[Launch School] Community Update - Oct 29, 2019

Hello Everyone! It's time for another Community Update to catch you up on all the happenings in the Launch School community. Articles Our medium publication continues to receive contributions from the Launch School Community. Here are some of the articles from last month: - Kyle Ledoux [writes with humor and style](, about how procrastination and preparation, when done right, can help reduce stress. - Sheldon Chi [writes about software development](sheldonchi/threads-to-chains-47f57e2397bc) as a system of interdependent components, and how understanding the interdependence is as important as understanding the individual components. Really insightful article. - Matt Clark [shares his thoughts]( about planning for the RB109 assessments. If you're getting ready for RB109 assessment, read this. - Olly Chadwick shares his [reflections on his Journey](ollychadwick/reviewing-the-launch-school-core-curriculum-e62058b688d4) at Launch School, what he's done since finishing the Core Curriculum, and the things he wishes he'd done differently. - Some other articles that may be interesting as well: - [Why Fundamentals are Important]( by Xulnn - [Refections on a Bad Problem Solving Process]( by Nathan Worden - [Rebuilding A Career After Stay at Home Parenthood](dorey.edinger/rebuilding-a-career-after-stay-at-home-parenthood-abffd48f9269) by Dorey Miller Study Groups - Last month we started a new beginner study group for those who have just started learning with us. Unlike the other study groups that focus on preparing for the assessment, this one is about just general study habits and learning programming. The [last beginner study group session]( was on 20th October, but keep an eye on the [forums]( for future sessions. - The Launch School Women's group is meeting tomorrow, Oct 30th. It's very well organized and worth joining if you can (and identify as female). [Click through]( to sign up. Launch School News - We've split course JS210 (Computational Thinking and JavaScript Programming) into two new courses. You can learn about the how and the why of the split in [this post](. - In the last community update, we mentioned changes to our Capstone fee structure. We have an update about that [here](. Miscellaneous - Last year, Sunny Beatteay, a Capstone grad, set up an AMA (Ask Me Anyting) post for Launch School students. Many students found that useful, including Julius. Now a Capstone alumnus himself, Julius has set up a similar AMA post. Julius completed Core, Capstone, and has been working as a software engineer at DigitalOcean for the past 7 months. If you have questions about Launch School, Capstone, or just the day to day of a working software engineer, you can ask him [here](. - One of the most frequently asked questions that we get from beginners is "how long will it take?". This is a difficult question for us to answer, so we've asked students to share how long it took them to get to where they currently are in the program. You can read their answers [here](. - Christina and Kristen recently planned an in-person meetup in Berlin. The details are [here](. Launch School community frequently organizes such meetings in various cities. Keep an eye on the community forums and slack if you're interested. - Speaking of in-person meetings, Ido is organizing a Launch School NYC meetup on November 9th at 2pm at Loreley Beer Garden. Food and drinks on Launch School! Stop by the #new-york channel in Slack if you want to say hi to other Launch School folks in NYC and let Ido know you'll be attending. Space may be limited, so say hi in Slack before you show up. --------------------------------------------------------------- Archives are in the [Resources]( tab. See you next time! Do you enjoy reading student contributions? Consider writing something yourself! We give Launch School cash credit for accepted articles to our [Medium publication](, and we’re also giving $200 credit for [Tech Talk presentations](. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to stop receiving emails from us, you can use the one-click link below to unsubscribe. [Unsubscribe From All Email]( [Unsubscribe From Weekly Summaries](