First couple of days out of Lambda and Day 1 at the Ibm Index


Feb 20th, 2018


    Its been only a couple of days since leaving lambda school and I have been coding like a madman. It seems as lambda created a way for me to enjoy coding even more because of what they have taught through the 6 months. I have been through the tough times of trying to complete the program and fighting hard through depression, and I have finally completed the program. Now the real party begins, nows the time to search for the position that I always wanted. I was also offered a spot on the TA team to help students learn the computer science curriculum, but since my intentions are to find my findings out in New York, I decided to decline and just shoot for the stars. Now my goals and mind are very clear about what I want to do in the future. 

   I have also been attending this developer conference out in San Francisco, its called Ibm index. A lot of programmers from the world attend this event and was very excited to get the invite for one of the biggest events in tech, even though this is their very first one.

  I am still in the early stages of the job process but I am saving applications and finding some new opportunities. I am also learning new technologies as we speak to upscale myself and because I love programming new things so much. As of now, I am learning matlab to use for the development of algorithms. This was a skill I always wanted to possess ever since I learned how to craft software.

-Eric Blancas

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