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Supper Club × How To Get Your First Dev Job With Stuart Bloxham

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

The Importance of a Good Text Editor and Advice for Aspiring Web Developers

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This chapter explores the significance of choosing a suitable text editor, theme, and font for coding. It emphasizes the use of a dark theme and the necessity of plugins for icons. The chapter also highlights the iterative process of refining the editor until it becomes mundane, and concludes with advice for aspiring web developers, emphasizing perseverance and hard work.

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Stuart Bloxham about how he learned to code, what his interview process was like when applying for a job, how he found the time to make it all work, and his thoughts on bootcamps and ways to learn.

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00:36 Welcome
Stuart Bloxham on GitHub
Stuart Bloxham on LinkedIn
02:09 How did you decide to be a web developer?
08:22 Did you have clarity when your kid was born?
10:20 What was the interview process like?
18:25 What and how did you learn?
20:28 What’s the state of bootcamps in 2023?
22:03 How important have soft skills been?
25:14 How do you know when you’re ready to apply for a job?
35:24 Do you like coding?
37:49 How did you find the time to make it all work?
41:42 How did you deal with burnout?
43:06 Supper Club questions
45:34 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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