COMPRESSEDfm 35 | Jobs in Tech, a Crossover Episode with Purrfect.dev
This is a crossover episode with our friends, Alex Patterson and Brittney Postma from the Purrfect.dev podcast. In this episode, we all discuss our jobs. Even though we're all in tech, our day-to-day work looks vastly different.
Sponsors
Vercel
Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.
For more information, visit Vercel.com
ZEAL is hiring!
ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.
ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.
For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers
DatoCMS
DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with real-time updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."
For more information, visit datocms.com
Show Notes
- 0:00 Introduction
- 2:25 Alex Patterson - Cloud Architect
- 6:49 T Shape Model and the Broken Comb
- 13:05 Sponsor: Vercel
- 14:13 Amy Dutton - UI / UX and Frontend Development
- 21:32 Sponsor: ZEAL
- 23:04 Brittney Postma - Building Systems in Svelte
- 31:28 Sponsor - DatoCMS
- 32:21 James Q Quick - Dev Rel
- 46:07 Getting Your First Job
- 57:09 Picks and Plugs
- 57:18 Amy's Pick - Meeter
- 58:03 Amy's Plug - AdventofCSS.com
- 58:47 Brittney's Picks
- 59:26 James's Pick
- 1:01:04 James's Plug - AdventofJs.com
- 1:01:16 Alex's Picks