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Advice from a Senior Silicon Valley Engineer

The Scrimba Podcast

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Can You Solve a Problem Using Cod?

Being a successful programmer isn't only measured by the code that you write. Figure out what it is exactly that you're building. Ask questions. A lot of engineers can be eager to just go and start building, rather than, hay, you know, slow down first. When i'm interviewing people, my favorite approach, and this actually translates pretty well to real life, is, here is a story. Here's a user story. Here is a stubbed project. Take it away, and i just sit there and see how they approach it. Now we have to figure out which theme I think i'm slooowly sloshing around in," he says. "And then

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