RRU 020: How to Get a Job (Especially for New Developers) with Charles Max Wood

Panel:

Charles Max Wood
Lucas Reis
Sia Karamalegos

In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk about finding a job as a developer. Charles is getting ready to release a course on finding a job and he finds that he is always getting asked about how new developers can find a job. They talk about how they all found their first coder job, picking your target company, and understanding what you want in a job. They also touch on Charles’ upcoming course, the importance of showing initiative, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Sign up to chat with Charles at DevChat.tv/15Minutes
Why they want to touch on this topic
Get used to failure
CodeSchool
Hack Night meetup
Going to meetups to slowly start networking
Making friends with developers in your community
Networking before you need a job
Learning and helping mindset
Don’t be afraid to ask if people are hiring
How did you figure out what your target company was?
Checking out the culture of a company
Understanding the travel involved
Figure out what you like in a job as you go
Always be looking at your portfolio and resume
Gain as much experience as you can everywhere you go
Stick to learning one language/system
Really master the languages/systems of the company you want to uses
Show initiative
Finding a champion at your target company
And much, much more!

Links:

DevChat.tv/15Minutes
CodeSchool
Hack Night meetup
Charles’ Course
How to interview your interviewers blog post
Ruby Rogues Episode 184

Sponsors

Kendo UI
Digital Ocean
FreshBooks

Picks:

Charles

Orphan Black
His Course

Lucas

The Best Software Engineering Paper You Haven’t Read

Sia

Family