Toby apprenticeship blog

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> On 7 Dec 2014, at 11:47, Samir Talwar <notifications@github.com> wrote:
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> In _posts/2014-12-06-life-as-an-apprentice.md:
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> > +Three months into my apprenticeship, I thought I would provide some insight into how my apprenticeship is progressing, what I do day-to-day and where I see things going over the coming months.
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> > +### Who am I?
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> > +First, the obligatory self-introduction.
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> > +My name is Toby and I joined Codurance in September this year. I was a recent graduate of [Makers Academy](http://www.makersacademy.com) (a 12 week software development boot camp) and had said ‘goodbye’ to a seven year career in the not for profit sector. In addition, I was a brand new, first-time Dad.
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> > +So here I was, my life pretty much turned upside down (in a good way of course!) and about to turn my hobby into a new career.
> > +
> > +### Finding Codurance
> > +
> > +I came across Codurance when browsing an issue of the [London Ruby User Group](http://lrug.org) newsletter. The moment I read Codurance's recruitment advert, I knew I wanted to work there. This wasn’t your typical software company. This was a group of people that really cared about how they crafted code. These were craftsman. I knew if I got to join the team I would be learning from the some great and well-respected software developers.
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> > +The technical test was a lot of fun. My code was far from perfect, but I learnt an awful lot in the process. Somehow, I must of managed to demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals and was called in for a pairing session with Codurance co-founder Sandro Mancuso.
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