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#146 - What I’d Tell My Oldest Son About Becoming a Software Developer
Send us a textMy son just turned 18 and graduated high school.I started my career in coding at 30 and I often wonder where I'd be if I started earlier. Terrible habit.If I had full control over my kids' lives - this...
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#145 - Mastering the Technical Interview: Lessons from My Worst Interview and Beyond
Send us a textLet me tell you about the WORST interview I've ever had when I made it on site at Google back in 2019. My worst fear came true in this interview with the single worst interviewer I've ever had. It also...
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#144 - 90,000 Developers Can't Be Wrong: Top Skills for Software Developers in 2024
Send us a textSometimes, developers and content creators use too many personal stories to make big claims. This creates an echo chamber online, making you believe things that might not be true.Here’s what the real...
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#143 - The Secret Software Developer Interview: From Coding Bootcamp to Over-Employment
Send us a textWe dive into the world of over-employment with our special guest, the Secret Developer. 🤫Discover how he transitioned from a non-traditional background into tech, managed to secure multiple contract...
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#142 - The Reverse Engineering Method to Becoming a Hireable Software Developer
Send us a textThere is an overwhelming amount of information available for aspiring software developers, let's explore a structured strategy called reverse engineering to simplify the path towards landing a job.We...
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#141 - Navigating the Junior Developer Job Market with Software Developer Turned Recruiter David Roberts
Send us a textLearning to code is hard.Getting a job as a developer requires an entirely different approach. David Roberts is a software developer and recruiter with decades of experience. He explains the game of...
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#140 - How You Can Start a 5 Figure Side Business as Software Engineer
Send us a textI've started too many failed businesses to count. First there was the diary app. Then there was the 3 years I worked on a startup for real estate transactions. The real-time CSS tool. A learning...
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#139 - The Art of Time Management When Learning to Code
Send us a textCould there be a worse time to learn to code?I was nearly 30, had been sober for less than 2 months and had a 1 year old and 8 year old at home.I worked an office job which I just started and drove Lyft...
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#138 - Self Taught Developer to Engineering Manager at IBM: Brian Schuster shares lessons for developers on the non-traditional path
Send us a textIn today’s episode, we chat with another Brian, a founder, mentor, and recurring guest at Parsity. Brian shares his fascinating journey from being a self-taught developer to working as an engineering...
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#137 - How 4 Little Letters Almost Got Me Fired! LGTM - The Art of Code Reviews and How to Not Suck at Them
Send us a text 4 little letters almost got me fired. LGTM."Looks good to me"As a software developer you'll be reading code much more than you will be writing it. Part of your role will almost certainly include looking...
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#136 - 3 Reasons Why Most People Fail After a Coding Bootcamp... and How to Avoid Their Fate
Send us a textFor the last 10 years I've been writing code for a living and also worked at several bootcamp programs. I now own Parsity, a coding bootcamp. I also went to 2 bootcamps myself!I know they can work...
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#135 - The Junior Developer with 7 Years of Experience
Send us a textI met a junior developer with 7 years experience. His resume actually looked pretty good. When we started the interview though… oof.He struggled with a simple problem that required iterating over an...
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