This week, there’s only 4 days of class for Hack Reactor. Starting from the 23rd, I get holiday break until January 2nd!

On an unrelated note, today was a grueling day for the mind. Inheriting a codebase and attempting to understand and modify it can get frustrating. My partner and I rammed our heads against the wall as we couldn’t reason about the bug in our program, leading us to question all we thought we once knew. Thankfully, with some help, my partner and I got over the hurdle in our sprint and moved on. I think that I learned today that stubbornness can only be helpful to a certain point. However, on the job, using the resources at hand before reaching out for assistance is a useful and highly important skill (and one I’m also developing at HR).

As for the holiday break, I’m definitely not planning on taking a complete break from coding. I think a few hours each day reviewing and practicing using the material will help it settle in for a huge jumpstart once Hack Reactor starts back up after the holidays. I’m looking forward to receiving my new headset for use in class (my old one broke but this one has been taking forever to arrive), giving gifts, receiving gifts, the whole lot.