How to make your own luck with Shawn Wang (Swyx) from Temporal

The Scrimba Podcast

English - July 06, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 45 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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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 Introduction1:37 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 alturistic09:56 How to start learning in public11:05 Preview of next week's episode 👀12:30 Introduce a learning exhaust15:00 The four gears of learning in public17:47 Why working in the open can be magnetic19:34 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 often25.55 Alex shares his experience with learning in public27:57 Swyx shares his experience learning in public

Links

The Coding Career Handbook by Swyx (30% discount applied when you use this link)Learn in Public by SwyxShow Your Work by Austin KleonLuck and the Entrepreneur by Marc Andreesen

Twitter Mentions

@swyx