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urn:li:activity:7394447910509326337 | A super useful feature in GitHub you've never heard about:
.
1. Go to your favorite open source repo
2. Press the period button .
3. You are now in the GitHub code editor
4. Use the same key bindings from VS Code to explore! | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 7,950 | 1,672 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.005409 | null | 2025-11-12 10:56:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394447910509326337 |
urn:li:activity:7394070168739635200 | What are you learning for 2026? | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 3,237 | 850 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.025641 | null | 2025-11-11 09:55:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394070168739635200 |
urn:li:activity:7393700166693728256 | โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ข๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ตโ.
A co-worker I admired told me this many years ago at a small start up.
It stung to hear that.
He was also right.
I had been using AngularJS for a couple years b... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,399 | 5,523 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.007974 | null | 2025-11-10 09:24:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7393700166693728256 |
urn:li:activity:7392967452923551746 | "Maybe youโre just not cut out for this."
I rarely say that to anyone.
But last evening I said it to a person over the phone who was interested in joining Parsity.
He told me, "Iโm just too lazy. I need someone to push me to do the work."
I got bad news for you...
If you need someone to force you to learn, youโll ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 20,125 | 4,105 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.00482 | null | 2025-11-08 08:53:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7392967452923551746 |
urn:li:activity:7391886663808933888 | 8 months ago, the CEO of Anthropic said that in six months AI would be writing 90% of code.
Weโre past that deadline.
Developers are stillโฆ writing code.
Predictions were meant to be broken ๐คท
AI made coding ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ easier.
But learning it?
Harder than ever.
Just how cooked are newer developers who (over) rely on... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 4,128 | 1,224 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.014535 | null | 2025-11-05 09:18:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7391886663808933888 |
urn:li:activity:7391545313959972864 | Ship code, nod along, donโt cause trouble.
I thought this was a safe career path.
If career trajectory and increased hire-ability is your goal, then playing it safe is your greatest threat. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,127 | 2,962 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.010904 | null | 2025-11-04 10:42:11 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7391545313959972864 |
urn:li:activity:7391177868061548544 | Overheard in a cafe in SF:
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐-๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๏ฟฝ... | EVENT | Brian | Jenney | 4,886 | 4,477 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.009824 | null | 2025-11-03 10:22:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7391177868061548544 |
urn:li:activity:7390074006457995264 | 11 years ago, I started my career in software as a lowly hamburger working 5 days a week in an office using AngularJS, C# and DB2.
I even had to wear slacks!!!
Since then, I've gone through more jobs than I would've ever imagined, failed too many interviews to count and I'm proud to say I can finally afford a new co... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,802 | 5,635 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.019476 | null | 2025-10-31 10:15:44 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7390074006457995264 |
urn:li:activity:7389725231768199168 | I was looking forward to hosting an event today to help junior devs tackle their interviews but based on the comments I've read on LinkedIn, it seems that AI has made this skill obsolete ๐ซข
Apparently, you should ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐.
- Don't memorize common syntax - you can look up how to write a for loop!
- Do not t... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,779 | 2,748 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.010435 | null | 2025-10-30 11:09:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7389725231768199168 |
urn:li:activity:7389692569900855296 | 3 students hired in the last 30 days:
Shout to Rose Reyes Brandon Rakowski and Thomas Winskell!
I wish I could tell you some secret or hack that got them hired but honestly, there isn't one.
Some took longer than others. 2 out of 3 participated in an internship. 1 had previous experience as a dev and 0 gave up.
๐ ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,900 | 3,689 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.017692 | null | 2025-10-30 09:00:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7389692569900855296 |
urn:li:activity:7389333279654662145 | 5 Interview horror stories:
1. "๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ด" - Interviewer at Google berating me for not knowing binary search trees
2. That time my phone screen turned into a lesson referential equality in JS because I thought {} === {} (๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 51,996 | 51,927 | 153 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0.003462 | null | 2025-10-29 09:12:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7389333279654662145 |
urn:li:activity:7388977513953275905 | Iโve failed around 80% of all my technical interviews.
The 20% I passed helped me quadruple my salary.
Let me be clear - I used to be terrible at interviewing.
I didnโt know what a binary search tree was.
I was anxious (๐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ).
I rambled... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 105,006 | 103,635 | 211 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0.002209 | null | 2025-10-28 09:38:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7388977513953275905 |
urn:li:activity:7388629838380716032 | LinkedIn is a dumpster fire.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ:
โข AI fear mongering
โข beginner experts with courses
โข comments that were ripped directly from ChatGPT
โข jobs posted 30 seconds ago that have 10K applicants
โข cringy influencers with their big bald head in a gradient background
ย ย
๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ:
โข s... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 21,742 | 21,621 | 93 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.005473 | null | 2025-10-27 10:37:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7388629838380716032 |
urn:li:activity:7387880853462245376 | 5 things that nearly derailed my developer career when I first started:
1. ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. I would've job hopped a lot less if I had been up front with what I wanted.
2. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด "๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ" ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ. No opinion, no questions... no visibility.
3. ๐๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 14,826 | 14,765 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.003238 | null | 2025-10-25 09:00:55 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7387880853462245376 |
urn:li:activity:7387527327674658816 | Caught 2 people cheating during interviews so far.
They looked great on paper.
Wrote code without once looking up syntax.
Tackled system design with textbook answers.
But there were some tell-tale signs that something was off:
1. Odd pauses between hearing a question and answering it.
2. Not one typo?
3. Unable to e... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 273,416 | 272,020 | 338 | 245 | 8 | 0 | 0.002162 | null | 2025-10-24 09:36:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7387527327674658816 |
urn:li:activity:7387188784167079937 | You donโt have a problem learning to code.
You have a time management issue.
Instead of spending marathon sessions where you cram on the weekend, try this:
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ - identify the most important task you can do
๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป - tackle the most important thing in the morning
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ - open your phone... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,910 | 1,887 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.008901 | null | 2025-10-23 11:10:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7387188784167079937 |
urn:li:activity:7387140839833165824 | Letโs pretend youโre working for one of those โAIโ startups which basically is a wrapper for ChatGPT.
This hypothetical startup helps users track calories by having them upload a list of what they ate and did for the day.
We'll call this company BigBax๏ธ๏ธ๏ธโข๏ธ.
In this article, youโll learn:
- why mocks donโt work for... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,526 | 2,624 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.005672 | null | 2025-10-23 08:00:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7387140839833165824 |
urn:li:activity:7386765554113527809 | ๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐?
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ?
I get some pretty interesting questions from listeners of the Develop Yourself podcast.
No judgment (well, maybe a little).
After 11 years of writing co... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,275 | 1,259 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.010196 | null | 2025-10-22 07:09:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7386765554113527809 |
urn:li:activity:7386180842903101440 | Over the years I've participated in over 100 interviews outside big tech as an interviewer and interviewee.
I'm going to tell you everything I wish I could've told previous candidates and what I wish someone would've told me.
There's no sales pitch.
We're going to cover:
โข The most common ReactJS interview
โข Behavi... | EVENT | Brian | Jenney | 3,937 | 3,888 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.006858 | null | 2025-10-20 16:25:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7386180842903101440 |
urn:li:activity:7386126500535853056 | I'm launching a 30 day AI cohort for full stack developers who know Typescript.
It's clear there is a massive gap between what the market wants and what most current developers know.
Over the last 18 months I've helped build and ship AI powered features and systems for 2 start-ups.
Major takeaways:
โข RAG is the mos... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,928 | 2,876 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.012295 | null | 2025-10-20 12:49:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7386126500535853056 |
urn:li:activity:7386038489194274816 | There is a game being played that many of us don't understand.
Not knowing the rules cost me tens of thousands of dollars.
In this article I break down my simple approach to negotiating salary so you don't make the same mistakes I did. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 6,703 | 3,084 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.005371 | null | 2025-10-20 07:00:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7386038489194274816 |
urn:li:activity:7385423329102520320 | React server components for dummiesโฆ from a dummy | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 1,178 | 395 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.018676 | null | 2025-10-18 14:15:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7385423329102520320 |
urn:li:activity:7385061564011220992 | How Chat GPT-5 led us to erotica bots (a theory):
When 5o was released, power users revolted. The backlash was so great that OpenAI brought back 4o.
When you comb through Reddit, Twitter and IG - you notice that most of the anger wasn't because 5o was inferior or producing worse answers than previous models.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๏ฟฝ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,688 | 2,671 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.004092 | null | 2025-10-17 14:18:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7385061564011220992 |
urn:li:activity:7384988956385361920 | I've been very vocal about the pitfalls of AI and some of the ridiculous takes I've read on here.
Now that the hype-dust is settling, there are practical use cases emerging that very few software developers are prepared to take advantage of.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,332 | 1,322 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00976 | null | 2025-10-17 09:29:33 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7384988956385361920 |
urn:li:activity:7384266796016713728 | null | POLL | Brian | Jenney | 3,121 | 3,112 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0.014098 | null | 2025-10-15 09:39:57 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7384266796016713728 |
urn:li:activity:7384228630517809152 | My toxic trait:
I'm too impressed by titles.
I had a small panic attack years ago during my last interview with the VP of a large company I was trying to join.
Sometimes when I meet super-senior developers or execs I find myself worrying about how I'll appear or how they'll judge me.
Trying to sound smart usually ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,683 | 4,665 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.005552 | null | 2025-10-15 07:08:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7384228630517809152 |
urn:li:activity:7383534430897983488 | ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ:
โข Makes coding and learning a routine
โข Applies consistently and broadly
โข Has 1 or 2 complex side projects
โข Re-calibrates their approach when needed
โข Has faith that opportunity will present itself
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ณ๏ฟฝ... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 2,374 | 997 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0.025695 | null | 2025-10-13 09:09:47 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7383534430897983488 |
urn:li:activity:7382580001906470912 | You can grab a project to learn the basics of RAG with Typescript and NextJS here https://lnkd.in/d6Pzfcg6 | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 1,257 | 428 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.027844 | null | 2025-10-10 17:57:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7382580001906470912 |
urn:li:activity:7382453788927983616 | I was nervous af honestly.
I was one of a few people picked to be on a livestream with Alex Hormozi and Leila Hormozi and ask them business questions.
My question was pretty simple:
"๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ Parsity ๐ต๐ฐ 100 ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ?"
That's it?
I mean... yeah.
Parsity will never be a larg... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 13,214 | 13,205 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.008173 | null | 2025-10-10 14:58:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7382453788927983616 |
urn:li:activity:7382087200789884928 | First we told a generation of people โ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐๐!โ
Now weโre telling a new generation โ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐๐!โ
Listen - there is still a lot of room for you in this industry IF your commitment and consistency outweigh your excitement.
- Itโs going to take more than 3... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,125 | 2,120 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.019294 | null | 2025-10-09 09:19:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7382087200789884928 |
urn:li:activity:7381724246391259136 | Here's enough Vim to be dangerous:
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐
๐ถ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐บ: Press Esc then type :๐ and press Enter (If you've made changes, add an exclamation mark to force quit without saving: :๐!)
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐: Press Esc then type :๐ and press Enter
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐: Press... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,766 | 1,750 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.009626 | null | 2025-10-08 09:16:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7381724246391259136 |
urn:li:activity:7381401957221007360 | This week I traveled to beautiful (kinda) Reno, NV.
I'm working on some massive curriculum updates for Parsity in between gambling away my life savings.
If you want to follow along with what I'm building, go to https://lnkd.in/gmEZY7K8 (or try and find me on IG ๐) | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,058 | 1,051 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.017958 | null | 2025-10-07 11:56:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7381401957221007360 |
urn:li:activity:7380997986467659776 | Is this guy trolling me?
A while ago, I wrote a post about using AI tools for coding and some of the hilariously bad results I got.
Ben Johnson called me out in the comments. I wasn't giving enough context or instruction - no wonder my results were bad.
I disagree(d).
Next thing you know, he's in my DMs and suggest... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,600 | 2,592 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.011538 | null | 2025-10-06 09:10:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7380997986467659776 |
urn:li:activity:7380286967646732288 | This is the stuff I wish I had known before building AI agents.
Light on theory. Heavy on application.
If you're a Typescript developer interested in building with agents - I wrote this for you. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,205 | 3,138 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.019048 | null | 2025-10-04 10:05:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7380286967646732288 |
urn:li:activity:7379938814863007744 | I've been banging my bald head against the wall building AI agents over the last couple months.
It's also some of the most fun I've had as a developer.
There are tons of articles and opinions on best practices but we're in new territory:
- Libraries like Vercel's AI SDK and LangSmith AI are barely a couple years old... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,345 | 2,334 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.012793 | null | 2025-10-03 11:02:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7379938814863007744 |
urn:li:activity:7379529299957260288 | What is the 1 thing that separates bootcamp grads who get hired vs those who donโt?
Iโve thought about this a lot, especially as Iโm now the owner of a coding bootcamp (๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ) Parsity.
Iโve seen too many success stories (and failures) from unlikely people.
- The guy... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 5,361 | 5,350 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.008207 | null | 2025-10-02 07:54:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7379529299957260288 |
urn:li:activity:7379170471461707776 | Typical Redditor advice to a person learning to code:
"Don't!"
"It's too late."
"Market over-saturated."
"AI!!!"
Truly, big brained activity. Here's some advice I wish we'd stop telling younger developers, including 1 (or maybe 2) things I've said in the past ๐
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urn:li:activity:7378801866903621632 | Did you hear what happened with Claude Code recently?
At first I thought it was just me.
Then I went to Reddit and saw other people having the same issues:
- Noticeably worse code quality
- Ignoring instructions
- Unpredictability
- "๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ"
๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 11,683 | 11,568 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.007361 | null | 2025-09-30 07:44:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378801866903621632 |
urn:li:activity:7378444655035813888 | We just announced our first scholarship winner for Parsity and it's bittersweet.
I honestly thought picking a "winner" would be easy but when Zubin Pratap and I reviewed all the submissions that came from around the world we realized how difficult this would be.
Honestly, Parsity is already one of the most affordable... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,551 | 2,536 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.01372 | null | 2025-09-29 08:04:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378444655035813888 |
urn:li:activity:7377882337881198593 | Over a year ago, I did a mock interview with Dicky Kitchen Jr and released it to YouTube. (he's a stud)
The video did pretty well and I got a lot of positive feedback from others.
"๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ?"
"๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,391 | 1,385 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00647 | null | 2025-09-27 18:50:23 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7377882337881198593 |
urn:li:activity:7377461034627936256 | ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ:
- Why do you want to work here?
- Y u no have CS degree?
- LeetCode easy or coding trivia
- In person lunch to make sure youโre not crazy
- "๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐๐ฐ-๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต"
- ๐ฐ
๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐:
- Pair pro... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 8,632 | 8,625 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00336 | null | 2025-09-26 14:56:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7377461034627936256 |
urn:li:activity:7376726247047032832 | 7 books and 6 projects to take you from zero to building complex software:
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ: Build a mobile-responsive web app with multiple pages using HTML and CSS. No libraries.
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐: None yet - just build
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ: Add a form to the project from step 1 that can create data, store it locally and di... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,473 | 3,464 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00979 | null | 2025-09-24 14:16:30 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7376726247047032832 |
urn:li:activity:7375905985430958081 | You're going to hate to hear this but...
There are people less qualified than you who are getting hired faster.
LinkedIn is a social media site pretending to be a job site.
On one end you have recruiters trying to find candidates in a tidal wave of AI produced slop.
On the other end you have qualified candidate... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 25,785 | 25,745 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.001745 | null | 2025-09-22 07:57:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7375905985430958081 |
urn:li:activity:7375179499866529792 | The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet.
This weekend I'm building a tool to help me with content generation using Qdrant, NextJS and ~100 articles I've written over the last few years on Medium.
It's a simple app that chunks, vectorizes and stores these articles in a vector DB, Qdrant so I can quick... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,446 | 5,440 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.008079 | null | 2025-09-20 07:50:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7375179499866529792 |
urn:li:activity:7374511996387430400 | AI sucks at writing.
Agree? ๐
After writing nearly 1000 posts on LinkedIn and 100+ blogs I'm tired of re-inventing the wheel.
Inspired by the designers at Craigslist, I built this small app which uses Pincecone, OpenAI and NextJS to find posts and articles I've written from a simple text search.
Now I can use AI t... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,087 | 1,083 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.019319 | null | 2025-09-18 11:37:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7374511996387430400 |
urn:li:activity:7374245474972860416 | Last month: Claude > Cursor
This month: Cursor > Claude
Anyone experienced this shift? Or is this a skillz issue? | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,500 | 2,497 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0064 | null | 2025-09-17 17:58:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7374245474972860416 |
urn:li:activity:7374113571552747521 | The job search can feel unrewarding, draining and shake what little confidence you have in yourself.
Last night at Parsity we had serial guest speaker Brian Schuster share some practical, no-nonsense on the job search which he just went through.
Here's the thing though: itโs a game of both skill and chance.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๏ฟฝ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,723 | 1,714 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.021474 | null | 2025-09-17 09:14:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7374113571552747521 |
urn:li:activity:7373423936522383360 | At some point, you need to take off the training wheels.
Youโre going to learn a hell of a lot more from:
โข getting stuck
โข reading the documentation
โข realizing the docs suck
โข scouring Stack Overflow
โข getting rate limited on ChatGPT
โข throwing everything at the wall
โข finally figuring it out
โข wanting to share you... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,001 | 998 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.007992 | null | 2025-09-15 11:34:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7373423936522383360 |
urn:li:activity:7373031227882323968 | Zach Liibbe me up after attending a 1 hr live session where we went over building a chat bot with RAG using NextJS, Typescript and OpenAI to show me what he'd built.
Super cool implementation!
Why more developers aren't learning this skill set is wild to me.
Because I like you - you can check out the live session ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 878 | 869 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.009112 | null | 2025-09-14 09:33:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7373031227882323968 |
urn:li:activity:7372648992628748288 | Your AI developer starter kit (๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด) to go from 0 to "๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น":
1. Linear algebra basics (https://lnkd.in/gzZtagYw)
2. Vercel's AI SDK (https://ai-sdk.dev/)
3. $5 on OpenAI's API (https://openai.com/api/)
4. Free account on Pinecone (https://lnkd.in/gj4g8AWj)
5. M... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,178 | 2,164 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.013315 | null | 2025-09-13 08:14:57 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7372648992628748288 |
urn:li:activity:7372303530038128640 | Let me supercharge your debugging process by 420%.
I remember scratching my bald head a few years ago at work while trying to debug a Node/Express API with my manager. We had an important demo that day and something was breaking.
No pressure ๐
.
We added no less than 69 console logs in the code with no luck.
Luckil... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 1,211 | 405 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.017341 | null | 2025-09-12 09:22:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7372303530038128640 |
urn:li:activity:7371988286384345088 | Weโre all so afraid of healthy debate nowadays.
Everything is a hot take. Every opinion online is carefully crafted to get maximum emotional response.
Anyone doesnโt agree? Theyโre a fool orโฆ. worse.
I donโt agree with Charlie Kirk on many points but I enjoyed watching him debate people on the other side of the pol... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,082 | 4,055 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.012004 | null | 2025-09-11 12:29:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7371988286384345088 |
urn:li:activity:7371544469898387458 | ๐ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต:
โข Look up free APIs you can use (๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข)
โข Choose a technology you want to learn (20% ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 80% ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ)
โข Think of what you can build around the data
โข Can AI be used? Good. Use it.... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,624 | 2,610 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.014482 | null | 2025-09-10 07:05:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7371544469898387458 |
urn:li:activity:7371210818501185536 | Our job as software developers is changing... rapidly.
Just 2 years ago we were shocked that auto-complete tools like GitHub co-pilot were finishing functions for us.
Now we have Chet in marketing vibe coding his SAAS app over the weekend.
And honestlyโฆ it looks pretty damn good.
Unfortunately, too many software d... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 8,087 | 2,581 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.005317 | null | 2025-09-09 09:00:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7371210818501185536 |
urn:li:activity:7370861685475250177 | Tech interviews are weird.
Just this week at Parsity, we saw:
โข One student doing a ๐ฒ-๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ that included recruiter chats, assessments, team interviews, and a CEO conversation. NO coding rounds.
โข Another juggling ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ with exclusively LeetCode-style ques... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 64,319 | 64,195 | 54 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.001104 | null | 2025-09-08 09:52:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7370861685475250177 |
urn:li:activity:7370125112785903616 | He created a full stack app that worked pretty well. It even looked nice.
But when I asked how it workedโฆ
Oof.
๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ. Too many developers fall into the trap of looking at a tutorial, following along with the instructor and typing what they type.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,484 | 3,474 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.009185 | null | 2025-09-06 09:05:57 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7370125112785903616 |
urn:li:activity:7369748066913914886 | You can imagine how the Twitter mob jumped on this.
I'll admit I was skeptical and wrote it off as rage bait.
Then I joined a small startup with some of the smartest people I've ever met from the biggest companies in tech.
The entire app, including our data pipelines to ingest hundreds of thousands of documents and ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 6,964 | 6,954 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.006462 | null | 2025-09-05 08:07:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7369748066913914886 |
urn:li:activity:7369407402254729216 | The problem with the internet isn't that everyone has an opinion - it's that the most polarizing ones get all the attention.
I've had non-coders tell me that my job is at stake and no one is hiring. Career coaches who don't know what HTML is explain to me that companies simply don't need junior developers any more bec... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,110 | 1,104 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.01982 | null | 2025-09-04 09:34:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7369407402254729216 |
urn:li:activity:7369091067549265924 | A developer from Parsity recently got hired and we'll be onboarding a few more people into an internship soon.
Now the real work begins:
- Exploring a new codebase
- Finding areas to make impact
- Learning the engineering culture and the boatload of jargon (CI/CD, TDD, SDLC, story points, sprints)
- Figuring out ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,967 | 1,964 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.01271 | null | 2025-09-03 12:37:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7369091067549265924 |
urn:li:activity:7368653793279774720 | โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ? ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต?โ
Your job as a developer is changing.
Now you have to explain to people who have never written code why security, accessibility and complicated API integrati... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 28,179 | 28,174 | 61 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0.003797 | null | 2025-09-02 07:39:27 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7368653793279774720 |
urn:li:activity:7367592785467592704 | Learning to build software is the slowest get-rich-quick scheme I know of.
Itโs still worth it.
Personally, I enjoy writing code for a living. I code outside of work hours because itโs also my hobby. Iโve started multiple businesses with this skill and met tons of amazing people.
Learning to code gives you options a... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,801 | 3,008 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.007893 | null | 2025-08-30 09:23:23 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7367592785467592704 |
urn:li:activity:7366889333846441986 | Have I corrupted Cursor? | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,814 | 5,807 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00946 | null | 2025-08-28 10:48:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7366889333846441986 |
urn:li:activity:7366829791481655297 | The CEO of AWS recently said that firing junior developers because โAI can replace themโ is โthe dumbest thing Iโve ever heard.โ
Is this even controversial?
Depending on who you listen to, youโd think weโre already obsolete.
Just beyond hype and shareholder meetings we might find reality. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,300 | 3,065 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.012609 | null | 2025-08-28 06:51:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7366829791481655297 |
urn:li:activity:7366504902807666690 | Typical Redditorโs advice to junior developers:
Just give up.
Insightful, I know.
What might actually work better:
- ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด worth writing about that has a backend and front end that looks decent
- ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ to byp... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,488 | 7,479 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.007879 | null | 2025-08-27 09:20:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7366504902807666690 |
urn:li:activity:7365753863825481728 | Honestly, the debate is already tired.
No one knows whatโs coming next.
Not bald headed LinkedIn dudes who run coding programs.
Not mainstream news sites who donโt know what HTML is.
Not some rando telling you heโs โ10x more efficient with AIโ
Fear mongering is profitable and more exciting than reality.
Whatโs much... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,803 | 5,797 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.007582 | null | 2025-08-25 07:36:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7365753863825481728 |
urn:li:activity:7364382367769120768 | "๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐"
"๐๐ข๐ท๐ข๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ"
"๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ด"
I've read these brilliant takes online and I wonder how much they affect newer developer and learners.
This is part of the ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,973 | 2,966 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.010764 | null | 2025-08-21 12:46:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7364382367769120768 |
urn:li:activity:7364021075589939202 | I'm biased - but we have some real super stars at Parsity.
That's the power of being small and intentional with who we work with.
Whether you're a recruiter or looking to connect with some other developers, here are a few people who really stand out:
Mecca Conway - runs a study group for Parsity and major contribu... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,176 | 2,170 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.02068 | null | 2025-08-20 12:50:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7364021075589939202 |
urn:li:activity:7363635399883182080 | As a junior developer, I was really anxious that one day my team would find out I was a hack.
Then, one day, I actually did get โfound outโ ๐ฌ
I was working at a small startup with some incredible talent and when our star engineer left to pursue his own startup, he gave me some candid feedback:
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 104,541 | 104,521 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.001024 | null | 2025-08-19 11:18:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7363635399883182080 |
urn:li:activity:7362191460831518721 | What the hell even is an AI engineer?
Someone who uses AI to write code?
Another word for data scientist?
10x vibe coder?
TBH - I'm still not sure but I do know that most developers are missing out on the most fun (and profitable) parts of building with AI:
โข Using OpenAI with structured outputs and schemas
โข Vector... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,666 | 2,661 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.011628 | null | 2025-08-15 11:40:27 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7362191460831518721 |
urn:li:activity:7361751988990078977 | I asked Claude Code to refactor a 2k line component last night (don't judge - or maybe do).
5 minutes and thousands of tokens later it did what wouldโve have taken me hours.
โข It followed SRP.
โข Components were modular and well constructed.
โข There were unit and integration tests and even documentation.
I mean, noth... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 20,839 | 20,816 | 228 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.011901 | null | 2025-08-14 06:57:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7361751988990078977 |
urn:li:activity:7361422037103325184 | At some point we told all new developers they had to become mini LinkedIn influencers.
I disagree.
Kinda.
I spoke to a former co-worker who gave a talk to mentees Parsity . Sheโs an amazing developer who I knew could offer some insight and practical advice for developers at the early stages of their career.
I was sh... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,968 | 7,961 | 57 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.009915 | null | 2025-08-13 08:43:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7361422037103325184 |
urn:li:activity:7360671905319735296 | Shocking and not so shocking takeaways from the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey:
1. Javascript is the most used programming language. Take that haters.
2. Everyone uses VS Code - learn it like a pro.
3. NextJSย ย surpassed Angular in popularity but is still less used than... Jquery?!
4. Bootcamps love MERN - profes... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 14,945 | 14,921 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.003613 | null | 2025-08-11 07:02:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7360671905319735296 |
urn:li:activity:7360324784473214976 | The marketing worked. Or maybe it failed actually.
I was fully expecting GPT-5 to be earth-shatteringly good. The hype from some respected YouTubers and Altman's claims of PhD level expertise really primed the pump.
The response to the rollout has been... not great.
It's been so bad in fact, that they had to reverse... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 654,405 | 654,130 | 728 | 117 | 10 | 0 | 0.001307 | null | 2025-08-10 08:02:56 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7360324784473214976 |
urn:li:activity:7359969979661758464 | A decade ago I was living a life that can only be described as... criminal.
I was 50 lbs overweight, my lungs were toast from years of smoking and I had regular panic attacks.
I was a complete mess.
Learning to code didn't change my life but it did change my wallet.
These are 3 habits (that don't involve code) th... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,280 | 3,521 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.013596 | null | 2025-08-09 08:33:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7359969979661758464 |
urn:li:activity:7359255838168883204 | A week ago I made a post about the myth of AI productivity and Ben Johnson disagreed with me.
We had a little back and forth in the comment section that turned a tad snarky.
Then I get a DM.
Ben - "๐๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ"
Me - "๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ" (I'm ol... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,482 | 3,475 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.020103 | null | 2025-08-07 09:15:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7359255838168883204 |
urn:li:activity:7358904828351188993 | The market is over-saturated.
AI took your job.
There is no hope.
But then you talk to someone like Mindi Weik, who landed a job without submitting an application.
Is her story typical? Not really.
But then again, itโs not atypical either.
I interviewed 2 recent Parsity grads last month who had nearly identical exp... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 9,578 | 9,572 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.006369 | null | 2025-08-06 10:00:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7358904828351188993 |
urn:li:activity:7358157485913919488 | If I had to start from scratch and get a developer job in 2025, here's what I would NOT do:
1. Build a ton of small apps for my portfolio
2. Get a bunch of certificates
3. Put the green banner on my LinkedIn
4. Smash the easy apply button and play the numbers game
5. Go back to school
6. Learn 3 languages
I break dow... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,996 | 6,970 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.006861 | null | 2025-08-04 08:30:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7358157485913919488 |
urn:li:activity:7357432533728333824 | "Uhh, Brian - something is broken in production."
It was 12AM on a Thursday night and I was unfamiliar with this code.
I used a method I break down in this article to find and squish tough bugs, specifically in JS code. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,748 | 3,497 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.010297 | null | 2025-08-02 08:30:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7357432533728333824 |
urn:li:activity:7356689955240202242 | Five years ago, during an interview for a senior dev role, I had a panic attack.
My heart was pounding.
I couldnโt get my words out.
I had to ask the interviewer to restart the call.
I was embarrassed, shaky, and 100% sure Iโd blown it.
Another time I bombed a Facebook interview so badly that I just cut it short. ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 7,540 | 3,305 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.00557 | null | 2025-07-31 07:19:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7356689955240202242 |
urn:li:activity:7356329920337219586 | I bombed the interview so hard, I considered just walking out.
In my second round at the Google onsite 7 years ago, my interviewer was visibly frustrated. I was bumbling through a tree traversal problem using a for loop ๐.
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ด", ... | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 1,158 | 1,153 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.011226 | null | 2025-07-30 07:28:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7356329920337219586 |
urn:li:activity:7355590423492349954 | ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ!
๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ 50% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ 2026.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐.
Sufficiently rage-... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 41,245 | 41,064 | 80 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.004267 | null | 2025-07-28 06:30:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7355590423492349954 |
urn:li:activity:7354895031272427520 | I love AI tools.
I hate the hype.
It's like we're afraid to admit the truth: these tools are amazing and can make certain tasks take a fraction of the time but they're not a replacement for good judgment. At worst, they actually slow us down.
It's like having a really ambitious intern who can write code at lightning... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,866 | 2,916 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.015701 | null | 2025-07-26 08:27:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7354895031272427520 |
urn:li:activity:7354509534754738178 | How cooked are junior devs because of AI?
Will the tech job market ever "correct"?
What's the best way to build a MERN stack app?
Why can't you finish that tutorial? Should you?
I got some great questions for this episode of Office Hours and my answers might surprise you. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: https://l... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,438 | 2,436 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.009844 | null | 2025-07-25 06:55:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7354509534754738178 |
urn:li:activity:7353621556155068417 | What's one tip you'd give to someone learning JS?
Here are some areas I struggled with when I first started writing JavaScriptโ:
โข promises
โข DOM manipulation
โข functions
โข debugging
โข nested arrays
What helped me grok these concepts was a pretty simple technique:
Learning by form.
I'd spin up a blank CodePen, cr... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,921 | 1,917 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.014576 | null | 2025-07-22 20:06:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7353621556155068417 |
urn:li:activity:7353484012444667904 | The job search can feel unrewarding, draining and shake what little confidence you have in yourself.
Itโs a game of skill and chance.
You can be absolutely qualified and still โfailโ.
Rejection is rarely personal, itโs an inevitable consequence of many factors:
- ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,506 | 1,501 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.021248 | null | 2025-07-22 11:00:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7353484012444667904 |
urn:li:activity:7353121234231963649 | null | EVENT | Brian | Jenney | 678 | 671 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.022124 | null | 2025-07-21 10:58:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7353121234231963649 |
urn:li:activity:7351987694899527681 | Are we done with vibe coding yet?
Too many software developers are obsessed with the surface layer when it comes to using AI.
The fun stuff is just a layer below.
Over the last 12 months I've been using AI in production apps which has not only been fun, but has also significantly increased interest in my profile ๐... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 43,001 | 42,986 | 55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.001744 | null | 2025-07-18 07:54:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7351987694899527681 |
urn:li:activity:7351611694021816321 | Nothing against LeetCode, it's just way more likely that you're going to get asked one of these questions in your next technical interview.
Because I like you - in the most platonic way possible - I've included some videos and coding exercises so you can teach yourself promises, closure and binary trees using JS.
Enj... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,929 | 3,269 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.008399 | null | 2025-07-17 07:00:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7351611694021816321 |
urn:li:activity:7351366478740324353 | Should I lie on my resume to get the job?
Is it worth getting a degree from WGU?
Will JavaScript make me go bald?
These are all real questions I got from listeners (or maybe trolls) of the Develop Yourself Podcast.
Got a question you want me to answer?
Drop it here: https://lnkd.in/gYzCQ2UK
Leave your name if you ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,550 | 1,547 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.009677 | null | 2025-07-16 14:45:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7351366478740324353 |
urn:li:activity:7350939997480382465 | Junior developers are inherently risky (in every industry, not just tech btw).
"๐๐ถ๐ต... ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ", you say.
Yeah, I get it, just bear with me here.
The word "junior" is so subjective that it's nearly meaningless.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 18,852 | 18,847 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.001538 | null | 2025-07-15 10:31:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7350939997480382465 |
urn:li:activity:7350571678097170432 | โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ด.โ
Matt Watson sold a company for $150 million and didnโt do it by building fancy tech. He did it by solving painful problems in a boring industry.
I had the pleasure of speaking with him and we talked about:
โข Why most ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,105 | 1,103 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.011765 | null | 2025-07-14 10:07:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7350571678097170432 |
urn:li:activity:7349833950552342529 | Me to Cursor:
This code is too slow.
๐ค "๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต! ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด."
No... not like that you fool. Just make these processes non-blockin... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 33,254 | 33,249 | 175 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0.006886 | null | 2025-07-12 09:16:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7349833950552342529 |
urn:li:activity:7349825892619075585 | Before learning to code, I was addicted to drugs and alcohol, had an awful stutter and was bald.
I'm still bald.
But I'm sober and stutter free for 11 years!
The tips I'm going to share won't keep you from losing your hair, but they may very well keep you from losing your career. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 11,638 | 3,919 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.006702 | null | 2025-07-12 08:44:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7349825892619075585 |
urn:li:activity:7349549453541859328 | Worst way to spend your weekend?
Completing a take home coding project that was supposed to take 4 hours but really takes 2 full days.
If you MUST participate in these kinds of interviews there are 2 ways you can stand out:
- Write documentation
- Write some unit tests
You donโt know how to write unit tests? Letโs ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,720 | 3,719 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.006183 | null | 2025-07-11 14:25:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7349549453541859328 |
urn:li:activity:7349139784717475841 | Iโve spoken with over 500 developers in the last 12 months. I wonโt be doing any more 15 minute chats in the foreseeable future.
But the truth is, most beginners ask the same 3 questions:
๐๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ข๐?
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ?
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 71,334 | 71,305 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.001079 | null | 2025-07-10 11:17:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7349139784717475841 |
urn:li:activity:7348459688113381376 | Most developers would benefit more from reading โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆโ than โ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธโ.
Here's the thing:
Technical skills can get your foot in the door.
Soft skills open up the rest of the house.
This is one of the ma... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,973 | 3,972 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.012082 | null | 2025-07-08 14:15:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7348459688113381376 |
urn:li:activity:7347993470776524800 | Recently, I gave some bad advice to a person who was interested in pursuing data science.
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต,โ I told him.
To be clear, I am ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต a data scientist, but Iโve worked with plenty over the years.
They are magical people.
Half statistici... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,133 | 2,132 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.011721 | null | 2025-07-07 07:22:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7347993470776524800 |
urn:li:activity:7347662093027823616 | A student at Parsity just got their first rejection after an interview.
That sucks. I won't try and sugar-coat it.
Interviews are a game and you simply cannot win them all. We analyze, we learn, we cry (just a little) and then we move on.
I bombed a mock interview last year that had the lowest stakes possible. I mea... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 5,528 | 5,524 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.009045 | null | 2025-07-06 09:25:55 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7347662093027823616 |
urn:li:activity:7346928695434977281 | Youโre not in school anymore.
No one is chasing you. You have to own your learning process or you will get eaten alive.
You need to:
โข Filter resources instead of binging every tutorial
โข Actually ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ the documentation
โข Ask better questions, especially when stuck
โข Practice spaced repetition and revisit concep... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,222 | 3,222 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.012104 | null | 2025-07-04 08:51:40 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7346928695434977281 |
urn:li:activity:7346539547339497473 | A 4 step guide to creating a side project when you don't know what the f*ck to build:
๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Check out sites like Acquire and WellFound to see what small startups and 1 person businesses are building for inspiration.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ. Check ou... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,866 | 1,866 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.016077 | null | 2025-07-03 07:05:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7346539547339497473 |
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