That’s the question I saw on my alma mater’s networking site. Students can connect with and ask questions of alumni. It struck me. Earlier today I had a video conference with a student to give career advice. He was worried about class schedules. I was worried about his network. Is this a coincidence? No. Pervasive.… Continue reading What role did networking play in landing your current job or any past jobs?
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Apropos Getting a Development Job with the Wrong Degree
Q&A related to the Dan Crews interview. Read the full question below, and listen to bonus content from the podcast: Hey Tyler, I am a recent management grad looking to change careers and move into a dev role. I have spent the past couple of years teaching myself Ruby on Rails, vanilla JavaScript and React.… Continue reading Apropos Getting a Development Job with the Wrong Degree
Learning A Codebase
Responding to my post on internships a student asked me: Q. Reading Code What’s the best way to learn a new codebase? A. Read With Purpose Good question. Identify a simple modification you would like to make. Learn enough to make that modification. If you can’t make the modification after an hour of reading code, stop.… Continue reading Learning A Codebase