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#182 - (Mini-Episode) Level Up Your JavaScript: Simple Tips for Cleaner Code
Send us a textLet's go over some super practical tips to improve your JavaScript code and look a little less junior.Got suggestions for an upcoming show or a guest I should reach out to? Email me at...
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#181 - Meta Tech Lead Secrets: Breaking into FAANG, Big Salaries, and Career Growth with Rahul
Send us a textIn this episode, I’m joined by Rahul Pandey, a former tech lead at Meta and co-founder of JoinTaro, a platform for ambitious software developers. Rahul shares his transparent insights on working in big...
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#180 - Tech Layoffs & AI Panic: The Truth About Tech Careers in 2024
Send us a text"AI is coming for your tech job!""There's no hope for coders in 2024!""Learn to code?! Ha, that was so 2015."Do these click bait titles sound familiar?I've gone down the YouTube rabbit hole of doom and...
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#179 - Speak Up, Stand Out: How Public Speaking Can Unlock Your Developer Career
Send us a textThere is a valuable skill that will set you apart from most developers. It will go from a nice to have to a requirement if you want to move into leadership: Public speaking. If you’re like me, maybe you...
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#178 - Lessons from the 3 Smartest Developers I’ve Ever Met
Send us a textOne started a multi-million dollar business. 💰Another wrote a popular library for unit testing that you've probably heard of. 🧠The last one called me out on my b.s. 😅I stole a little piece of each of...
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#177 - The science behind learning to code: Why you don’t need 10,000 hours to succeed
Send us a textDr. Junaid Akhtar is content architect at Educative and an expert in the science of education and specifically, learning to code. In this episode we discuss:- what most people get wrong about learning to...
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#176 - A Hands on Guide to Learning SQL
Send us a textProfessional software developers overwhelmingly use SQL but few coding bootcamps teach it.Learning some basic SQL doesn't need to be overwhelming or complicated.Listen to the episode and follow along...
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#175 - The Unwritten Rules to Becoming a Senior Developer: 4 Steps to Level Up
Send us a textWithout a clear path from junior developer to senior, most developers fall into the coding trap:You double down on your current programming language to become an "expert"You add more tools to your tool...
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#174 - 4 Projects to Learn the Basics of Javascript (plus a Form Challenge in Show Notes)
Send us a textBefore you watch another 100 hour YouTube tutorial, try these 4 side projects which are small enough to do over a weekend and will teach you a hell of a lot about writing JavaScript.In this episode we...
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#173 - Breaking into Tech After 40: The Self-Taught Developer Path with Dicky Kitchen
Send us a textDicky Kitchen is a self-taught developer who made the leap into tech in his 40s—without a degree, bootcamp, or formal schooling.Dicky is in his first 90 days as a professional developer after a career as...
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#172 - The Free Work Formula: How Freelancing for Free Can Jumpstart Your Dev Career
Send us a textDon't hate mail me just yet. “Free” work as a developer can feel like a controversial topic, but it could be the key to jump-starting your career. I’ll walk you through strategies for gaining...
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#171 - A Beginners Guide to Learning Backend Software Development with Javascript (mini-tutorial included)
Send us a textI know the smartest and best looking developers are listening to this podcast.As a thank you, here's a mini-tutorial to learn some backend software development as a Javascript developer.Video:...
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