Introduction

My name is Matthew Grof. Welcome to my site. This site is here to help you get to know me better. I am currently a student at Correlation One.

me betweend my kids with a lake and trees behind us

About Me

I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I was born here and lived here for most of my life. I did live in Cincinnati, Ohio for a few year as a child and went to school in the Chicago suburbs at Universal Technical Institute. I am married with 2 boys, and a stepson that lives in Ukraine. I am currently working two jobs while the Software Developemnt program at Correlation One. When I'm not working I like to spend time with my family. My favorite thing to do is travel. There are more places that I want to go to than I will ever have time or money for. You can find out more about me at Facebook and Linkedin. Also you can see some pitures of places I have traveled to and through.

me leaning on a tree on a deck in Kyiv at night

me and my sister in front of the Epcot ball

me and my wife with food and drinks in front of window on a train

School Blog

Week 1

When I first started this program I had no idea what to expect. I have never done any coding or programing and I have never taken an online class. The first introduction classes helped give me confidence and showed me more of what I could expect.

The first week we got into doing HTML coding. It is a lot easier than I expected but also challenging at the same time. The hardest part for me is remembering exactly what I need to put for tags and elements but there are plenty of resourses to help. I actually enjoy it more that I thought I would. I really like playing with the tags and elements to see how they change when I view them on the webpage.

Week 2

The second week has been a disaster! Not because my the course or the instructors. The instructors and TAs are great by the way! But because of my internet. They have been doing work in my neighborhood and the internet has been going out everyday. On Tuesday I couldn't finish my homework before work that night because my internet was out. I decided to take work off that night so I could complete my work but the internet service was never restored that night. Since I work two jobs on Wednesday I ended up having to take off more time to complete my work. It felt good to have it done. Then Thurday came... The class was going good and then I lost internet in the middle of it. Luckly I live close to the office I work at so I was able to go up there and join back with the class. It has been a frustrating week. But I still have learened a lot and excited to learn more.