So, it has come to my attention that someone has actually, through the power of the internet, actually..., found and-gasp.., read this blog. I did abandon it a bit, but seeing as it's got a new lease of life, I'll try to update it a little more.
As I was saying it has been a while! Last post was week 1, now i'm nearly on week 6. We just finished our Java module and that was fairly intense, I would compare it to learning how to ride a bike by strapping yourself to a motorbike and rolling down onto the motorway. If that sounds a little extreme, forgive me, because even though we went pretty fast, I've learned a hell of alot. I've gone from "hello world" to a Jukebox with SQL connection, swing and unit testing in about 3 weeks. I'm quite amazed actually that i've managed to achieve so much.
So an intense, but very valuable few weeks.
Tomorrow we will be doing some more business training with some of the folks from Capgemini, it's gonna be a class nearly twice as big, so that will be interesting, the Java has been mostly individual work so i'm looking forward to doing some team activities.
Yesterday I went to a local pool hall by the seafront called 'Slick Willys', with Gareth(General boss of us man) and some other GCs (Gateway Consultants), quite a nice place, some people might call it a dive but, personally, thats how I like it. There was some talk of having a pool table ect at the NETbuilder offices which sounds pretty awesome.
Today is a sunday so i'm using that as an excuse to relax a bit, I seem to have given myself eye-strain from staring at these damn 'computer' things all day so I've taken to keeping my eyes closed when I can, but that can be rather boring so I might of been squinting at you tube a bit. I've come across some cool programming/it channels if anyone is interested I recommend;
The New Boston - for programming. The guys got a good presenting style and is good at simplifying quite complex concepts.
Eli the Computer Guy - for more broad concepts in IT, such as cloud computing, servers, security ect. Maybe not essential learning but good if you're curious and want to fill in some blanks.
One thing I have found out since I came to the NB academy is that i'm not quite as good at cooking as I thought I was.., it's possible I just underestimated my laziness.
For this reason I have mostly been living on sandwiches, I am contemplating actually cooking today.., but.., if I can't put it between two slices of bread.., whats the point?
Anyway i'm going to go contemplate that in a nice dark corner that doesn't hurt my eyes. Just watched a great video, check out this kid, what a wizz, not to mention.., a real life sheldon cooper :P
Adios.
