would research how to do it.

“Expose Your Ignorance” will definitely be one of my most used apprenticeship patterns since the world of computer science is very vast and it is hard to know everything from new technologies to every programming language. Embracing imperfection is a large part of the learning process. Using this pattern will speed up my learning process and promote collaboration with my peers and I.

From the blog Comfy Blog by Angus Cheng and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

After presenting what we did in this capstone class, the apprenticeship pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” was brought up and I wanted to check out what this pattern was. The pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” in “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave Hoover encourages apprentices to embrace their ignorance and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth. Rather than hiding gaps in knowledge or pretending to know everything, the apprenticeship pattern suggests acknowledging what you don’t know and being open about it. Embrace the lack of knowledge and use it as a stepping stone for learning. “Expose Your Ignorance” is about normalizing the learning process. It is about showing your willingness to learn, and acknowledging that the only way to fill gaps in your knowledge is to first admit that these gaps exist.

I can use this pattern in many scenarios, such as during team meetings. Instead of pretending to understand a concept, I should ask questions about it. This would help me learn more about that concept and might also help others too if they had the same questions. I have already done this in our standup meetings for the capstone class. Another example is when learning new tools. I’ve noticed other people in my group using this apprenticeship pattern when we wrote the chai tests. I wrote a chai test and when the other members in the group saw the test, they immediately asked me to explain it since they did not know how the test worked. The chai test scenario can also be applied when problem-solving. Instead of pretending that I know how chai worked, I told the group that I was not sure how to solve it and that I would research how to do it.

“Expose Your Ignorance” will definitely be one of my most used apprenticeship patterns since the world of computer science is very vast and it is hard to know everything from new technologies to every programming language. Embracing imperfection is a large part of the learning process. Using this pattern will speed up my learning process and promote collaboration with my peers and I.

From the blog Comfy Blog by Angus Cheng and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

After presenting what we did in this capstone class, the apprenticeship pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” was brought up and I wanted to check out what this pattern was. The pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” in “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave Hoover encourages apprentices to embrace their ignorance and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth. Rather than hiding gaps in knowledge or pretending to know everything, the apprenticeship pattern suggests acknowledging what you don’t know and being open about it. Embrace the lack of knowledge and use it as a stepping stone for learning. “Expose Your Ignorance” is about normalizing the learning process. It is about showing your willingness to learn, and acknowledging that the only way to fill gaps in your knowledge is to first admit that these gaps exist.

I can use this pattern in many scenarios, such as during team meetings. Instead of pretending to understand a concept, I should ask questions about it. This would help me learn more about that concept and might also help others too if they had the same questions. I have already done this in our standup meetings for the capstone class. Another example is when learning new tools. I’ve noticed other people in my group using this apprenticeship pattern when we wrote the chai tests. I wrote a chai test and when the other members in the group saw the test, they immediately asked me to explain it since they did not know how the test worked. The chai test scenario can also be applied when problem-solving. Instead of pretending that I know how chai worked, I told the group that I was not sure how to solve it and that I would research how to do it.

“Expose Your Ignorance” will definitely be one of my most used apprenticeship patterns since the world of computer science is very vast and it is hard to know everything from new technologies to every programming language. Embracing imperfection is a large part of the learning process. Using this pattern will speed up my learning process and promote collaboration with my peers and I.

From the blog Comfy Blog by Angus Cheng and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

After presenting what we did in this capstone class, the apprenticeship pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” was brought up and I wanted to check out what this pattern was. The pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” in “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave Hoover encourages apprentices to embrace their ignorance and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth. Rather than hiding gaps in knowledge or pretending to know everything, the apprenticeship pattern suggests acknowledging what you don’t know and being open about it. Embrace the lack of knowledge and use it as a stepping stone for learning. “Expose Your Ignorance” is about normalizing the learning process. It is about showing your willingness to learn, and acknowledging that the only way to fill gaps in your knowledge is to first admit that these gaps exist.

I can use this pattern in many scenarios, such as during team meetings. Instead of pretending to understand a concept, I should ask questions about it. This would help me learn more about that concept and might also help others too if they had the same questions. I have already done this in our standup meetings for the capstone class. Another example is when learning new tools. I’ve noticed other people in my group using this apprenticeship pattern when we wrote the chai tests. I wrote a chai test and when the other members in the group saw the test, they immediately asked me to explain it since they did not know how the test worked. The chai test scenario can also be applied when problem-solving. Instead of pretending that I know how chai worked, I told the group that I was not sure how to solve it and that I would research how to do it.

“Expose Your Ignorance” will definitely be one of my most used apprenticeship patterns since the world of computer science is very vast and it is hard to know everything from new technologies to every programming language. Embracing imperfection is a large part of the learning process. Using this pattern will speed up my learning process and promote collaboration with my peers and I.

From the blog Comfy Blog by Angus Cheng and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

After presenting what we did in this capstone class, the apprenticeship pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” was brought up and I wanted to check out what this pattern was. The pattern “Expose Your Ignorance” in “Apprenticeship Patterns” by Dave Hoover encourages apprentices to embrace their ignorance and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth. Rather than hiding gaps in knowledge or pretending to know everything, the apprenticeship pattern suggests acknowledging what you don’t know and being open about it. Embrace the lack of knowledge and use it as a stepping stone for learning. “Expose Your Ignorance” is about normalizing the learning process. It is about showing your willingness to learn, and acknowledging that the only way to fill gaps in your knowledge is to first admit that these gaps exist.

I can use this pattern in many scenarios, such as during team meetings. Instead of pretending to understand a concept, I should ask questions about it. This would help me learn more about that concept and might also help others too if they had the same questions. I have already done this in our standup meetings for the capstone class. Another example is when learning new tools. I’ve noticed other people in my group using this apprenticeship pattern when we wrote the chai tests. I wrote a chai test and when the other members in the group saw the test, they immediately asked me to explain it since they did not know how the test worked. The chai test scenario can also be applied when problem-solving. Instead of pretending that I know how chai worked, I told the group that I was not sure how to solve it and that I would research how to do it.

“Expose Your Ignorance” will definitely be one of my most used apprenticeship patterns since the world of computer science is very vast and it is hard to know everything from new technologies to every programming language. Embracing imperfection is a large part of the learning process. Using this pattern will speed up my learning process and promote collaboration with my peers and I.

From the blog Comfy Blog by Angus Cheng and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

For this blog post I will be discussing the Practice, Practice, Practice pattern. This pattern essentially says that you should practice, obviously. The goal is to get better and better and to build concrete skills in new areas. Looking back on all that I have learned I noticed that there was one thing that I nearly could have always done more of and that was practice. The initial blurb in this pattern says ” The people we know as masters don’t devote themselves to their particular skill just to get better at it. The truth is, they love to practice—and because of this they do get better. And then to complete the circle, the better they get the more they enjoy performing the basic moves over and over again.”(Apprenticeship Patterns) From this valuable quote I have learned that those that are truly skilled have put in a lot of time devoted to practicing. Within this year if I want to do anything, that is practice everything that I have learned at WSU. From basic java skills to git workflows. I see that with open-source software this may be a good opportunity to do such things. WSU has provided the resources and has made becoming a master in computers that much more of a reality and a valuable one at that. By practicing on my own I can learn from my mistakes and give myself the comfort to save space and observe my own mistakes. Then, by looking to the provided resources I can look where to emulate a more masterful understanding of computers in whatever specific area that I may wish to practice in. I can even look back on where I can specifically improve based on grades and the hindsight of completing a course. In the context of this specific course, it is working on a large scale project that are maintained by large groups of people. I understand that the traditional way of getting a position at some type software developer job is a good way to get in that practice but with where I am at now and where I want to be I don’t think that would be an optimal environment for me, at least not yet. If I have learned anything, its that I can get by on a set structure that school provides, but where I find the most growth and improvement is in the setting in which I put myself in.

From the blog CS@Worcester – Sovibol's Glass Case by Sovibol Keo and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

In this week’s blog post, I will be discussing the thought-provoking chapter titled “Draw Your Own Map” from the book “Apprenticeship Patterns.” This chapter delves into the notion that your envisioned career path may not align with your current employer’s trajectory and provides insights on how to forge ahead in pursuit of your own career aspirations. The author emphasizes a crucial point: it is solely your responsibility to identify what you want to achieve in your career and then take deliberate steps to initiate progress towards those goals. However, this does not discount the significance of seeking guidance from mentors or individuals who can offer valuable insights and steer you in the right direction.

One noteworthy aspect highlighted by the author is the tendency of successful apprentices to gravitate towards companies that share a “certain family resemblance.” This concept is rooted in the idea that apprentices make career choices based on their own values and principles. Put simply, the author suggests that as a programmer, it is unwise to join a company that lacks shared passion and values, as it will likely lead to a lackluster work experience. Another aspect that resonates with me personally is the emphasis on gracefully transitioning from one company to another while maintaining positive relationships with previous employers. This is particularly significant in the industry, as a tarnished reputation with former employers can potentially limit future opportunities.

On the whole, this chapter conveys a compelling message: change is a necessary catalyst for personal growth. While change can be daunting, it is an essential ingredient for becoming the person you aspire to be. The author offers a practical exercise to facilitate this process: write down a list of potential career paths that your current job can lead to, and critically evaluate if any of them align with your long-term vision. Overall, this chapter reinforces a valuable lesson that I have personally experienced: sometimes, in order to evolve as an individual, it is necessary to move on from your current employer, even if it means accepting a temporary reduction in income. The valuable experiences and personal growth gained in pursuing your new path far outweigh any financial considerations.

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The pattern I read for this week was “Use Your Title”. It was about how to not let your job title at work affect how you work, and continue working as hard as you would if your title was something lower. I really enjoyed this pattern as I have never had this problem, but actually the opposite. I don’t let it get to my head because I always feel undeserving of what I get. I always feel like I can do better, and that I am no different from everyone else. It was interesting to read about how titles can have the opposite effect on people as well though.

This pattern taught me that titles do not matter, and whatever your title is, you should strive to be the very best that you can be. It has not changed the way I think as I never let a title get to my head, but it has caused me to think about others that I know this affects, and how this could really be of help to them. I think I should change the way I think that I am not deserving of what I get though, as I constantly work for what I get, and deserve everything that I have worked for. It isn’t like I am just doing nothing, and putting no work in at all. 

There was nothing that I particularly disagreed with in the pattern. In fact, I agreed with everything that was stated in it. Titles should never get to people’s heads, and they should not make you work any less hard. It is fine to be happy about your new title as you have worked hard for it, but you must know that I can change and go at any moment. To continue rising, you must continue putting in the work, and strive for even more. You should not get lazy and complacent of where you are right now. I think this pattern does not just apply to software craftsmanship, but everything. Everyone should read this pattern, as the issue of titles can be seen in every work area, and there will always be someone that lets it get to their head.

From the blog CS@Worcester – Anesti Blog's by Anesti Lara and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

The pattern I read for this week was “Nurture Your Passion”. It was about how to keep your passion for software craftsmanship, while also letting it grow at the same time. It lists many ways to grow your passion from working on what you like to seeking out kindred spirits. I really enjoyed reading this pattern because passion for your job is something we all seek our entire lives. I went through all the pain and struggles all the way through college for a chance to get a job I am passionate about. Once you get the job though, you need to be able to keep that passion for your entire life, and even grow it into something more.

This pattern taught me many different ways to grow my passion for software craftsmanship. My favorite was studying the classics as I hadn’t really thought about it. That allowed me to change the way I think, and I am thinking about reading some books made by software developers of the past to learn from their passions. The way to a brighter future is by studying the past, so I should use the words of past software developers to help myself and improve myself. I thought the tip about seeking out kindred spirits is great too. You should try to find different people with similar passions as you, so you both can help each other grow, and keep what you are doing from getting boring. The more people that can help you grow your passions and help you learn, the better off you will be.

There was nothing that I particularly disagreed with in this pattern. I thought it did a good job giving different ways to grow your passions, and great reasons why it is important to do. Without growing your passions, it will soon leave you unpassionate, and lead to a decrease in your work. Passion that is ever growing for what you are going to be spending the rest of your life doing is extremely important, and it is necessary to have. I think everyone should read this pattern because it can be applied to everything, not just software craftsmanship.

From the blog CS@Worcester – Anesti Blog's by Anesti Lara and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.