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+title: Week 3 and 4
+date: 2023-04-24 23:35:12 -0600
+categories: [Weekly Essay]
+tags: [encora, onboarding, jekyll, github pages, cloudflare]
+---
+
+## Introduction
+
+*"What happened to week 1 and 2?"* You may ask. Well, those were written using
+Word and sent via e-mail. This essay is different in the sense that *"I'm
+making it public!"*. But that's all. In this essay, we will talk about a lot of
+different topics and what I've learned during my Apprentice Program at
+[Encora](https://www.encora.com/).
+
+## Onboarding
+
+### LTs and Wellbeing
+
+Encora's organization has a horizontal structure. This means, there isn't any
+superiors. We all work in groups and we're all at the same 'level'. In this
+type of structures, feedback becomes extremely important. This work model is
+based in the [WordBlu's model](https://www.worldblu.com/), in which Encora is a
+[WorldBlu certified Freedom-Centered Organization](https://www.worldblu.com/encora).
+
+LT
+: **L**eadership **T**eam. When projects that affects an entire community are
+proposed, LT is consulted to organize the project.
+
+There exists multiple LT teams on Encora.
+- Wellbeing.
+- LGBTQ+.
+- Gender Seminar.
+- Encora People Care.
+
+### Operations in a Day
+
+What do operations people do?
+1. That you are comfortable with your job.
+1. Make sure you have the necessary equipment for your work.
+1. Implement plans to achieve the proposed strategies.
+    - Each month the company's strategic objectives are presented.
+
+### Do y no tan Do Part II
+
+If you have even the slightest security problem, call IT immediately. Waiting
+or trying to solve the problem by yourself may worsen the problem. It's advised
+to have the following recommendations in mind:
+
+1. Do a full scan of the computer once **every month**.
+1. If your computer is infected, it'll be formatted. **Use cloud services.**
+1. A firewall allows or denies incoming or outgoing connections from the
+   internet. What would a *"human firewall"* be?
+    - The human part is usually the *weakest link in the chain*.
+    - Learn how to protect yourself and the company from malicious software.
+
+## Personal blog
+
+[Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) is the backbone of this entire website. It
+uses [markdown](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) to generate static
+websites. All of the entries you see in this page were written using markdown.
+The community of Jekyll is fairly big, having lots of tutorials on how to use
+it and lots of [themes](http://jekyllthemes.org/) everyone can use. This
+webpage uses the [Chirpy Jekyll Theme](https://github.com/cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy).
+
+The website is hosted using [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/), making
+it easy for me to use a custom domain that I bought before on
+[Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/).
+
+In less than a week, I learned the basics of Jekyll, used GitHub Pages to host
+the webpage and even managed to configure a custom domain for the page. It's
+not because I'm some kind of genius, but because every tool that I used was
+extremely easy to use and well documented.
+
+## Google Code Jam
+
+As seen with the [other posts](/categories/technical-logs/), we used the
+[Code Jam](https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/codejam) page to solve
+programming challenges in a variety of programming languages. Although it isn't
+my first time working with programming challenge websites, it was my first
+time solving them in programming languages I had never used and working within
+a team.
+
+This adventure made me realize how important communication and organization is.
+We had lots of mistakes and misunderstandings because of our lack of
+experience. But I truly think those experiences are invaluable for me. They'll
+help me grow not only in my job, but even as a person.