Shawn (Swyx) Wang joins us to discuss his book, The Coding Career Handbook. In this episode, you'll learn principles, strategies, and actionable tactics that will help you become a hireable junior developer. For everything else, there's Swyx's book, for which you can receive 30% off using special code, SRIMBA30.
Timestamps
- 00:00 Introduction
- 1:37 When are you ready to apply for junior developer jobs?
- 03:40 What is learning in public and why is it important?
- 07:05 Learning in public is more selfish than alturistic
- 09:56 How to start learning in public
- 11:05 Preview of next week's episode 👀
- 12:30 Introduce a learning exhaust
- 15:00 The four gears of learning in public
- 17:47 Why working in the open can be magnetic
- 19:34 Teaching forces you to learn (and learn in depth)
- 20.05 Should you apply to lots of companies or just a few you really like?
- 22.44 How to get "lucky" more often
- 25.55 Alex shares his experience with learning in public
- 27:57 Swyx shares his experience learning in public
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