Halfway checkpoint. . . For those unfamiliar with my journey, I am in the middle of a 6 month code school boot camp style program. What does that mean exactly? . . . I'm trying to fit 2+ years of school into what you could comparatively say is one season on "the ice" from my previous life. This may sound crazy to some people as an adult with a mortgage and bills, but compare that to the alternative of part time nights and weekends for 2 to 4 years for a similar level of experience. Now don't get me wrong, there are certainly short comings in both directions of education but few things can give me this much actually on screen computer coding time with actual people and problems at such a regular and intense pace. I feel fortunate that I have done some actual language training not all that different from this before but that was 10 years ago. My brain certainly took a while to warm up to this speed and even some days still shuts down by 2 or 3pm. Initi...