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My Canon job ended. It was giving me the oomph in my paycheck. As a result of this I have had so little money. I have been trying to be as frugal as possible. The hole gets deeper and so does my frugality. Now I am working more but generally I have been working very little. This has enabled me to really work on Android. I have been pushing myself to try and work everyday. Previously I was going for large sprints several times a week. Since I have been working a lot less that was not optimal. I have picked up the pace. Since I have started to push myself more I have gotten much better.

I have been having more and more Android opportunities. Non of which I have got yet. That is fine. I am getting ever closer. In the last 2 months I feel like I have grown huge amounts, especially for the time.

I am at the end stages of releasing my second app. I hope to have release it or in beta within a week. It is very close. I am excited. It is my best work in life so far. I hate to say that as it is a small product. But I have nothing else I am more proud of. A second would be guitar stuff. But with programming I have all the time to get my product exactly how I want it. I feel like I have developed something that is a solid product. Regardless of how successful it is, it works and I think it works well.

I am really excited to release PokeBus. This time I am going to try hard at the marketing. Unlike Nume3 PokeBus has a real place in the world.

I am becoming more and more comfortable with all the different things that encompass programming. Things are becoming less scary.

I have become a copy and paste coder. I don't know how unfortunate this is. But I feel like it is enabling me to produce. My goal is not so much to be the best programmer but to make the best products. I hope this does not hinder getting me a job. I think I will most probably door poorly on a programming interview.

I believe I am going to see Adam next week. I plan to ask him what my angle should be as far as getting a job. I don't really know what my approach should be. I don't know where to sell myself and where to admit weakness. Its hard as many things I do not know but I image I could implement.

I have joined twiiter and Linked in to try and aid my job and app related stuff. I am not too interested in them but perhaps it will help me.

On April first 2014 I made a goal list:

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3 month. Publish a decent app. Polished, serves a purpose. learn an api. 6 months feel comfortable with android. Be able to find and learn what I need on my own. Understand documentation. Get an internship paid or working within my field of interest. Creative android apps. A social network of peer coders. Participated and positively contributed in a hackathon. 1 year April 1 2015. Have a job working in android development. Have a wealth of self published polished apps. Have collaborated with others to make an app, not for the man.

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I am happy with how far I have come. I have not accomplished all that I set out to but that’s OK. I have published a polished app. I have learned an api. I feel somewhat comfortable with Android. I am getting better with documentation. I did get an internship, even though it did not pan out well. I have a few programming friends now(WOO).

I would say I am lacking on the hackathon, job and the collaboration. Could be worse. I know need to make next years goal!