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Upgrading from Data Center Tech to Software Engineer

Author: Brittany Gates

  • My 2024 Career Recap

    My 2024 Career Recap

    I had the idea to write a post about my 2024 career recap before I get on a plane in the morning to go back to Georgia to spend the Christmas holiday with various family members. So here it is! My 2024 Career Recap: Month-By-Month January After spending the previous month working the night shift…

  • Gemini Does Make Mistakes

    Gemini Does Make Mistakes

    Yesterday, I wrote a post about my great experience using Google AI, especially Gemini (which you can read here). Well, I ran into a problem using the chatbot today, which reminded me that Gemini does make mistakes. However, the mistake I ran into forced me to research and learn so there is a silver lining.…

  • Writing Code With Google AI: My Experience So Far

    Writing Code With Google AI: My Experience So Far

    I’m currently in the midst of coding my latest technical project: A backup program only for Linux distros that performs either a full backup or a partial backup of the user’s Home Directory. So far I’ve made great progress with the code, in part because I’m writing code with Google AI. I know there is…

  • The Infected Land: A CLI Game I Wrote In Python

    The Infected Land: A CLI Game I Wrote In Python

    I recently created, and updated a new technical project that’s available to download from this GitHub repo: The Infected Land. In this post I will discuss the following topics about this web application: Why I Created The Infected Land The main reason I created this game because I wanted to practice my Python skills after…

  • CS50x C Programming Lecture Is No Longer Complicated For Me

    CS50x C Programming Lecture Is No Longer Complicated For Me

    I wrote about my experience watching the CS50x C programming lecture in a previous post. You can read it here, but I will give a TL;DR: The course’s reliance on custom files and functions hampered my learning. Thus, I stopped watching the lecture series and searched for a video to learn the programming correctly. After…