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The interview itself was kinda a big deal. They flew me down. Put me up in a hotel. Gave me a private driver. Fed me. It was pretty sweet. The problem was…. I was\u00a0considerably unqualified for the position. And terrified about that fact. As an industrial engineer I have very limited formal training in computer programming, but by participating in the co-op program\/internships, I do have a considerable amount of experience in database management. However, this was just a small portion of the technology program. I knew there would be a case study portion of the interview, so I had been prepping for that aspect. However, it wasn’t until Thursday afternoon (4 days before the interview) that\u00a0I found out I would have to code in the interview. The interviewer would be asking me coding questions and I would have to hand write code. Needless to say, I panicked, and began trying to squeeze a four year computer science degree into four days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the process, I found an amazing resource. Similar to Khan Academy<\/a>, Codecademy<\/a>\u00a0is an interactive program that teaches you different programming languages, for FREE. For interview prep, I finished the Python programming lessons in what I assume is a world record. This was not the first time I’ve taught myself a language, however, this\u00a0was the best resource I have found. They have multiple CSS and HTML<\/a>\u00a0courses\u00a0that I highly recommend. The classes offer instant feedback and do not let you move on in the lesson until you answer correctly.\u00a0\u00a0This ensures you have a genuine understanding of the material provided.<\/p>\n If you are curious about how the interview went, see image below. Apparently you can’t actually learn everything about computer science in 4 days. However, the experience was awesome. I had the opportunity to talk to a few guys currently in the Technology Development Program at lunch. My\u00a0contribution to the conversation… I asked them what they used for version control. They responded GitHub. And\u00a0then I got to talk about how I have used GitHub!<\/a> And they seemed genuinely impressed. So shout out to this class for being relevant in the real world and giving me conversation points.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week I had the opportunity\u00a0interview for a Technology Development Program. The program is\u00a0a\u00a0two year technology fast track that exposes you\u00a0to multiple projects ranging from data engineering to cyber security to software development. 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