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a la MVP. IM?

I closed the freelance deal. But the payment has not come. I think it has been a week and he still has not paid the initial installment. I should not put so much weight on this gig. But. I am financially hurting. If the gig goes through I can pay my rent without selling my guitar or taking money out with my new :( credit card. I am honestly being to dependent on this deal. I need to look for more menial work. Dread. I will prevail.

In other light programming is going very well. I have been reading about design patterns. Design patterns have upped my game more than I could have imagined. They are putting together some of the random bits of theory I have read and heard about. I have already noticed a difference in my code. This makes me happy. I look forward to learning more about DP. Once I finish Head First Design Patterns I will move on to learning more about algorithms and data structures.

I am currently working on a small project. I am using it as a learning tool. So far it has been fun. I am wondering how far I will get with it. I want to implement the DP MVP on it. I am trying to follow MVP but it is hard. I somewhat get it but it has many components. I believe I am getting closer. I will try and conquer understanding MVP a few more times before I take a break and get through more Head First.

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SS

The next few hours could be the entrance of my professional career. 

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Native Speed:BUS New York City

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Release of Native Speed:BUS New York City

I lost my job with google. This put me in a huge cyclone of depression. I stopped working on PokeBus. I have been a grumpy ass hole.

I have not been programming. First because I was too depressed and worried. Second, I found a new job and I have been strapped for time. I am currently working on a way to make money for rent and spend a good amount of time programming. I may have found a way with a new job I might be starting next week. Many prospects are on the horizon, that's why I am unsure.

The two month break from programming I think has been refreshing. I feel recharged and ready to fucking conquer. I don't think I was burnt out from programming. I think I was burnt out from sitting in the house all day, having no money and not being social.   

I have released Native speed, which was previously called PokeBus. It has not been received that well. I have not heavily marketed it. I have decided that before I really push it I should clean it up a little bit more. It has minor issues. A good week of polish will put it in a place where I want it to be. I look forward to it being super clean. Its not too far off.

I have decided when I am finished with Native Speed I am going to spend some time on my fundamentals. I would like to get a good grasp on the concepts I have been implementing. I recently found the way I have been creating objects is completely wrong. The new way of me creating objects should dramatically increase my code quality(fix my static everything problem). I think a lot of the fundamentals I know half of. I look forward to learning the other half.

I think what I might do is alternate between creating an app and programming concepts.

Animesh has a hot lead for an Android freelance gig. I have a meeting in two days. I am excited.  Animesh said easy and lucrative. I don't want to get my hopes up too much. But I am fucking excited. HAHA. I hope this is my entry. I think once I enter I will snowball. 

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Num3e

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Num3e

It has been a long time since my last post. I have not had too much time to progress as a developer. This was due to unavoidable circumstances. My situation is better and although I can not spend as much time as I would like on Programming I have been working on the craft.

I am about to finish Num3e. Although it seems that I have been almost done with it for a long time. I have one more feature to add which is nearly done. I also need to implement a trie to reduce load times. Currently load times are dismal, perhaps 30 seconds to a minute depending on the input. I hope to be done in a few solid days of work. I am really excited to release Num3e. I am considering making a youtube advert to accompany it.

Num3e has had some educational highlights. Other than general knowledge I have gained from making it I have learned how to use fragments, Asynchronous tasks and soon tries. Num3e has been a good project. I am eager to start my next app, exciting stuff.

I am feeling more and more comfortable with android. I am not scared of it. I feel as though I can find and answer most questions. Not including the more abstract stuff, soon.

I am also getting more comfortable using git and github. I still need to finish learning some of the basics, such as pull. But as far as saving, navigating and a general understanding I am good.

I'm not in school. Soon I hope to have a three day work week so I can spend a decent amount of time coding. Now work is interrupting, I am working four days on average but often I need to do chores on my day off leading to not enough time for coding. I should try and fit coding into the days I have work, especially if I continue to work 4 days.

I have a couple of internship leads that I want to pursue. I am not sure what my angle is now. Before I strive to obtain one I wish to get some feedback from Adam on approach. I dont know if I am ready but I would love an internship, especially if it were paid. That would make me ecstatic. Nothing would make me more happy.

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I am feeling good about Android. I have not produced anything but a  few simple apps. But I am learning. I feel like I am at a place where the learning is good and is coming relatively easily. I hope that this will remain like this. I imagine that it will for a time and then I will get to a new level where the concepts are different and it will be hard again. Its not easy now but with effort I am understanding. 

I am going to an Android hackathon this weekend. I am super nervous and excited. I am really looking forward to it. I hope that I contribute in a positive way, learn LOADS, meets some peers who are interested in the same thing and perhaps meet someone who I can look to for Android answers.

I have applied for an internship working with a small app development company. It is not for programming. They may only offer a slither of programming but the pay would be equal to what I am seeking outside the field. Working in the field would make me so happy. I would feel so accomplished. I wont get my hopes up too high! HA to late.

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I had a session with Adam. He toyed with Android. He has little experience with Android which was great. Because What I saw was someone finding how to do the unknown.  Since the majority of Android is an unknown seeing Adam solve a problem was amazingly helpful. It removed some of the mystic that is Android. It put what I am working with slightly more into focus.

It has been several weeks since then. Unfortunately it has not been as dense of a programming workout as I would have liked. Nonetheless my understanding of Android while still very small is much larger than it was. The ball is rolling. I look forward to being somewhat competent. Soon.

I have just started to use my Java knowledge with Android.

I have found a Coursera course which is working with me. It is on the easier side. That's OK. When it is done I think I will take the course which I started with. Which was hardcore compared to what I am taking now. But the course I am taking now is giving me tools and understandings to work with.

Android is looking really positive. I am excited to continue my pursuit.