This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Changelog’s Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo about content creation and its role in web development careers. They discuss the nuances of reputation-building, the pitfalls of interview culture, and how developers can navigate the ever-changing landscape of tech.

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:43) - Wine tasting + rating
• (11:31) - Do web developers need to be content creators?
• (13:35) - Does open source really help your career?
• (15:35) - How to build a good reputation
• (20:05) - Hiring and interviewing
• (26:54) - Fake dev jobs?
• (30:58) - Debating cancel culture
• (37:56) - Silicon Valley and integrity
• (41:55) - Movies and TV
• (44:22) - The state of frontend
• (47:35) - Framework
• (51:33) - Adam’s and Jerod’s non-tech careers
• (54:38) - Plugs

Links

• ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/
• Changelog: https://changelog.com/
• Drinks: https://drinks.com/
• JS Party: https://changelog.com/jsparty
• Frontend Feud: CSS Pod vs Whiskey Web and Whatnot: https://changelog.com/jsparty/285
• All Things Open: https://2024.allthingsopen.org/
• LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/
• Johnny Boursiquot: https://x.com/jboursiquot
• Go Time: https://changelog.com/gotime
• WP Engine: https://wpengine.com/
• WordPress: https://wordpress.com/
• Steve Jobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
• PearAI: https://trypear.ai/
• Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
• Succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)
• Brian Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)
• Gladiator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film)
• Joaquin Phoenix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Phoenix
• Russell Crowe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe
• Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
• React: https://react.dev/
• Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/
• Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
• Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
• Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
• Astro: https://astro.build/
• DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
• Framework: https://frame.work/
• Omakub: https://omakub.org/
• Linux: https://www.linux.org/
• Apple: https://www.apple.com/
• Eminem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
• Rails is having a moment (again): https://changelog.com/podcast/615

Connect with Adam and Jerod

• Website: https://changelog.com
• Adam on X / Twitter: https://x.com/adamstac
• Jerod on X / Twitter: https://x.com/jerodsanto

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

• Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
• Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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