[PD] Reflect on your plan to live as a developer

[katatreimann]

Coursework content

Now that you have your spreadsheet, you reviewed it, and you are confident it is a good picture of your availability and commitments on a typical week, we can reflect on it.

An important goal of this exercise is to observe your life from an external perspective.

• Write a statement about your reflection. It should be at least 50 words long.
• Don't forget to check your text with a grammar tool, such as Grammarly

Read it a few times aloud and ensure you haven’t missed anything. Ask yourself if this is what you had planned or a realistic description of what happens. Make any changes and iterations to it.

Now look at the number of hours you dedicate to each activity per week.

Ensure you include your energy and concentration levels when studying or CYF training.

Read the updated sample and iterate again on it, ensuring it has the expected level of detail.

Share your reflection with your pair. Ask them to ask you questions about the accuracy of it. Get them to help you to refine it.

Estimated time in hours

1

What is the purpose of this assignment?

Observing your week and reflecting on your real availability will be key to ensure you have a clear plan to achieve your ultimate goal, which is a job as a developer.

Be transparent in all what you are writing and thinking about, to ensure you have a reliable plan. Remember: the plan doesn't end when the CYF course ends.

How to submit

Add the following as a comment on this issue:

• If you feel comfortable doing so, link to the updated Google Docs with your statement. Make sure anyone with this link can comment on it.
• Add a comment about your discussion with your pair (up to 100 words). Remember to check the grammar and spelling before posting it.

[katatreimann]

After reviewing my weekly plan, I realized I'm spending too much time on ITP training without breaks. This leads to tiredness and I make the tasks more complex, and making it harder to stay focused.

[katatreimann]

I had changes to my weekly plan, but it was more like the changes were made for me. Because it's a bit of a difficult time with health at the moment, it's taken quite a lot of time. So that's why I've been doing less ITP training, but not enough, and it's causing anxiety. Also, time off from training hasn't meant a relaxing time. But I'm trying to continue the course at my own pace, so I don't overdo myself, but at the same time things are progressing.