Education
My Summer Journey at Metal Toad: An Internship Reflection
My Summer Journey at Metal Toad: An Internship Reflection
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Career Advice
Career Advice
Why Core Values Transform a Tech Company
We’re all familiar with the basic corporate American experience. You clock into work, perform your required tasks, and leave at the end of the day.
Education
Why Metal Toad is so Special for Interns
As an intern, what are you looking to gain? A better resume? Experience? A portfolio piece? More connections? Paid for your time?
Education
My Programming Journey
At some point after I learned to read, but before middle school, I took an interest in computers and used my dad's IBM PC to learn BASIC, a...
The Cloud
How to Run a Great Hackathon (and Why You Should Do It)
Working at Metal Toad is all about innovation.
Career Advice
Imposter Syndrome is Like Bad Janet
Imposter syndrome is kind of the worst. You know it when you ‘see’ it, or in this case, feel it.
Artificial Intelligence
From Senior Engineer to Mature Engineer
When I was fresh out of college with a Computer Science degree, I had a culture-fueled fantasy of what it was to grow into a senior software engineer.
Career Advice
Push the publish button already
The most important measure of progress in building blogging expertise is not word count, it’s how many times you hit the publish button.
Education
What I Learned Going from the College World to the Real World
As a recent graduate from Portland State University, the inclination to write this blog has been an ongoing dilemma.
Education
Mentorship (It's Not Just For Twenty-Somethings)
I arrived in Portland two years ago with the intention of rebooting my career.
Career Advice
Failure Is Not Possible
I’ve been asked this by several employers recently: “What would you do here if you knew you would not fail?” Not fail?? Not possible…
Interviews
5 Simple Ways To Impress Your Future Employer
Looking for a new job is tough business. In a sea of innovative, qualified candidates there is pressure to stand out from the rest.
Artificial Intelligence
We Only Work With the Best
If you work in the tech industry you've heard it before: "we only work with the best." While this phrase may not have caused you to pause before, it...
Business
We're blogging this month and you should too
Today our company just kicked off our June Blog-o-thon. We've challenged every single person in the company from CEO to intern to write at least one...
Career Advice
How to become a programmer
Five years ago I wrote an article on how to get a job as a web developer, but the market has changed and it's now 2017. Code schools are now...
Interviews
Digital Project Management Apprenticeships
Metal Toad has the deep belief that apprenticeships in tech can hone new skills introduced in code school and provide real world experiences that can...
Education
A Vocational Track to Tech Jobs
I recently read an article written on the craft of software development and that got me thinking about how we as a societ
Artificial Intelligence
A Sense of Software Craftsmanship
When leaders view software development as an assembly line, they expose themselves to a lot of pain: overages, missed timelines, and disappointed...
Artificial Intelligence
When There is a Skills Gap, Industry Needs to Fix It
A number of industries are going through a skills gap crisis - or are looking down the barrel of one.
Agile
Finding My Thing: Part 1
Coming from a strict design engineering background and working in the realm of manufactured products, I have had a steep learning curve in the tech...
Career Advice
How to Handle an Executive Informal Chat
I am writing this blog to those who work on the frontline but every once in a while find themselves in a conversation with an executive.
Artificial Intelligence
Bringing More Magic to the Software Apprenticeship Program
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with Aaron Bridges, Abby Miles and
Artificial Intelligence
Two Years of Great Advice
A little over two years ago we set off to level up our company through the creation of an Advisory Board.
Artificial Intelligence
Allies in the Crusade to Create More Entry-Level Software Jobs
It's always great to meet with kindred spirits, and today was a great connection.