To make a long story short, the process worked. The Core Curriculum taught me the fundamental concepts I needed, and at my own part-time pace. Capstone extended and integrated that knowledge by cultivating it in a dedicated, full-time, team-based environment. After finishing Capstone, I secured a job as a Senior Software Engineer within six weeks.
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These are articles that current students are writing about while working through Launch School. Topics range from technical explanations to reflections on learning to mastery. Great results are obvious when the curriculum is rigorous enough, but if you really want to get an idea of what it feels like while on the journey to mastery, read these reflections.
What Century Is After Midnight?
Part-Time to Full-time Study
Of prototypes, prototypes, prototypes, and prototypes in Javascript.
Study Tips
Web App Components: How Servers, Frameworks, and Databases Make Development Easier
Making Sense of SQL: Part 1
Building an App at the Midpoint of Launch School Core
Preparing for the 109 interview
Launch School Podcast S4E3 is out!
How I became a software developer in 4 years
The Curse of Knowledge
Launch School Podcast S4E2 is out!
"Floating" in Rubies
Video Series: The Lifecycle of an HTTP Message
Podcast S4E1: Welcome to Season 4!
Understanding Nested Iteration: a Key to Success in RB101
Bash Plumbing
Mastery-Based Learning vs. Factory-Based Education Model: A Review of Launch School’s Documentation
A Visual Guide to Variables as Pointers and Object Passing, in Ruby
Best Practices: RB101 through RB139
Lessons From the First Half of Core
Part 2: The JavaScript Pseudo-Classical Pattern Explained (with pictures)
Part 1: The JavaScript OLOO Pattern Explained (with pictures)
We are Made of Stories
Variable Scope and Access in Ruby: The Important Parts
Behind the Curtain of JavaScript Classes
How does the internet work?
Debug that thing A debugging checklist/toolbox for my future self.
A Nightmare on Bug Street - How to deal with bugs during a coding interview - or better - how to not get them at all.
Lessons from Being a TA
What is THIS? Understanding execution context in JavaScript
Need a refresher on functions in JavaScript? Here is a quick overview
Which evaluation strategy does Ruby use!
Finishing my first @launchschool quiz, and I’m thrilled to say that while it’s hard, it isn’t hard because it’s tricky. If a question only has one answer you cannot select two answers. The test doesn’t allow that. 😀
Podcast S3E10: Season Finale
Podcast S3E9: Getting to know Pete
What helped me get through the LS181 Assessment
A Mental Model for Understanding Encapsulation in Ruby
How I Stopped Procrastinating and Started Working on Coding Side-Projects
How to Make Assumptions (When Learning to Program)
The Importance of Time and Stress Management for Launch School Interviews
When Can I Make Something Real?
Thankful and a Podcast Episode of Gratitude
How to get back into a study routine after a break
The Importance of Time and Stress Management For Launch School Interviews
How the Internet Works OR There and Back Again - An Ode to the Request/Response Cycle
JavaScript [[Prototype]] vs .prototype
Understanding prototypes, constructors, and prototype objects in JavaScript (walk-through using examples)
LS Podcast S3E7: Bytes -- Life Stages
Accelerating the Slow Path to Mastery
What Not To Do On the RB109 Written Assessment
📢 Our 2021 February cohort salary results! - 24 entered Capstone - 24 completed - 24 landed jobs 💰Salaries - mean: $126,398 - median: $120,200 📅 Duration to Accepted Offer - mean: 6.74 weeks - median: 6 weeks Other - 67% roles were remote - 100% roles are core SE
Are You Listening to This? Execution context in JavaScript and jQuery event listeners
I Think I Can't.
Grokking GROUP BY - Understanding the SQL GROUP BY Clause and Aggregate Functions
Podcast S3E6: Getting to know Srdjan
The perilous journey of an HTTP Request
Like Riding a Bike (What I learned about learning by teaching my daughter to ride)
How I Prepared for the Launch School RB129 Written Assessment
Podcast S3E5: Women Who Code at Launch School
I Surrender, Launch School...
Group Study for Launch School’s RB129 Assessment
5 Benefits of using the JavaScript ES6 class syntax in lieu of constructor functions
Coping with the Slow Path to Mastery - Part 1 - Staying on the Path. This one is for all of the snail's out there. Enjoy!
JavaScript Closures: A Mental Model
Why you should be using Git Branches in LS 101
Podcast S3E4: John and Adam Isom - Skipping College, CS Degree vs Launch School, and Making Six Figures Together
What Launch School Represents
How I transitioned from Analytics to Software Engineering with Launch School's Core curriculum
Why doing projects is not the best way to learn to program
The Dangers of Hack & Slash Coding
The this keyword in JavaScript made simple.
What is duck typing in JavaScript?
Podcast S3E3: Bytes -- Why Did You Choose Launch School?
JavaScript OOP Exploration Video Series
Where's All the Support After 109?
Where's All the Support After 109?
Let’s X-plore JavaScript’s Object Creation Patterns
A simplified overview of JavaScript prototypes and prototypical inheritance.
What I’ve learned during my first month at Launch School.
Podcast S3E2: Gabe, Ben, and Arthur Part 2!
The brief tale about the evolution of database systems
Peer-led Seminars are Online + Archived Courses
A quickish take on Blocks in Ruby
Why Don't We Get Negative Reviews?
Checklist for Launch in 3…2…1…
Launch School Podcast S3E1: Interview with Dr. Barbara Oakley
Promotion 3 months into job. "It's so clear that Capstone really set me up for this."
Programming Gave Me My Best Friends
Capstone Reflection Week 1
Capstone Reflection Week 3
I Failed Programming 101 Three Times
Some Advice to Those at the Beginning of Launch School
Info-session recording about Launch School, DPP, 2020 Salaries, etc.
Changing Careers 2 Years After College
LS Live Assessments: The Untold Story
Getting ready for the RB129 assessments
Same Same but Different: JavaScript Null and Undefined Data Types
2020 Capstone Salaries
I've Accomplished in 2 Years What Some Students Have in 2 Months
Coping with Time-Related Stress at Launch School
Why the forEach JS method might not always be the best choice
Spinning Your Wheels: The Fear of Missing Out
Avoiding the Career Transition Trap
Not Yet
An intro to Expressions and Statements in JavaScript
Finally Finished Launch School JS109, Here’s the Story.
The dreaded "not yet"
Programming Concepts: How to Make Them Stick
Breaking the MagiJSian's Code: JavaScript Object Creation Patterns, Revealed!
Comic: A Very Basic Explanation of How the Internet Works
Announcing Capstone Project Mentors
Podcast S2E10: Study Habits Conference and The Social Network with Liz, Jesse, and Katarina
JS101: Understanding Return Values for Method Chaining
What helped me get ready for Launch School’s RB 109 live assessment
Do you need to be good at math to become a programmer?
How the Internet Works, Part I - The Internet Infrastructure
This article is about prototypes and prototypal inheritance. Mainly trying to explain confusing terms around this topic. As this was one of the most challenging concepts in OOP, I hope seeing another perspective on the topic will be beneficial for other students.
Why Launch School is better than a bootcamp/college/mooc
Recap 2020