Welcome to the mindsets curriculum!
From our experience seeing folks learn new programming skills over the past many cohorts, we have witnessed how much the right mindset makes a difference in building new skills, putting them into practice, and achieving new heights.
When you hear the word mindset, you likely think of growth vs. fixed mindset. A growth mindset is one of the most fundamental mindsets to develop as a new software developer! (If you haven’t heard of growth mindset, here’s a TED talk from Carol Dweck, who coined the term.)
Developing the right mindset to learn coding is just the beginning — we believe there are a number of important mindsets to develop. Each week, throughout this course, we’ll be posting articles and discussion questions here to help give insight into mindsets that can support not only your learning but your long-term career growth as a software developer.
To help us set the stage for our mindsets, we’ll kick off by first thinking about our goals and motivations and reflecting on how growth mindset has impacted our past learning experiences.
Please answer the below prompts in your assignment submission:
- Why do you want to be a software developer?
- What do you plan to do with your skills after the class ends?
- Can you think of a time when a growth mindset helped you learn or achieve something new?
- What other mindsets have helped you learn new skills?
When you’ve completed your Coding Assignment, and have read and thought about the mindset questions above, submit ALL of your assignments (coding and mindset) using:
