Lessons Learned Recruiting and Managing Junior Developers for 10 Years
The Scrimba Podcast
English - February 01, 2022 23:06 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTechnology Business Careers junior developers software development programming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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🎙 About the episode
Jason has been recruiting and supporting Junior Developers for more than a decade! He joins us to share his inspiring story breaking into tech after sustaining a head injury, and what he’s learned about how to find success as a Junior without a degree along the way.
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Introduction (0:00)How a head injury at 16 influenced Jason’s career path (01:27)Interns vs. juniors (05:07)Job titles matter, but not for the reasons you might think (08:04)Are there more juniors than junior jobs? (10:35)Why recruiters sometimes get it wrong and what that means for you, the candidate (11:38)The job description is not a list of hard requirements (15:44)How to improve your self-awareness (19:05)Coding vs. programming and why it matters (22:04)Justin’s favourite question to ask during interviews: What games do you play? (23:40)Are you born or made a programmer? (24:56)Tech is vast and has many career paths to offer (27:26)🧰 Resources mentioned
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