Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Keeping Up with the Codeashians. Dealing with our fast paced industry.
Mar 7, 2018
01:08:42
Scott and Wes talk about how to deal with being overwhelmed with our fast paced industry. How do you keep you and your team's skills up to date?
Wes' Note: Scott came up with the title for this one. I know.
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Show Notes1:00
- WELCOME
- Scott is 32! Happy Birthday
- Wes Relaunched his React for Beginners course!
4:00
- That feeling
- Being okay with not knowing everything
9:00
- How to wait it out
- When you should jump into a library
- 1.0 of libraries
- Dogfooding
13:00
- Just In Time learning
- Doubling down on the fundamentals
21:00
- What is JAM Stack?
22:00
- Why do you need to stay up to date?
- Moving or Losing Jobs
- Comfy Chairs
25:00
- Hipster Web Developers
27:00
- Someone think of the customers!
- Technical Debt
- Falling in love with web development again
- Constantly challenging yourself
30:00
- Complacency in Web Devleopment
- Motivating Comfortable Web Developers
- You have to stay up to date
32:00
- Working on the weekends
- Real Talk: part of your job is staying up to date
- How to find time to learn on the clock
36:00
- Adding new tech to projects as a way to learn
39:00
- What if your senior developer is holding back progress?
- How to convince your team or boss that you aren't just a hipster and this new tech is worth it
- Show them the why!
47:00
- Okay, I want to stay up to date. How?
- Strong handle on fundamentals
- WebDev Reddit
- NodeJS is Cancer
- Kitze's LOL Tweet
- JavaScript Weekly
- Lunch and Learns
- Meetups
- Scott: Never Split The Difference
- Wes: Containers Podcast
- Scott: Pro Gatsby
- Wes: React For Beginners
- Scott's Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes' Instagram
- Wes' Twitter
- Wes' Facebook
- Scott's Twitter
- Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets