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urn:li:activity:7028372991092682752 | Iโve gone from struggling junior developer to struggling engineering manager over the last 8 years and that little voice in my head has been present that entire time.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ตโ
Itโs lot quieter than when I started but it never left. Iโve come to accept it and see its patterns.
... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,527 | 4,527 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.015905 | null | 2023-02-06 07:28:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7028372991092682752 |
urn:li:activity:7027316085376843777 | Yesterday a mentee I've been working with got a verbal offer for a QA position.
Coincidentally, yesterday, I wrote a post about another mentee who also successfully transitioned to a QA role. Maybe I'm just psychic... ๐ค
Anyways, he hasn't even graduated his bootcamp and here he is with an offer. ๐คฏ
I'm not at all ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 4,817 | 4,817 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.011833 | null | 2023-02-03 09:21:23 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7027316085376843777 |
urn:li:activity:7026925884964032512 | The job market for developers doesnโt suck.
Itโs just less piping hot.
So yes, getting that first role is difficult, arduous and more luck is involved than many would like to admit.
A mentee of mine had that same issue last year and I suggested we pivot into searching for QA roles.
Hereโs what he did:
- ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 21,896 | 21,896 | 208 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0.010367 | null | 2023-02-02 07:01:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7026925884964032512 |
urn:li:activity:7026559963669958656 | Nearly a decade ago I started my first day as a developer. I knew HTML, CSS, Jquery and a little AngularJS... very little.
The night before the first day, I was barely able to sleep. Would I be found out as a fake developer and fired immediately?
Would they give me a task I couldnโt figure out?
How long before they ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 8,810 | 8,810 | 131 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.016686 | null | 2023-02-01 07:49:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7026559963669958656 |
urn:li:activity:7026199049628254208 | Ok, weโve seen enough good code on this damn site.
It's hard to know what good code is if you can't identify bad code.
Below is some janky ass code for you to refactor. Here's the thing though - it does in fact work with the expected arguments. Could it be improved? Hell yeah it can.
Iโm curious, whatโs the most unf... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 33,206 | 33,206 | 74 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0.004397 | null | 2023-01-31 07:15:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7026199049628254208 |
urn:li:activity:7025835385209446400 | 250 conversation with developers later and Iโm convinced that most of us need a sympathetic ear as much as we need career and coding advice.
Hereโs the thing, coding is fun but it can also be:
- lonely
- stressful
- tedious
- confusing
Donโt wrap too much of your identity in the code you write. It can be a fickle be... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,796 | 5,796 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.011905 | null | 2023-01-30 07:12:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7025835385209446400 |
urn:li:activity:7024409899027632128 | Stuck on what to build for your next side project?
Hereโs the process Iโve been using for years to learn everything from Typescript to AWS Lambdas:
1. ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฃ๐ - this is important, you need some external data or functionality in order to build something interesting or youโll be mostly stuck with TODO or c... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,884 | 5,884 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.014106 | null | 2023-01-26 08:22:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7024409899027632128 |
urn:li:activity:7024187553276715008 | So how does it feel to be the worst developer on a team?
Not so great.
It's also an experience that was pivotal in my career as a software developer. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,767 | 2,767 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.019877 | null | 2023-01-25 18:20:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7024187553276715008 |
urn:li:activity:7024025016161751040 | ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ!
Or you know, TaDD (test after development is done). Or, perhaps manual QA is the correct choice.
๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด!
Except, maybe the abstraction is more clever than useful in this case.
๐๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๏ฟฝ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,080 | 3,080 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.009416 | null | 2023-01-25 06:57:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7024025016161751040 |
urn:li:activity:7023665386994761728 | The developer who failed 100 interviews.
At first I didnโt believe him.
I mean, 100? Thereโs no way. Then we did a mock interview.
Oof.
Hereโs the thing - he was a very personable dude. Polite, well-spoken and confident. During the interview though, he didnโt come off as such.
His answers were short to the point I... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 10,097 | 10,097 | 125 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0.014757 | null | 2023-01-24 07:35:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7023665386994761728 |
urn:li:activity:7023302875975995392 | How do I get better at Javascript?
Build stuff.
Not specific enough? Try this:
Here are the subjects I struggled the most with and how I learned them through practice:
- Promises - implement Promise.all
- Closure - create a function that returns another function that can only be called 1 time
- This - implement bin... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 11,541 | 11,541 | 147 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.01395 | null | 2023-01-23 07:25:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7023302875975995392 |
urn:li:activity:7022237846707007488 | Am I... average?
In reality, many amazing teams are made up of mostly "average" developers. Not teams of ninjas/rockstars/wizards/elves ๐งโโ๏ธ
As an average developer thereโs still a lot of room to make impact outside being the highest technical authority.
As a very non-rockstar coder, here are some things Iโve done ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,429 | 9,429 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.010606 | null | 2023-01-20 08:45:34 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7022237846707007488 |
urn:li:activity:7021848156548071424 | I had a mentee who struggled to get hired after 6 months of mass applying.
I suggested he consider QA roles.
We studied Cypress.io and Selenium . He was hired within a couple of months at a well-known company as a QA Automation Engineer.
Full-Stack and Frontend are not the only entryways into a career in software d... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 20,709 | 20,709 | 211 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0.012217 | null | 2023-01-19 06:48:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7021848156548071424 |
urn:li:activity:7021156664162586624 | Iโve successfully networked my way into 0 of my last 4 jobs as a developer.
I built exactly 0 projects in public.
Iโve also worked with 20 developers this year. Theyโve overwhelmingly had the same experience.
The boring truth:
- They applied a lot.
- They worked with recruiters to get interviews.
They kept their ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 12,509 | 12,509 | 157 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0.014869 | null | 2023-01-17 09:51:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7021156664162586624 |
urn:li:activity:7020786124197412865 | Concepts and technologies JS developers consistently struggle with:
Redux
Webpack
Closure
Promises
Recursion
I have material on each of these subjects in my course library but thereโs 1 challenge that students have found more difficult than solving the actual technical problems:
๐๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๏ฟฝ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,664 | 4,664 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.012007 | null | 2023-01-16 08:21:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7020786124197412865 |
urn:li:activity:7019766958812270592 | My tech stack for preventing skill rot as a developer:
- CodeCrafters
- AlgoExpert
- LeetCode
Every year I set aside some money for keeping my coding skills up to par and these 3 are worth it IMO (no affiliation btw ๐) .
While AlgoExpert and Leetcode are very helpful for interview practice. CodeCrafters takes an... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 13,808 | 13,808 | 145 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0.012094 | null | 2023-01-13 13:01:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7019766958812270592 |
urn:li:activity:7019703130938322944 | The blueprint to take you from junior developer to senior developer:
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ:
- Double down on fundamentals
- Make things work and then make them efficient
- Learn the tools of your trade (code editor, git, Jira)
- Become familiar with the frameworks/libraries which dominate your field but focus on the one youโr... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 13,725 | 13,725 | 149 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.012022 | null | 2023-01-13 08:54:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7019703130938322944 |
urn:li:activity:7018950128208142336 | Just hired 2 junior developers and onboarded them to our team.
Theyโre amazing and have exceeded our expectations.
Hereโs what makes them stand out:
- ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ - they seek out tickets to complete and pair with others without being asked
- ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐จ - I imme... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 37,284 | 37,284 | 548 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0.015637 | null | 2023-01-11 07:03:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7018950128208142336 |
urn:li:activity:7018585780314918912 | I spent the first couple years as a developer basically saying nothing. I just stayed in the background nodding my head.
5 points for that ticket to move a button? Sounds good.
Massive, complex feature due next week eh? Any questions? Nope!
This strategy didnโt work out well for me. I was forgettable.
So I forced m... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,602 | 7,602 | 86 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0.015259 | null | 2023-01-10 06:47:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7018585780314918912 |
urn:li:activity:7018227574757625856 | When I tell you to be optimistic I donโt mean it as fluff. I donโt mean things will be easy or that they will inevitably get better.
I mean to look at the current obstacles in your way and realize they are not insurmountable.
Itโs easy to be cynical.
Yes, it is difficult to get that first job.
Yes, it is difficult b... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,599 | 3,599 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.015004 | null | 2023-01-09 07:21:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7018227574757625856 |
urn:li:activity:7017173550901936128 | These concepts and topics blew my mind as a JS developer and maybe theyโll help you level up too:
- generator functions
- web workers
- web components
- currying
- decorators
Anything youโd add? | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,309 | 6,309 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.007608 | null | 2023-01-06 09:16:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7017173550901936128 |
urn:li:activity:7016785355802628097 | Another ticket moves across the board.
The button is now 30px more to the right. Itโs another shade of green.
The design team is happy and so is your manager. You on the other hand, begin to wonder โAm I growing as a developer?โ
Ultimately, you and not your job will be responsible for your technical growth. You can ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,872 | 5,872 | 72 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0.015838 | null | 2023-01-05 07:20:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7016785355802628097 |
urn:li:activity:7016055020668272640 | 3 API projects to teach you stuff and maybe even get you paid
1. ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ - a user sends a csv file with historical data and some information about how to aggregate the data and the endpoint returns formatted JSON data
2. ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ wi... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,307 | 6,307 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.01316 | null | 2023-01-03 07:08:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7016055020668272640 |
urn:li:activity:7015696871335616512 | I see you over there, eyeing another Udemy course on DSA.
I have a few myself ๐.
While youโre optimizing your approach to a DFS solution and exploring the many varieties of trees, donโt forget that as a JS developer youโre going to be working a hell of a lot more with arrays and objects than graphs, trees and tries.... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,496 | 5,496 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.016012 | null | 2023-01-02 07:57:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7015696871335616512 |
urn:li:activity:7014643869938040832 | If there's one thing I hope you leave behind in 2022, it's using 122 console logs to debug your NodeJS/Express apps.
Maybe exercise more too.
Anyways back to your lame debugging methods. Here's what I used to do:
- slam API with requests from Postman
- get closer to issue (or at least think I was)
- add more logs
- ... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 6,490 | 6,490 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.011864 | null | 2022-12-30 09:46:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7014643869938040832 |
urn:li:activity:7014268220207497216 | You don't HAVE to build in public.
A good side project never has to see the light of day.
Ideally, a solid side project will:
1. Teach you something
2. Increase your confidence
3. Create a path for self-teaching
4. Wean you off "watch and type" tutorials
The most impactful side project I built was a web app to hand... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,840 | 3,840 | 46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.016667 | #juniordeveloper ,#buildinginpublic | 2022-12-29 09:20:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7014268220207497216 |
urn:li:activity:7013894655352201216 | I'm always encouraging you to create a side project. I know how much they've helped me over the years to switch tech stacks, learn things outside of work and even create a couple failed startups.
Right now, my side project is creating a series of challenges to increase the skills and confidence for JS developers.
Ye... | SLIDE_SHOW | Brian | Jenney | 1,567 | 1,567 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.010849 | null | 2022-12-28 08:09:43 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7013894655352201216 |
urn:li:activity:7013885291354619904 | So I still deal with impostor syndrome.
I know what you might want to hear or have already heard:
It just gets better and you're fine the way you are. Think positively or wait it out and eventually you will feel less impostor-y.
๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฅฐ
Except, that didn't really work out for me and I will never give you advice th... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,822 | 2,822 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.014174 | null | 2022-12-28 08:09:43 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7013885291354619904 |
urn:li:activity:7013527307478843392 | I've had the pleasure of working with a little over a dozen developers in the last 6 months who have landed their first role or their next role.
Junior devs, mid-level, senior and lead. Maybe CTO next ๐.
I've also worked with a dozen others who are still searching and are equally as talented as the others who found ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,288 | 3,288 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.014599 | null | 2022-12-27 08:13:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7013527307478843392 |
urn:li:activity:7013166621301112832 | In 2013 I bought one of those HTML5 programming books for dummies.
I was determined to learn to code by the end of Summer.
I read the entire flipping book. Cover to cover. Then, I promptly sat down in front of my laptop after downloading Sublime text editor and realized I had no goddamned clue how to code shit.
Lear... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,599 | 4,599 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.015656 | null | 2022-12-26 07:51:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7013166621301112832 |
urn:li:activity:7012454877192749056 | Another mentee of mine got hired.
The funny thing is we barely covered any technical material during our meetings.
I'm beginning to realize a lot of developers just need encouragement, a clear direction for what to study and a good kick in the ass to go for what they want.
Learning about closures doesn't hurt either... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,765 | 9,765 | 147 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.01618 | null | 2022-12-24 08:34:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7012454877192749056 |
urn:li:activity:7011759714803888128 | Maybe this wasn't such a good idea...
Earlier this year I posted a link to schedule a 15 minute chat with me.
200+ of you took me up on my offer ๐ฒ
What was originally meant as a tactic to get more sales call for my mentorship services turned into something much more valuable than I could've ever expected.
I've he... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,959 | 2,959 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.018249 | null | 2022-12-22 10:34:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7011759714803888128 |
urn:li:activity:7011371149905326080 | You don't need Redux.
But you should still know how to use it.
With around 8.2 million downloads just last week, thereโs a pretty high chance the next company you join will leverage this library.
So stop being scared of it.
You can still debate whether context, useReducer or whatever new state management library po... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,890 | 6,890 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0.012627 | null | 2022-12-21 09:11:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7011371149905326080 |
urn:li:activity:7011100204888195073 | I know it's all the rage to have an existential crisis over ChatGPT but have you considered using it for more than just generating code like a little code monkey?
I asked our robot overlord to review some code I'd written and it gave me some pretty spot-on feedback.
I can see how this tool could be leveraged to creat... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 8,150 | 8,150 | 72 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0.011166 | null | 2022-12-20 15:09:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7011100204888195073 |
urn:li:activity:7011042674573025280 | What most aspiring developers do:
- Build 99 small, trivial apps
- Chase shiny frameworks
- Follow โwatch and typeโ tutorials
- Marathon coding sessions on the weekend and nothing during the week
- Look for junior developer jobs
What you should do:
- Build 1 or 2 interesting and complex apps and deploy them to the w... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,734 | 6,734 | 97 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.016484 | null | 2022-12-20 11:13:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7011042674573025280 |
urn:li:activity:7010610080341520384 | 5 Biggest mistakes of my coding career?
1. Not learning the fundamentals before diving into frameworks
2. Being afraid to admit when I didnโt know something
3. Only taking on tasks I knew I could finish
4. Being too narrowly focused on the technical aspect of the job and not understanding how engineering fits into the... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,859 | 7,859 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.013615 | null | 2022-12-19 06:37:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7010610080341520384 |
urn:li:activity:7009544909904826368 | You passed the interview! Now the real work begins.
Bootcamps do a great job (for the most part) of getting developers hire-able. But what happens after you nail the interview?
If you're a junior dev, self taught or went to a bootcamp, you probably struggle in the same areas that I did after getting hired:
- Git
- W... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 15,815 | 15,815 | 148 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.010117 | null | 2022-12-16 07:59:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7009544909904826368 |
urn:li:activity:7009200431083962370 | "The market is over-saturated, no one is hiring coders right now."
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ 2014
If you're listening to the cynics, eventually you'll believe them and their negative outlook will become your self-fulf... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,855 | 6,855 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0.012546 | null | 2022-12-15 09:13:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7009200431083962370 |
urn:li:activity:7008835271429419008 | What you thought the front end interview would be:
- traverse tree
- search array - binar-ily
- detect a palindrome
- maps! use a map!
What you got instead:
- tell me about a time when...
- build something that looks like this mock-up
- tell me how this obscure feature in JS works
- let's build a component while I ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,609 | 4,609 | 67 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.016273 | null | 2022-12-14 09:16:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7008835271429419008 |
urn:li:activity:7008800130854268928 | The job hunt is a numbers game!
No - wait, itโs all about networking and coffee chats.
Hold on a sec - you need to learn in public! Thatโs the trick.
Honestly, Iโve seen people fail and succeed using all of these methods. There is no hack.
Itโs actually quite boring really:
- Pick one thing and stick with it long ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,141 | 6,141 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.015633 | null | 2022-12-14 06:45:44 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7008800130854268928 |
urn:li:activity:7008476745502773249 | Every developer should have a side project that teaches them something outside of work.
The problem?
Most people don't know how to build a project that will stretch their limits.
Here are 5 steps that might help you get started:
1. pick an API you are interested in
2. decide on a framework or language youโd like to... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,504 | 6,504 | 97 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.016605 | null | 2022-12-13 09:26:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7008476745502773249 |
urn:li:activity:7008151811547168768 | Yes, I do think ChatGPT will steal your coding job... if all you do is write code.
Writing code is honestly the easy part... understanding all the biz requirements, constraints and how to deliver complex projects is at least a few months away for this AI ๐
***
Protect yourself from bots and check out some free ma... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,646 | 5,646 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.011335 | null | 2022-12-12 11:56:24 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7008151811547168768 |
urn:li:activity:7008074862338478080 | In 2016 I was on the software developer hamster wheel program.
10 out of 10 would not recommend.
Hereโs how it goes:
- Hear about a new technology
- Buy small course or book and blindly follow along
- Build trivial project
- Hear about a new technology
- ๐น
Now instead of being good in a few languages/technologies ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,813 | 5,813 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.012558 | null | 2022-12-12 06:48:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7008074862338478080 |
urn:li:activity:7007028599518097408 | The most impactful line of code you can write as a Javascript developer?
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
I'm consistently shocked by how many people either don't use this keyword or know it exists.
It's a hell of a lot better than littering your code with 129 console logs.
I'll walk you through this and some other debugging tips ... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 7,122 | 7,122 | 80 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.012356 | null | 2022-12-09 09:41:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7007028599518097408 |
urn:li:activity:7006686111783673857 | Need a break from the LeetCode grind?
I've been having a lot of fun with #adventofcode.
Perhaps the best feature of these problems is that they require you to sift through a lot of information to get to the meat of the problem which is closer to your average interview experience than being explicitly asked to implem... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,706 | 3,706 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.009984 | #adventofcode. | 2022-12-08 10:31:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7006686111783673857 |
urn:li:activity:7006627280177287168 | If youโre one of those people who is waiting until January 1st to make some big change in your life, that thing you know you should be doingโฆ
Well, I think thatโs OK.
I like going to the gym in January and seeing all the new people. I honestly hope they stick with it because I know how powerful exercise has been in m... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,639 | 2,639 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.012126 | null | 2022-12-08 06:40:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7006627280177287168 |
urn:li:activity:7006266040724721664 | Tutorial hell is miserable.
So instead, I:
- create small side projects using technology I'm interested in
- read books
- explore popular open source libraries to see how the pros write code
Donโt get me wrong, Iโll still use tutorials. But Iโm not going to rely on them alone.
**
Tired of tutorial hell? Check out ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,854 | 4,854 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0.014421 | null | 2022-12-07 07:03:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7006266040724721664 |
urn:li:activity:7005923085593784320 | I had 193 15 minute conversations with developers from all over the world in the last 6 months.
Here are my takeaways:
- impostor syndrome is prevalent and rampant at all levels (shocker)
- most junior developers need to optimize their LinkedIn profiles
- picking a good side project is something most developers want ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 12,046 | 12,046 | 158 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.015109 | null | 2022-12-06 08:24:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7005923085593784320 |
urn:li:activity:7005536624382017537 | Iโve seen all your side projects.
They fall into 1 of 3 categories:
1. Clone of popular app
2. Random thing generator
3. Chat app
Iโm not saying thereโs anything at all wrong with these apps. Iโve seen some amazing (and not so amazing) variations of these.
Hereโs the real issue though:
Itโs hard to stand out from ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 20,933 | 20,933 | 206 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0.012564 | null | 2022-12-05 06:49:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7005536624382017537 |
urn:li:activity:7004509183903485952 | Expecting formal mentorship at your next job as a developer?
Got some bad news for yaโ buddy.
Most companies simply donโt have a plan or budget to offer the kind of mentorship that will actually accelerate your career so they rely on:
- Video tutorials from popular services which may be outdated or irrelevant to you... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,200 | 6,200 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | null | 2022-12-02 10:56:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7004509183903485952 |
urn:li:activity:7004509234096717824 | Expecting formal mentorship at your next job as a developer?
Got some bad news for yaโ buddy.
Most companies simply donโt have a plan or budget to offer the kind of mentorship that will actually accelerate your career so they rely on:
- Video tutorials from popular services which may be outdated or irrelevant to you... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 2022-12-02 10:56:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7004509234096717824 |
urn:li:activity:7004206369989947392 | First off, if someone actually asks you this question in a coding interview - wtf.
That being said, recursion is difficult and confused the hell out of me for a long time. In the video below, I walk through my delicious recursive recipe and do a fairly tricky problem in real time.
I hope this gets you a step or 2 clo... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 9,633 | 9,633 | 78 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0.009966 | null | 2022-12-01 14:16:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7004206369989947392 |
urn:li:activity:7004093654042648576 | The end of the Leetcode grind?
The funny thing is, most non-tech companies werenโt asking whiteboard-style questions in the first place.
Youโre a hell of a lot more likely to encounter a take home, pair programming or language-specific type of challenge on the interview circuit than dynamic programming.
I still enco... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 13,949 | 13,949 | 79 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0.008029 | null | 2022-12-01 07:14:34 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7004093654042648576 |
urn:li:activity:7003731378777325568 | You're rejecting yourself from more roles than you need to.
Listen, if you have ~50% of the skills and are within 1-2 years of the experience "requirements" then you should absolutely be applying.
If you actually met 100% of the requirements, you're overqualified. | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 8,280 | 8,280 | 118 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0.016667 | null | 2022-11-30 07:31:55 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7003731378777325568 |
urn:li:activity:7003034982453583872 | Hereโs a story I hate to hear:
Developer graduates from bootcamp, gets hired, then let go for performance reasons.
It sucks.
Iโve heard this story from more than a couple developers and my heart goes out to them. Is the bootcamp at fault for not preparing them for a difficult profession? Maybe the job shouldโve offe... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 8,110 | 8,110 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.009248 | null | 2022-11-28 08:57:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7003034982453583872 |
urn:li:activity:7001936234331746304 | Ask enough stupid questions and you're gonna be pretty godd*mn smart.
The trick is to only ask those "stupid" questions once.
90% of the people in the room probably have the same question and are too embarrassed to ask. Most of them won't write the answer down.
I spent the first 3 years of my career as a software d... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,960 | 6,960 | 90 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0.015517 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-25 08:01:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7001936234331746304 |
urn:li:activity:7001246977187348480 | I was teaching at a bootcamp on weekends about 5 years ago.
A student came up to me after class and had a complaint about my teaching style:
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ
He was right; I ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 12,006 | 12,006 | 126 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.011994 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-23 10:26:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7001246977187348480 |
urn:li:activity:7000838967898116096 | 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 people fall into the trap of looking at a tutorial, following along with the instructor and typing what they type.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ: a... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 21,833 | 21,833 | 197 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0.010809 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-22 07:39:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7000838967898116096 |
urn:li:activity:7000839046121889792 | 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 people fall into the trap of looking at a tutorial, following along with the instructor and typing what they type.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ: a... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 718 | 718 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001393 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-22 07:39:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7000839046121889792 |
urn:li:activity:7000492456039333888 | I've had a few people I know recently lose their job.
It sucks.
They weren't working for some fly-by-night startups either. These were established companies. It's a reminder that stability is a myth.
Whether you just found yourself job-less or know someone who is in that position, hopefully this article that Erik ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 1,897 | 1,897 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.004217 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-21 08:41:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7000492456039333888 |
urn:li:activity:6999417291843006464 | Are you getting sh*t done?
Or are you just busy being busy?
This week I attended an audio event hosted by Rahul Pandey and Alex Chiou: "How To Get Stuff Done In Tech". I've certainly fallen into the trap of just being busy without actually feeling like I'm making forward progress.
I would end the day, mentally drain... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 8,171 | 8,171 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.006119 | #linkedinaudioevent ,#licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-18 09:15:24 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6999417291843006464 |
urn:li:activity:6999400627676078080 | Holy fishcakes, I see the same issues on every junior developer's LinkedIn profile:
- less than 500 connections
- mentioning "junior" or "aspiring" in the profile
- confusing job history
- top skills that aren't relevant
The video here will give you some pointers on how to make yourself more discoverable on LI and ma... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 11,883 | 11,883 | 119 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0.012286 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-18 08:13:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6999400627676078080 |
urn:li:activity:6999046107385253889 | One of my mentees has been struggling on the job search and requested a meeting with me at 6AM this morn.
Ruh roh...
I expected we might go over some quick interview prep for an upcoming on-site or discuss a recent experience. I was pleasantly surprised when he pulled up his screen and showed me an offer letter! Abou... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 18,667 | 18,667 | 177 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0.010661 | null | 2022-11-17 08:41:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6999046107385253889 |
urn:li:activity:6998805535609278464 | Getting interviews is hard.
Interviewing is hard.
Do you know whatโs harder?
The part after the interview. Starting a new position, learning a new codebase, getting your first feature, doing your first on call rotation.
The interview is just the entry fee to an entirely new game.
Check out 4 things you can do as a... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,104 | 4,104 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.013402 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-16 16:59:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6998805535609278464 |
urn:li:activity:6998299586368872449 | You canโt wish away impostor syndrome.
If thereโs one theme Iโve noticed in the 176 conversations Iโve had with many of you over the phone or hangouts during the last few months, itโs this:
Developers largely feel they are less competent than other developers on their team, bootcamp or university.
Iโm no statistici... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,908 | 4,908 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.009576 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-15 07:15:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6998299586368872449 |
urn:li:activity:6997958321613750273 | A framework for a great side project:
1. Find an interesting (and free) API: ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ด
2. Pick 1 or 2 new technologies you want to learn and leverage your current knowledge for the rest of the dev work
3. Create... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,959 | 6,959 | 83 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0.01437 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-14 08:45:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6997958321613750273 |
urn:li:activity:6997300149437833216 | There are developers with less talent than you who are getting hired.
I know the news sucks right now but hear me out:
You are likely not competing for the same roles as the influx of highly paid engineers who just came into the market.
So continue to work on your skills, keep applying to all those non-sexy compani... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 21,117 | 21,117 | 240 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0.012928 | null | 2022-11-12 12:56:40 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6997300149437833216 |
urn:li:activity:6996861067150721024 | Why are we writing tests again?
Isnโt that what QA is for?
Tests arenโt free, they take time and when done correctly they:
- supplement documentation
- allow for easier refactoring
- verify edge cases which are difficult to trigger manually
The problem most people have when it comes to writing tests is just getting... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 9,100 | 9,100 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.006923 | #licreatoraccelerator ,#jest ,#unittesting ,#javascript | 2022-11-11 07:54:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6996861067150721024 |
urn:li:activity:6996304884715192320 | Having code that works on your machine is great. Having it work and perform well on another person's machine is where the money is at.
I predict site performance will be increasingly important as shoppers migrate further into e-commerce and new apps wreak havoc on our already weak attention spans.
As a developer, y... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,568 | 2,568 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.017134 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-09 19:13:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6996304884715192320 |
urn:li:activity:6996119056256839682 | Stop being so selfish.
Honestly, didnโt expect my personal trainer, a tatted up ex-con to be one of the main reasons I started writing on LinkedIn. Both him and my VP at the time encouraged me to share more online and I was apprehensive.
Like you, Iโve benefitted from reading othersโ stories on here, made some great ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,378 | 7,378 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.010843 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-09 06:51:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6996119056256839682 |
urn:li:activity:6995801925787037696 | You can stop using Redux.
That doesnโt mean your company will though.
With around 8.2 million downloads just last week, thereโs a pretty good chance you will be using it.
So stop being scared of it.
Yes, you can still debate whether context, useReducer or whatever new state management library popped up this week is... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,811 | 9,811 | 72 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.010396 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-08 09:46:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6995801925787037696 |
urn:li:activity:6995447580897816577 | Iโve solved more problems running around Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA than staring at my computer screen.
Iโve been running this lake since I was 14 years old and became a member of Summer Search, a program for inner-city kids who needed a boost in life. At the time, they were sending me out of state to participate in ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,205 | 5,205 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.014409 | #summersearch ,#licreatoraccelerator ,#debugging ,#running | 2022-11-07 10:24:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6995447580897816577 |
urn:li:activity:6995392171528908800 | You aren't paid for how many lines of code you write.
You're paid for solving problems and the outsize impact those have on the business.
So don't keep on taking tickets youโre sure you will complete that donโt provide value.
Instead, look for projects and features that have high visibility and impact.
Then... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,314 | 4,314 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.016458 | null | 2022-11-07 06:34:26 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6995392171528908800 |
urn:li:activity:6994689819943591936 | I know stability is a myth but just how much volatility will we have to get used to?
Some (well, at least one) of the latest rounds of tech layoffs seems particularly immoral. I'm sure there are reasons beyond my scope of understanding that can be used to justify upending the lives of thousands of people for "business... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,832 | 2,832 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.01024 | null | 2022-11-05 09:11:28 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6994689819943591936 |
urn:li:activity:6994366488761577472 | Bombed the interview?
Itโs not over yet.
Ever had this happen to you:
Interviewer asks question that you were right on the verge of solving but too many coffees put you in a jittery state, you panicked and forgot how to do something youโve done before.
Timeโs up, video ends and you curse yourself and your terrible... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,314 | 5,314 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.011103 | #licreatoraccelerator ,#codinginterview | 2022-11-04 11:40:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6994366488761577472 |
urn:li:activity:6994333550850232320 | There's one thing developers find especially difficult to do, regardless of their seniority:
Estimation.
It's unfortunate that this is often the metric we're judged by most harshly. It's great you're code quality and tests caught random edge cases but if the feature needed for a December 25th promotion isn't ready un... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 3,738 | 3,738 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.011771 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-04 09:38:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6994333550850232320 |
urn:li:activity:6993936930736406528 | No, Iโm not teaching my kids to code.
Personally, I love writing code, both as a hobby and profession but I think the following skills/traits will be increasingly important in a digital world:
โข writing
โข the ability to learn independently
โข data literacy
โข public speaking
โข flexibility
โข curiosity
Iโm currently usi... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 14,468 | 14,468 | 101 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0.009884 | #mytechprediction ,#licreatoraccelerator | 2022-11-03 07:09:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6993936930736406528 |
urn:li:activity:6993570438714966017 | The job can search can feel unrewarding, draining and shake what little confidence you have in yourself.
Itโs a game of both skill and chance.
You can be absolutely qualified and still โfailโ.
Rejection is rarely personal, itโs an inevitable consequence of many factors:
- Resume quality is subjective (๐ข๐ด๐ฌ 5 ๐ฑ๐ฆ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,391 | 3,391 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.016514 | #licreatoraccelerator ,#interview ,#codinginterview | 2022-11-02 06:53:44 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6993570438714966017 |
urn:li:activity:6993269592940843008 | I don't care what anyone says, effectively debugging an application is an important skill.
In the browser, we can rely on a ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ to pause execution of our scripts and investigate our janky code line by line.
What about Node/Express apps? Check out a feature a much smarter developer showed me years ago th... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,702 | 3,702 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.015127 | #licreatoraccelerator ,#debugging ,#nodejs ,#expressjs | 2022-11-01 11:05:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6993269592940843008 |
urn:li:activity:6993231735333298177 | You donโt have a problem learning to code.
You have a time management issue.
Too many people follow this pattern:
Zero coding 80% of the week.
Marathon coding sessions on their day off.
Iโve yet to see this strategy work. Itโs simply not sustainable.
1 hour a day beats 6 on a Sunday. Hell, 30 minutes a day will ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 28,433 | 28,433 | 337 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0.012732 | null | 2022-11-01 08:29:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6993231735333298177 |
urn:li:activity:6992877697496416256 | So there I was doing one of my daily 15 minute chats with a developer (link in bio ๐) and I found myself getting schooled.
Thereโs a lot of advice out there about getting your first job as a developer:
- Send a box of donuts to the hiring committee
- DM every hiring manager in the tri-state area
- Do a bunch of open... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,994 | 6,994 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.010295 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-10-31 09:02:44 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6992877697496416256 |
urn:li:activity:6991784125988757504 | My most hated interview trend?
This one really boils my potato:
The take home assignment that's supposed to take 2 hours but actually takes 8.
I've worked with too many developers on the interview circuit who get derailed by these often massive assignments that can require a backend, front end and interfacing with ... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 35,845 | 35,845 | 327 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0.010462 | #licreatoraccelerator ,#unittesting ,#reactjs | 2022-10-28 08:39:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991784125988757504 |
urn:li:activity:6991409511588642817 | I got through the first couple years of my career not knowing Big O, recursion or data structures.
It cost me.
I wasnโt building trivial apps here, and this lack of fundamentals led to some embarrassing mistakes.
There was the 100 line if-else statementโฆ seriously.
The triple-nested for loop with a computationally ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 14,384 | 14,384 | 145 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0.011749 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-10-27 07:57:30 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991409511588642817 |
urn:li:activity:6991037091182784512 | There can only be 1 best coder on the team.
As an average developer thereโs still a lot of room to make impact outside being the highest technical authority.
As a very non-rockstar coder, here are some things Iโve done over the years which helped me stand out:
โข start an engineering book club
โข volunteer for on-call... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,570 | 6,570 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.010198 | null | 2022-10-26 07:07:27 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6991037091182784512 |
urn:li:activity:6990737879891140608 | That nagging feeling that you're not good enough or that maybe this career isn't meant for you can be debilitating. It's not enough to just wait it out.
For me it wasn't at least.
I realized that just as much as I needed to improve technically, I also needed to gain confidence in order to contribute at a level that m... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,433 | 3,433 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.024468 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-10-25 11:29:43 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6990737879891140608 |
urn:li:activity:6990670305492955136 | Congratulations! You got the job. Now here comes the hard part.
Bootcamps do a great job (for the most part) of getting developers hire-able. But what happens after you nail the interview?
I work with and speak with a lot of developers at the beginning of their careers. Many of them struggle in the same areas that I ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 21,651 | 21,651 | 215 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0.011501 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-10-25 06:58:34 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6990670305492955136 |
urn:li:activity:6990318372999610369 | If youโre hell-bent on learning data structures and algorithms please donโt JUST do 100 LeetCode problems.
Try this instead:
โข learn common data structures like trees, graphs, linked lists, stacks and queues
โข write these structures from scratch
โข learn common techniques to sort and traverse data in these structures
... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 35,856 | 35,856 | 357 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0.010988 | null | 2022-10-24 07:31:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6990318372999610369 |
urn:li:activity:6989306782317785088 | Code peer reviews can be emotional.
At worst, they become punitive, nerve-wracking and destructive. Used correctly however, they can be a way for you to increase your influence on a team, teach and learn from others.
Here's a video of me walking through my code review process.
#licreatoraccelerator #codereview #junio... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 3,774 | 3,774 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.008479 | #licreatoraccelerator ,#codereview ,#juniordeveloper | 2022-10-21 13:29:26 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6989306782317785088 |
urn:li:activity:6989221990033235968 | Before you learn Kubernetes or Python or whatever is collecting dust in your Udemy library, I want you to do me a small favor.
If youโre a JS developer, make sure you can build a small application, free of any external framework.
I have a small challenge I give to developers who I mentor 1 on 1. It seems simple on th... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,945 | 7,945 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.009188 | null | 2022-10-21 06:53:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6989221990033235968 |
urn:li:activity:6988805484258484224 | Diving into an unfamiliar codebase?
Iโve worked at 4 companies and had a dozen or so contract jobs as a developer over the years. Hereโs how I navigate a new codebase:
- get it working locally (๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 18,377 | 18,377 | 127 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.008162 | null | 2022-10-20 03:56:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6988805484258484224 |
urn:li:activity:6988466986611593216 | I have a lot of new followers so I figure itโs time to out myself again.
You may know me as some dude on LinkedIn spouting about developer productivity and interviewsโฆ youโre not wrong.
10 years ago however, my life was unrecognizable. I struggled with addiction and lived mostly outside the law.
A friendโs death cou... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 15,724 | 15,724 | 169 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.011829 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-10-19 05:22:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6988466986611593216 |
urn:li:activity:6988122989317820417 | Hereโs the harsh truth about interviews that no one ever really addresses:
Luck is a factor.
You could be absolutely qualified for a position and study all the relevant material... and still fail.
Get a bad interviewer? All that pre-work might go down the drain.
Perhaps your interviewer asks an unreasonably difficu... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,292 | 7,292 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.010971 | #licreatoraccelerator | 2022-10-18 06:30:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6988122989317820417 |
urn:li:activity:6986746992970387456 | Out of the 200 or so chats I've had with developers in the last few months, around half of them are with people who live outside the US.
The most common question they have:
How do I get a remote job?
Admittedly, I don't know much about the logistics of getting hired as a remote worker living abroad but luckily Erik ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 8,429 | 8,429 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.006644 | null | 2022-10-14 11:27:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6986746992970387456 |
urn:li:activity:6986723507996950528 | Tutorial Hell is real place. I've been there.
The master writes the code, you watch them and type what they type.
It's like a paint by numbers exercise.
You may even end up with a nice shiny app and feel like you have achieved some level of mastery.
You go in to add a new feature and think to yourself, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฏ ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 12,276 | 12,276 | 131 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.011649 | null | 2022-10-14 10:00:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6986723507996950528 |
urn:li:activity:6986325858881863680 | Happy path coding - the mark of the junior developer.
Goes a little something like this:
- function works โ
- test cases pass โ
- PR LGMTโed โ
- Blows up spectacularly in production ๐จ
Iโve had this experience happen more than a few times because I didnโt consider edge cases.
What happens when a deeply nested obje... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,741 | 5,741 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.013935 | null | 2022-10-13 07:49:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6986325858881863680 |
urn:li:activity:6986038679303577600 | Exhausted LinkedIn, AngelList and Indeed on your job search?
A very impressive young man reached out to me last week for a chat and was kind enough to share his list of job sites with notes included.
Some heroes wear capes.
Some painstakingly review job sites, put them in a public file and share them free of charge... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 23,943 | 23,943 | 228 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0.011444 | null | 2022-10-12 12:15:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6986038679303577600 |
urn:li:activity:6985985291488518145 | Donโt remember a single thing as a software engineer.
Just Google everything.
Really?
I wrote a semi-viral post a few months ago about a developer who was unable to pass an interview because he did not have a basic grasp of modern Javascript. He did not know how to use map, filter or reduce. He was not junior.
List... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,075 | 9,075 | 82 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.011129 | null | 2022-10-12 09:10:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6985985291488518145 |
urn:li:activity:6985619659207168001 | Nobody asks why enough.
Why are we using framework X?
Why have we chosen Y deployment strategy?
Why are we writing unit tests?
Why is Typescript overrated? ๐
Whether youโre working at an established company or a 10 person startup, a lot of your tech stack has been decided for you. Itโs critical to your growth to ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,408 | 4,408 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.011343 | null | 2022-10-11 08:20:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6985619659207168001 |
urn:li:activity:6984201017504542720 | As a junior dev you may be focused on getting a function to just work but soon youโll be pulling your hair out over things like:
- migrations
- versioning strategies for libraries
- code pipelines
- deployments
- breaking updates
Iโve found tackling these kinds of problems to be really excitingโฆ for the most part.
... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,652 | 3,652 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.007393 | null | 2022-10-07 10:36:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6984201017504542720 |
urn:li:activity:6983836643581403136 | I've spoken with about 2% of my audience over the last few months.
That number may seem small but in reality that means I've done around 150 phone calls with people here on LI.
Our convos are short and even though they are tech focused, they're often more about impostor syndrome, confidence and career trajectory.
A... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 303 | 303 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0033 | null | 2022-10-06 10:35:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6983836643581403136 |
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