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Episode 12: Interview with an Interviewer

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English - February 04, 2019 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 11: Engineer Your Life Habits
Next Episode: Episode 13: The Colonel's Secret Recipe

Ben and Brian are joined this time by their friend and former colleague David Rogers. He's a senior web developer and educator based in Durham, North Carolina. They cover everything from his career history so far to his extensive experience vetting and mentoring juniors. Find out how best to prep yourself for both that interview you've got coming up as well as how to advance in your skillset once you get that first job.
Find David on Twitter @althex (https://twitter.com/al_the_x).
Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast (https://www.twitter.com/mvcpodcast).
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - David's career overview
10:13 - The ideal junior candidate
15:36 - Interviews from the other side of the table
25:10 - Interview smartly
35:34 - Ideal non-technical skillset
37:27 - Keep advancing after the offer letter
58:22 - Outro
Links
Pendo.io () - David's former employer, a product analytics startup
Being Geek (http://www.beinggeek.com) - Michael Lopp
Dreyfus Model (https://collegeinfogeek.com/dreyfus-model/) of skill acquisition
Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_%28book%29)

Ben and Brian are joined this time by their friend and former colleague David Rogers. He's a senior web developer and educator based in Durham, North Carolina. They cover everything from his career history so far to his extensive experience vetting and mentoring juniors. Find out how best to prep yourself for both that interview you've got coming up as well as how to advance in your skillset once you get that first job.

Find David on Twitter @al_the_x.

Follow us on Twitter @mvcpodcast.

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - David's career overview
10:13 - The ideal junior candidate
15:36 - Interviews from the other side of the table
25:10 - Interview smartly
35:34 - Ideal non-technical skillset
37:27 - Keep advancing after the offer letter
58:22 - Outro

Links

Pendo.io - David's former employer, a product analytics startup
Being Geek - Michael Lopp
Dreyfus Model of skill acquisition
Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers

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