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urn:li:activity:6983779848020271104 | If you can learn how to code for free, then why do people upwards of 10k for a bootcamp or 50k for a college degree?
Iโll be honest, Iโve met way too many developers over the years who are unwilling to spend a dime on their education. They go to YouTube university, fall down several rabbit holes and emerge on the othe... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 17,510 | 17,510 | 163 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0.011194 | null | 2022-10-06 07:50:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6983779848020271104 |
urn:li:activity:6983421096867880960 | How does it feel to be the worst developer on a team?
Well, I had the unpleasant experience of holding this title when I worked at a small startup.
I probably had more technical growth in the short time I was there than at any other company Iโve worked since.
Youโve probably heard the advice โIf youโre the smartest ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 27,280 | 27,280 | 348 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0.014626 | null | 2022-10-05 06:49:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6983421096867880960 |
urn:li:activity:6982711844561895424 | โฐ The clock is ticking! โฐ
1.5 hrs-ish left to our watercooler audio chat, where you can tune in and ask any questions that come to mind about Salary vs. Fulfillment in Tech.
Brian Jenney and I are bringing back the fun in-office feel of a water cooler chat to all those who want to listen in to an interesting chit-ch... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 222 | 222 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.036036 | #linkedinA,#salary ,#fulfillment ,#joinU,#watercooler ,#office ,#chitC | 2022-10-03 08:00:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6982711844561895424 |
urn:li:activity:6982692840900345856 | Nearly a decade ago I started my first day as a developer. I knew HTML, CSS, Jquery and a little AngularJS.
The night before the first day, I was barely able to sleep. I scoured the internet for any articles on what to expectโฆ nothing. Remember, this was a generation ago in tech years.
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๏ฟฝ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,793 | 6,793 | 107 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0.018549 | null | 2022-10-03 06:53:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6982692840900345856 |
urn:li:activity:6981597869908664321 | You can LeetCode til your fingers bleed and still fail.
Unfortunately, Iโve fumbled more than a couple interviews in the past because I was unable to tell a good story about my accomplishments.
As you move past entry level roles, interviews will begin to center less around your immediate coding skills and more toward... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 28,125 | 28,125 | 194 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.007502 | null | 2022-09-30 06:01:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6981597869908664321 |
urn:li:activity:6980516439661166593 | Random technical interview tips that have nothing to do with coding:
- have some water near you during an interview
- make sure your battery life and charger are sufficient
- clean up your messy ass room
- arrive a few minutes early to bumble around with the video chat login
- have your code editor ready (and turn off... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 16,262 | 16,262 | 86 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.007379 | null | 2022-09-27 06:45:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6980516439661166593 |
urn:li:activity:6980181249357205505 | ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ!
- Except, maybe your abstraction is more clever than useful in some cases
๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ!
- What about TaDD (test after development is done)? Or, perhaps manual QA is the correct choice
๐๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,563 | 7,563 | 63 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.011636 | null | 2022-09-26 08:21:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6980181249357205505 |
urn:li:activity:6979816535590662144 | Like it or not, software development can involve just as much investigation as writing code.
Sometimes more of the former than the latter.
You will be debugging issues in production or your own code and digging through stack traces and source code you've never encountered.
Luckily, Chrome Devtools has some pretty in... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,257 | 2,257 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.007089 | null | 2022-09-25 08:25:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6979816535590662144 |
urn:li:activity:6979091203384303616 | I suck at giving estimates.
You probably do too.
Does this sound familiar:
You looked over the feature, confidently blurted out โ1 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต!โ and here you are 2 weeks later โalmost done.โ And youโve been โ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโ for the last 5 days. โ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต.โ
Donโt do what I did when I got stuck on a ticket... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,931 | 3,931 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.012465 | null | 2022-09-23 08:03:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6979091203384303616 |
urn:li:activity:6978706680171659266 | My 4 step process for debugging sh*t:
1. Reproduce the bug consistently to determine the underlying issue.
2. Examine the source code to narrow down the suspects and check for any recent changes using Git blame.
3. Set breakpoints, debuggers and console logs to identify the issue and step through the offending code ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,939 | 5,939 | 50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.01145 | null | 2022-09-22 06:37:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6978706680171659266 |
urn:li:activity:6978336946523713536 | Framework FOMO affects 8 out of every 10 front end developers.
What is Framework FOMO?
Goes a little something like this:
New, shiny JS framework comes out.
You - in the middle of bumbling around with the framework you are currently using - think to yourself โooh, shiny framework, must tryโ. NextJS. Vue. Svelte. P... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,558 | 7,558 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0.009394 | null | 2022-09-21 06:07:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6978336946523713536 |
urn:li:activity:6977619558274646016 | How most successful bootcamp grads operate:
- Makes coding and learning a routine
- Applies consistently and broadly
- Has 1 or 2 complex side projects
- Re-calibrates their approach when needed
- Has faith that opportunity will present itself
Why most bootcamp grads fail:
- Relies on motivation instead of routine
-... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 11,875 | 11,875 | 151 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.0144 | null | 2022-09-19 06:35:33 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6977619558274646016 |
urn:li:activity:6976578943961219072 | Turn off the tutorial.
Open the code editor.
Youโre going to learn a hell of a lot more from:
- getting stuck
- reading the documentation
- realizing the docs suck
- scouring Stack Overflow
- oh no - thatโs an old comment
- throwing everything at the wall
- finally figuring it out
- wanting to share excitement and ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 18,905 | 18,905 | 317 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0.018672 | null | 2022-09-16 09:40:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6976578943961219072 |
urn:li:activity:6976208879936270336 | Your next technical interview might not be so technical at all.
What Iโve learned from working with nearly 20 front end developers in the last year on the interview grind, is that they often over-optimize for code-related questions and challenges at the expense of everything else.
You also want to have answers for qu... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,040 | 5,040 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.012103 | null | 2022-09-15 09:19:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6976208879936270336 |
urn:li:activity:6975807369800806400 | Always be interviewing.
Itโs such a weird skill. You do it once every few years and wonder why you suck at it.
So how often should you interview?
Iโd say roughly once every 6 months. This way you can identify your marketability, seniority and realistic salary range.
This doesn't mean grinding LC year round. It doe... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,786 | 7,786 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.012715 | null | 2022-09-14 06:44:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6975807369800806400 |
urn:li:activity:6975452526905085952 | Some things you need to develop an opinion on as a front-end developer:
- SSR vs CSR
- Typescript vs Javascript
- CSS - ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐๐๐? ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐? ๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด? ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐?
- Testing - ๐๐๐? ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด? ๐ฆ2๐ฆ? ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ? ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๏ฟฝ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,907 | 3,907 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.009214 | null | 2022-09-13 07:16:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6975452526905085952 |
urn:li:activity:6975452579384217601 | Some things you need to develop an opinion on as a front-end developer:
- SSR vs CSR
- Typescript vs Javascript
- CSS - ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐๐๐? ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐? ๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด? ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐?
- Testing - ๐๐๐? ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด? ๐ฆ2๐ฆ? ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ? ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๏ฟฝ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,332 | 5,332 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.003001 | null | 2022-09-13 07:16:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6975452579384217601 |
urn:li:activity:6975089397872439296 | Quintessential junior dev move:
Wasting hours solving a problem a co-worker couldโve helped you figure out in minutes.
You are ultimately judged on the work you complete, not your ability to slog through problems in solitude. When you bump your head against your technical depth, acknowledge it and ask for help.
But ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,248 | 7,248 | 105 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0.016694 | null | 2022-09-12 07:16:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6975089397872439296 |
urn:li:activity:6974028060509536257 | I worked at a company that had exactly 0 unit tests and another with 90% overall coverage.
Which one do you think had more bugs?
Counterintuitively, the company with 0 tests had less critical issues than the one with high coverage ๐ค.
Of course other factors were at play and I donโt necessarily think either strategy... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,696 | 6,696 | 45 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.013292 | null | 2022-09-09 08:59:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6974028060509536257 |
urn:li:activity:6973665140554575872 | Weโve all heard the story of the genius asshole or perhaps been exposed to one (maybe even here, on LinkedIn - who wouldโve thought?).
Hereโs how the story goes: super duper smart senior dev produces great work. He also makes others feel dumb, writes snarky comments on code reviews and generally creates an atmosphere ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,344 | 3,344 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.011364 | null | 2022-09-08 08:59:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6973665140554575872 |
urn:li:activity:6973635533893767169 | Get paid to learn.
That first dev job can seem nearly impossible to get and the fear-mongers online donโt help.
Hereโs one way I got experience when I had none:
- offered to do a site for free for an acquaintance
- worked out what features the client wanted and set a timeline for completion
- iterated on feedback an... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,281 | 2,281 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.012275 | null | 2022-09-08 06:39:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6973635533893767169 |
urn:li:activity:6973297492201267200 | How to become a senior developer in one easy step:
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ - ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด
Honestly, it can varyโฆ widely.
Some teams use years of experience to determine seniority..... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,940 | 5,940 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.007912 | null | 2022-09-07 08:58:40 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6973297492201267200 |
urn:li:activity:6972915647521468416 | A couple developers I mentor recently got hired. Now the real work begins.
- Exploring a new codebase.
- Finding areas to make impact.
- Learning the engineering culture.
- Using gitโฆ but like, foreal this time.
Iโm beginning to think the transition into the first dev role is where developers need the most support.
... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 11,069 | 11,069 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.011835 | null | 2022-09-06 07:03:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6972915647521468416 |
urn:li:activity:6971863207342718976 | Ever finish a Udemy tutorial only to discover that you still don't know how to code the thing you just "learned"?
Yeah, me too.
There is no substitute for getting your hands dirty with code. You can spend another weekend passively watching videos, following paint by numbers tutorials or reading a book on object orien... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,844 | 6,844 | 45 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.009351 | null | 2022-09-03 09:40:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6971863207342718976 |
urn:li:activity:6971473888593543168 | If youโre tired of my rants, spicy advice and tips on how to suck less as a software engineer - check out the rants, spicy advice and tips from some of my favorite YouTube channels instead:
https://lnkd.in/gyuZ66S2 - excellent breakdown of DSA
https://lnkd.in/gyXXZiiX - for mid/senior level engineers interested in ca... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,845 | 1,845 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.008672 | null | 2022-09-02 07:50:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6971473888593543168 |
urn:li:activity:6971131734729916418 | Why do you need to know Vanilla JS? Youโre probably writing JS within the bounds of a framework like ReactJS or Angular. So whatโs the benefit?
Iโve found that going back to the basics offers a lot of โEurekaโ moments. It deepens my understanding of how these frameworks work and the benefits they offer.
- now it make... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,422 | 6,422 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.008876 | #javascript ,#frontenddeveloper ,#reactjs | 2022-09-01 09:18:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6971131734729916418 |
urn:li:activity:6971131767705534464 | Why do you need to know Vanilla JS? Youโre probably writing JS within the bounds of a framework like ReactJS or Angular. So whatโs the benefit?
Iโve found that going back to the basics offers a lot of โEurekaโ moments. It deepens my understanding of how these frameworks work and the benefits they offer.
- now it make... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 1,563 | 1,563 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.003199 | #javascript ,#frontenddeveloper ,#reactjs | 2022-09-01 09:18:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6971131767705534464 |
urn:li:activity:6970771275182993409 | Donโt fall into the trap of getting tickets โDONEโ.
Another trivial feature moves its way across the JIRA board. You do this several times over the course of the year and then wonder when your raise or promotion happensโฆ it doesnโt.
Listen, there is no simple blueprint to move you from junior โ senior developer that ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,021 | 2,021 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.009896 | null | 2022-08-31 09:29:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6970771275182993409 |
urn:li:activity:6970393772983472128 | But I can just Google that.
Well, youโre not wrong. I mean, yeah, a lot of being a software developer is Googling what we donโt know. Technology moves fast. We get stuck on a bug or feature. The collective knowledge of the internet gives us a way out.
There is an extent to how much you should rely on the kindness of ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 13,468 | 13,468 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.010172 | null | 2022-08-30 08:18:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6970393772983472128 |
urn:li:activity:6970022648646930432 | They got it all wrong - the interview isnโt harder than the job - it just requires a completely different skill set.
So while youโre grinding away at toy problems and optimizing solutions using hashmaps (natch) - donโt forget that the actual job of writing code will be challenging in a completely new way.
So build st... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 14,419 | 14,419 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.00645 | null | 2022-08-29 07:36:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6970022648646930432 |
urn:li:activity:6968971739254980608 | The stuff your bootcamp didnโt teach you about being a software developer:
- oncalls can be brutal - if something breaks, you will be the first to know - even if itโs 2AM on a Saturday
- your day may be up to 50% meetings
- I know they asked you to traverse a binary tree during the interview but youโre likely to get a... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 59,701 | 59,701 | 575 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 0.011172 | null | 2022-08-26 09:56:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6968971739254980608 |
urn:li:activity:6968583675189809152 | Now that the bootcamp is over, how do you keep your coding muscles strong?
Sure, you could knock out a random LC easy everyday. A dozen TODO apps. Learn yet another JS framework.
OR
You could invest your time in a side project. A big one. Something youโre not quite sure how to build exactly.
Using around 50% famili... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 6,602 | 6,602 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.008937 | null | 2022-08-25 08:08:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6968583675189809152 |
urn:li:activity:6968247078766452738 | Interviewing is an emotional game.
I failed an interview recently, on a mock interview site, with no intention of actually interviewing in the future. It was just for practice. Basically as low stakes as possible. Still hurt.
If you're dealing with rejection and need a little pick me up - check out the stories of ama... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 32,171 | 32,171 | 249 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0.008548 | null | 2022-08-24 10:05:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6968247078766452738 |
urn:li:activity:6968204027234852864 | Donโt take LinkedIn too seriously. There are a lot of people on here, with a lot of advice you should take with precaution. Hell, Iโm one of them.
I canโt tell you, with complete certainty, what will work for you. I do know whatโs worked for me and others Iโve mentored and worked with. Will it work for you? Well, that... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,588 | 4,588 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.012206 | #juniordeveloper ,#coding ,#bootcamp | 2022-08-24 07:26:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6968204027234852864 |
urn:li:activity:6967908105808490496 | Failed the Google on-site 2 times.
Honestly, pretty happy about it overall.
Google is an amazing company but it was never my dream. To top it off, when I first started writing code I couldnโt tell you what Big-O, merge sort or a binary tree was.
I was just happy to nail those phone screens and get a free lunch on th... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,780 | 9,780 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.008589 | null | 2022-08-23 11:30:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6967908105808490496 |
urn:li:activity:6967476046875045888 | Sometimes, โI donโt knowโ is the best answer.
Itโs also uncomfortable - so maybe try to talk through your ignorance out of fear of appearingโฆ well, ignorant.
Itโs not fooling anyone.
At best, it can be a laughable offense.
At worst, it lessens trust.
As a software engineer, you will likely come face to face with t... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,031 | 5,031 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.008746 | null | 2022-08-22 06:47:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6967476046875045888 |
urn:li:activity:6966437049818103808 | A couple months ago I shared a link to schedule a 15 minute chat with me in a post that got more attention than I anticipated.
Nearly 100 calls later with developers from the US, India, Pakistan, the UK, Nigeria, Kenya and many other parts of the world, Iโve learned a lot about the landscape of web development and th... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 8,982 | 8,982 | 84 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0.012803 | #juniordeveloper ,#coding ,#javascript ,#javascriptdeveloper | 2022-08-19 10:23:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6966437049818103808 |
urn:li:activity:6966063522086629376 | Maybe you are an impostor.
Perhaps that nagging feeling that you donโt quite know what you think you should is actually a signal.
I know the standard advice is just โwait it out.โ
That didnโt work for me so well once I got promoted to senior developer. In my head there was a discrepancy between my expectations of a ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 10,866 | 10,866 | 95 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.010031 | null | 2022-08-18 09:11:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6966063522086629376 |
urn:li:activity:6965683419548725248 | Youโre right, whiteboard interviews are unfair, biased and wonโt likely resemble the kind of work you do on a daily basis.
Now what?
Do you simply limit yourself to companies that donโt ask these types of questions?
Sure, you could. In fact thereโs a list of companies that don't participate in whiteboard interviews ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,876 | 2,876 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.008693 | null | 2022-08-17 08:12:34 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6965683419548725248 |
urn:li:activity:6965339026832646144 | Biggest (and most embarrassing) mistakes Iโve made as a developer so far...and the lessons learned:
- The 100 line if/else statement used to determine if a customer was eligible for a refund - ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค
- Not understanding how enums work and writing code that sent emails ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 4,299 | 4,299 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0.014189 | null | 2022-08-16 09:27:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6965339026832646144 |
urn:li:activity:6964945325044228096 | Will Github Copilot steal your job?
Iโll tell you one thing it canโt (yet) do. Debug your buggy code.
Debugging continues to be one of the most underrated and valuable skills you can add to your toolbelt as a software engineer.
I leveraged a particularly gnarly critical bug fix to make my case for a promotion at on... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,564 | 2,564 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00936 | null | 2022-08-15 07:17:59 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6964945325044228096 |
urn:li:activity:6963876871511883777 | Iโve gained quite a lot more followers on here so I figure itโs time to out myself again:
10 years ago I was addicted to drinking and drugs and living a criminal lifestyle.
After an intervention, I promised to quit, unsure if I would actually be able to do it for more than a week.
I noticed I had a lot of time on my... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 18,348 | 18,348 | 199 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.012535 | null | 2022-08-12 08:41:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6963876871511883777 |
urn:li:activity:6963500115219140609 | LinkedIn Sucks.
Itโs full of:
- self aggrandizing sales people
- toxic positivity
- recruiters who only serve to ghost you
- crying ceos - and other crying people apparently ๐ค (seriously, I feel bad for dude at this point)
Itโs also full of:
- strangers willing to lend you a hand
- quality content you can learn f... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 106,142 | 106,142 | 476 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 0.005332 | null | 2022-08-11 07:34:00 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6963500115219140609 |
urn:li:activity:6963142107372912641 | I had 95 brainstorm sessions with developers in the last 3 months.
Some were FAANG employees and others had just graduated from bootcamps.
Not more than 3 of them said they felt ready to:
- interview
- leave their current job
- write that post
- publish that article
- ask for that promotion
Stop waiting for the ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,565 | 3,565 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.013745 | null | 2022-08-10 07:46:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6963142107372912641 |
urn:li:activity:6962780381527875584 | My number 1 rule for creating a good side project?
Build it as if you were going to sell it.
In the last 8 years Iโve only had 3 side projects (not counting all the half finished projects from Udemy tutorials I followedโฆ RIP)
I unsuccessfully tried to turn each of these ideas into businesses. Each failed a little le... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,487 | 6,487 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.010328 | null | 2022-08-09 07:50:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6962780381527875584 |
urn:li:activity:6962406860205285376 | The junior developer with 7 years experience.
His resume looked impressive. The interview thoughโฆ oof.
How was it possible, this seasoned developer didnโt understand even the most basic JS concepts like:
- array iteration methods (๐ฎ๐ข๐ฑ, ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ)
- the difference between const and let
- async/awa... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 140,882 | 140,882 | 1,009 | 129 | 52 | 0 | 0.008447 | null | 2022-08-08 07:03:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6962406860205285376 |
urn:li:activity:6961331812698640384 | Preparing for front end interviews is easy.
1. Study JS triviaโฆ including obscure stuff. Why does NaN โ = NaN for example?
2. If the job says framework agnostic - study ReactJS (when they say front end they really meant ReactJS ๐)
3. Throw in some random algo prep as well - to be safe just do like 500 LeetCodes
4. Pr... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 11,263 | 11,263 | 70 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.007636 | null | 2022-08-05 08:10:57 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6961331812698640384 |
urn:li:activity:6960957368738201600 | Worst interview trend?
The take home challenge thatโs supposed to be an hour or 2 but really takes the whole day.
As a junior developer without a lot of options, doing these challenges may be unavoidable.
Writing sorta good code wonโt do much to make you stand out either.
Youโd be shocked how far a unit test or 2 c... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 11,687 | 11,687 | 85 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.009926 | null | 2022-08-04 07:04:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6960957368738201600 |
urn:li:activity:6960591911497715713 | Some uncomfortable truths for software engineers:
- You, not your company, is ultimately responsible for your growth as a developer
- You may be really good at writing code but if youโre unpleasant to work with you will have a hard time getting promoted
- Shipping code fast is almost always better than shipping code... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 22,359 | 22,359 | 194 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0.010644 | null | 2022-08-03 06:56:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6960591911497715713 |
urn:li:activity:6960292423121993728 | #juniordeveloper,
As I am searching for my next role, I go through a certain process when trying to find my next great role.
Here it is:
I apply to positions where I meet at least 65%ish of the job description (JD). If it is a junior or โentry-levelโ role I apply. There are two options that will occur once you appl... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 264 | 264 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.143939 | #juniordeveloper,,#developer/,#juniorengineer?,#javascript ,#technical | 2022-08-02 11:11:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6960292423121993728 |
urn:li:activity:6960236288679542784 | Your technical skills will get you hired. Your leadership skills and influence will get you promoted.
How can you expand your influence on a software engineering team?
- Write great peer reviews (๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ)
- Onboard new mem... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,041 | 6,041 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.011753 | null | 2022-08-02 07:23:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6960236288679542784 |
urn:li:activity:6959860412615970816 | I was trying to BS my way through an interview when the interviewer cut me short.
Thank God.
โI donโt think really think this is a good use of our time.โ
He was right and honestly I was relieved.
The job was for a NodeJS position and at the time I had never used it ๐คซ.
I was new to tech and thought if I just stru... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,481 | 7,481 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.008822 | null | 2022-08-01 06:30:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6959860412615970816 |
urn:li:activity:6958828417853140992 | A mentee in my program had 10 interviews this week!
I asked him: โOut of all these these interviews, how many trees did you have to traverse? How many linked lists did you reverse? How many graphs got Djikstraโd?
He thought for a whileโฆ
โMaybe 1โ
Experience has taught me that unless you are FAANG bound, studying on... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 8,271 | 8,271 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.008584 | null | 2022-07-29 10:11:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6958828417853140992 |
urn:li:activity:6958427811560783872 | Theย average number of interviews before getting aย job offerย is 2โ3.
Iโm gonna bully you into interviewing until you give in.
Seriously, I want you to realize that failing an interviewโฆ or 5 is the price of entry to a new career or a new role.
Iโm not asking you to get over the fear. Iโm asking you to accept it and ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 8,388 | 8,388 | 73 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.011326 | null | 2022-07-28 07:43:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6958427811560783872 |
urn:li:activity:6958056356805296128 | There are 5 types of front-end interviews youโre going to encounter as a JS developer:
- Build a component that fetches some data from an API and displays it
- Extend the functionality from your take home app
- JS trivia including closure, this, event loop, event queue and promises
- Debug this broken app (usually Rea... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 15,058 | 15,058 | 147 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.010958 | #softwareengineering ,#coding ,#juniordeveloper ,#frontenddeveloper ,#javascript | 2022-07-27 06:59:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6958056356805296128 |
urn:li:activity:6957700485545918464 | Thereโs more in common with getting in shape and learning to code than you might think.
Both teach:
Growth mindset - our body, like our mind is not fixed or limited.
Humility - there is always somebody better than you. Learning a new programming language or lifting a larger weight will keep you humble.
Delayed gra... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,651 | 7,651 | 71 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0.012025 | null | 2022-07-26 07:25:57 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6957700485545918464 |
urn:li:activity:6957320804585922560 | Spicy advice: donโt highlight the fact you are a junior developer.
Market yourself as a developer - drop โjuniorโ or โaspiringโ from your profile.
Why would a potential employer need to know this?
If anything, it gives them another mental hurdle to clear before even meeting you to assess your junior-ness.
They thin... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 18,371 | 18,371 | 147 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0.010723 | #softwaredeveloper ,#juniordeveloper ,#engineering ,#frontenddeveloper ,#bootcamp ,#techjobs | 2022-07-25 06:16:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6957320804585922560 |
urn:li:activity:6956625045288873984 | Last week I sent out a challenge to a few hundred developers:
Basically, create a form, with NO framework and have it handle some events and conditions.
I give this same challenge to the developers I work with in my mentoring program.
Some people fly through it while others struggleโฆ a lot.
It can be eye opening.
... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 5,834 | 5,834 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.010285 | null | 2022-07-23 08:27:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6956625045288873984 |
urn:li:activity:6956255332922785792 | Could there be a worse time to learn to code? Iโd been sober for a couple months, had a newborn and a small child to take care of and was doing ride share part time.
It wasnโt like I was some computer whiz either. I didnโt own a computer through college or as an adult. I had just discovered Codecademy.com and was basi... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,352 | 6,352 | 78 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0.015428 | null | 2022-07-22 07:53:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6956255332922785792 |
urn:li:activity:6955904056154296321 | Despite my best efforts, I canโt stop you front end devs from grinding the LeetCodes.
I mean, I kinda get it. If nothing else, it will build your confidence and teach you some important fundamentals.
Studying 100 representative problems just isnโt enough though. You need to be able to find patterns. When do you DFS r... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 10,158 | 10,158 | 72 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0.010337 | null | 2022-07-21 08:26:30 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6955904056154296321 |
urn:li:activity:6955149189651591168 | What most aspiring developers do:
- Build 100 small trivial apps
- Chase shiny frameworks
- Follow paint by numbers tutorials
- Marathon study/coding sessions
- Look for junior developer jobs
What you should do:
- Build 1 or 2 interesting and complex apps and deploy them to the web
- Double down on the fundamentals ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 33,660 | 33,660 | 326 | 41 | 14 | 0 | 0.011319 | null | 2022-07-19 06:34:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6955149189651591168 |
urn:li:activity:6954779775349522432 | Are you a framework developer?
I was. For quite a while actually.
So what does that mean exactly?
Well, for me that meant that I lacked a lot of the core fundamentals needed to understand Javascript. The framework, AngularJS at the time, was an abstraction I didnโt just leverage but depended on to be useful.
I did... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 12,403 | 12,403 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0.00774 | #javascript ,#frontenddevelopment ,#juniordeveloper ,#vanillajs | 2022-07-18 06:14:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6954779775349522432 |
urn:li:activity:6953716193186783232 | How did our team adopt a culture of unit testing and go from 0 front end tests -> ~50% coverage?
Slowly at first.
Of course, there were some myths to expose:
- We donโt have time
- Our front end apps arenโt that complex
- Isnโt that what QA is for?
- Is it really worth it?
After overcoming some of the initial appre... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 2,449 | 2,449 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.009392 | #reactjs ,#javascript ,#unittesting ,#unittest ,#juniordeveloper | 2022-07-15 07:42:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6953716193186783232 |
urn:li:activity:6953338613422055424 | I donโt think thereโs anything wrong with copying and pasting code from Stack Overflow.
We all do it.
I DO think there is something wrong if you copy and paste code which you donโt understand.
It works!
Yeah, but how?
What happens when it breaks?
Imagine a doctor, cutting a patient apart and inserting a foreign o... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,429 | 3,429 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.011957 | null | 2022-07-14 06:26:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6953338613422055424 |
urn:li:activity:6953085302638850048 | So recently I was working with a developer who is at the tail end of a 6 month long bootcamp.
They were working on a full stack app using a pretty standard tech stack including AWS, Node/Express, MongoDB and ReactJS.
We were digging into an issue with an API call. The arguments were sent in a shape that the API did n... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 19,388 | 19,388 | 177 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0.011192 | null | 2022-07-13 13:48:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6953085302638850048 |
urn:li:activity:6952983140780974080 | When my code didnโt work
Beginner me:
- Blamed the user
- Tried it on my machineโฆ look it works
- Blamed the previous dev
- I don't usually use this language
- I hate this framework
Not so beginner me:
- Ooh, I really messed up something
#softwareengineer #juniordeveloper #javascript #techcareer | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,658 | 5,658 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.009367 | #softwareengineer ,#juniordeveloper ,#javascript ,#techcareer | 2022-07-13 07:12:23 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6952983140780974080 |
urn:li:activity:6952611952896458752 | Only half of programming is coding. The other 90% is debugging. ๐ค
Debugging JS code in the browser is fairly straightforward:
Debuggers, console logsโฆ hitting refresh and praying.
Investigating bugs in a Node/ExpressJS presents a different set of challenges however since you canโt leverage the browser API.
So youโ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,329 | 9,329 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.008683 | #javascript ,#coding ,#software ,#nodejs ,#juniordeveloper | 2022-07-12 06:19:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6952611952896458752 |
urn:li:activity:6952612012027785217 | Only half of programming is coding. The other 90% is debugging. ๐ค
Debugging JS code in the browser is fairly straightforward:
Debuggers, console logsโฆ hitting refresh and praying.
Investigating bugs in a Node/ExpressJS presents a different set of challenges however since you canโt leverage the browser API.
So youโ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,889 | 3,889 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002314 | #javascript ,#coding ,#software ,#nodejs ,#juniordeveloper | 2022-07-12 06:19:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6952612012027785217 |
urn:li:activity:6952251499368378368 |
Me, somewhere shady in Oakland, CA as a teen. Spitting raps as my friend, the famous, inimitable Kali worked the boards.
Software engineer? I didnโt even know what the hell they did back then.
I wanted to be a rapper, and no, I will not share my rap moniker ๐
.
If I had known about coding back then would I have bee... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 7,104 | 7,104 | 90 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.017455 | null | 2022-07-11 06:30:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6952251499368378368 |
urn:li:activity:6951196201304150016 | Still using 128 console logs in your code to debug #javascript code?
Thereโs a better way my friend:
Iโm actually a little shocked more developers arenโt aware of the debugger keyword or how to set breakpoints in their code.
For me, this technique has saved me during some gnarly on-call shifts and helped me to diagn... | EXTERNAL_VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 5,942 | 5,942 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0.013632 | #javascript ,#frontenddeveloper ,#juniordeveloper ,#debugging | 2022-07-08 08:51:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6951196201304150016 |
urn:li:activity:6951196455604801538 | Still using 128 console logs in your code to debug #javascript code?
Thereโs a better way my friend:
Iโm actually a little shocked more developers arenโt aware of the debugger keyword or how to set breakpoints in their code.
For me, this technique has saved me during some gnarly on-call shifts and helped me to diagn... | EXTERNAL_VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 139 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.014388 | #javascript ,#frontenddeveloper ,#juniordeveloper ,#debugging | 2022-07-08 08:51:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6951196455604801538 |
urn:li:activity:6950438189044039680 | At the end of an interview, inevitably, they ask - So, do you have any questions?
The worst questions Iโve heard:
- Nah.ย
- When will I know if I got the job?
- How did I do?
Seriously.
Here are my favorite 5 questions to ask at the end of an interview:
- Can you walk me through your deployment process?
- What is ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 44,708 | 44,708 | 277 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0.007493 | null | 2022-07-06 06:27:15 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6950438189044039680 |
urn:li:activity:6950072176314118145 | 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 | 31,677 | 31,677 | 286 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0.010134 | #juniordeveloper ,#softwareengineer ,#javascript | 2022-07-05 06:21:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6950072176314118145 |
urn:li:activity:6948628861576257537 | When I talk to junior developers, there are a couple concepts I consistently hear that confuse or intimidate the majority of them:
1. Redux
2. Webpack
Each of these technologies took me a long time to wrap my head around. The learning curve is steep.
I know there are a lot of alternatives to them too. Zustand, Snow... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 22,419 | 22,419 | 125 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0.007137 | #juniordeveloper ,#javascript ,#reduxjs ,#softwareengineer | 2022-07-01 06:35:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6948628861576257537 |
urn:li:activity:6948628910796419074 | When I talk to junior developers, there are a couple concepts I consistently hear that confuse or intimidate the majority of them:
1. Redux
2. Webpack
Each of these technologies took me a long time to wrap my head around. The learning curve is steep.
I know there are a lot of alternatives to them too. Zustand, Snow... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 1,964 | 1,964 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001527 | #juniordeveloper ,#javascript ,#reduxjs ,#softwareengineer | 2022-07-01 06:35:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6948628910796419074 |
urn:li:activity:6948303324311937024 | You ever bought a used car?
If so, did you pay the exact price listed in the ad?
Or did you haggle a bit? Was there an implicit expectation when the author of the ad wrote โOBOโ (or best offer) that the final price would be lower than the asking?
Think of salary negotiations the same way.
With few exceptions, the i... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 1,898 | 1,898 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.006322 | null | 2022-06-30 08:57:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6948303324311937024 |
urn:li:activity:6947971984479703040 | Ever sit down to pair with someone and they have zero control of their code editor?
That was me for longer than I'd like to admit ๐
Years ago, one very senior developer politely asked me to get a better hang on using my code editor before we paired again. It was a bit embarrassing for me as I had been using VS Code ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,044 | 3,044 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.012155 | null | 2022-06-29 11:10:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6947971984479703040 |
urn:li:activity:6947889633871478784 | Maybe youโre afraid of posting on LinkedInโฆ honestly, me too sometimes.
What will they think?
Do I know enough?
1. Who cares
2. Yes, you doย
Give others that are just behind you the benefit of your experience.
You may have some insight to shorten their path towards their goal or at least something they can relate ... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 971 | 971 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.008239 | null | 2022-06-29 05:43:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6947889633871478784 |
urn:li:activity:6947177075401261057 | My interview tech stack for front end interviews:
- Pramp.com for live practice with a human (FREE)
- AlgoExpert's frontendexpert.io for practical JS problems
- Alex Xu's books and more recently ByteByteGo for system design
- Glassdoor and teamblind.com for company research
- Blind 75 https://lnkd.in/guEs9s5V
- My las... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 5,351 | 5,351 | 68 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0.015137 | null | 2022-06-27 06:48:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6947177075401261057 |
urn:li:activity:6946832408197427200 | I get on here and write a lot about code and career advice to attract customers and hopefully offer some insight that may help you on your JS journey.
I typically shy away from current topics or any political discourse but in case you were wondering or cared - I support a woman's rights to choose what she does with he... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,277 | 3,277 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.008239 | null | 2022-06-26 07:38:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6946832408197427200 |
urn:li:activity:6946104401946185728 | Forget good advice.
Ever had some really good criticism? Lord knows I have. And itโs not always funโฆ in fact itโs never fun.
It can be embarrassing. Crushing.
It can also be incredibly useful. A catalyst for growth.
Here are the most impactful criticisms Iโve received over the years as a software engineer:
- You ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,211 | 2,211 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00995 | null | 2022-06-24 07:19:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6946104401946185728 |
urn:li:activity:6945346696256118784 | Iโll be honest - I donโt think Iโve ever fully made it through a Udemy coding course.
Iโm not bashing Udemy either. Iโve gotten a lot out of these half-finished tutorials.
In fact, Iโve intentionally not finished many of them.
At worst, a Udemy course can be a paint-by-numbers exercise. They code, you watch and then... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,641 | 6,641 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.014154 | null | 2022-06-22 05:13:28 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6945346696256118784 |
urn:li:activity:6944985944257159168 | Habits > Goal setting.
Try habit stacking.
About 8 years ago I stopped drinking and realized I had a lot of time on my hands and a couple decades worth of bad habits.
I started coding.ย
About an hour or so a day before work. More on the weekends.
Got hired.ย
Realized I kinda sucked at writing code.
Picked up rea... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,852 | 5,852 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.012133 | null | 2022-06-21 05:33:26 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944985944257159168 |
urn:li:activity:6944441029102100480 | Youโre not going to learn recursion from memorizing Fibonacci toy problems.
Recursion is notoriously difficult for developers to understand and has tanked me in more than a few interviews.
While doing the phone screen for Meta, years ago, I was given a challenge to take a stringย that contains only digits and an integ... | EXTERNAL_VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 2,590 | 2,590 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.010811 | null | 2022-06-19 17:21:33 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944441029102100480 |
urn:li:activity:6943954226846846976 | Instead of learning solutions of LeetCode questions, understand patterns! ๐
For ex.
If input array is sorted then
- Binary search
- Two pointers
If asked for all permutations/subsets then
- Backtracking
If given a tree then
- DFS
- BFS
If given a graph then
- DFS
- BFS
If given a linked list then
- Two pointers... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 148 | 148 | 4,113 | 200 | 159 | 0 | 30.216216 | null | 2022-06-18 09:05:14 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6943954226846846976 |
urn:li:activity:6943560172212551680 | Ex drug dealer. Ex convict. Ex cashier.
Iโve met people from each group who now work as developers, scientists and in higher education.ย
Funny thing is, you wouldnโt know from looking at their LinkedIn profile that they have amazing and often salacious stories. In fact they often go to great lengths to hide this part... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,191 | 6,191 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.015345 | null | 2022-06-17 06:56:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6943560172212551680 |
urn:li:activity:6943192562941775872 | 99% of bootcamp grads I see make these same mistakes:
- Letting their GitHub contributions nosedive immediately after graduating
- Waiting too long to interview or letting that first rejection stop their interview momentum
- Not writing code on a daily basis
Too much reliance on structured learning.
Not enough con... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 39,883 | 39,883 | 400 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 0.011584 | null | 2022-06-16 06:31:43 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6943192562941775872 |
urn:li:activity:6942826043846144000 | Unit tests?ย
We just donโt have the time.
Now letโs manually test these 10 separate scenarios.
Oh and these edge cases.
Rats! Not quite right yet.
I think weโre not checking the condition when a user is only partially logged inโฆ or partially logged outโฆ. partially.
๐ค
Looks like we need to re-check all those sce... | EXTERNAL_VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 2,235 | 2,235 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.013423 | null | 2022-06-15 06:50:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6942826043846144000 |
urn:li:activity:6942104667275370496 | Spoke to around 20 developers this month who are having trouble with interviewing or feeling stuck in their career. From FAANG engineers to those just getting started.
Here are 5 lessons I learned from these 20 calls:
1. Everyone suffers from impostor syndrome. Yes, even the FAANG engineers.
2. Closure comes up a lo... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 53,059 | 53,059 | 460 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0.009499 | null | 2022-06-13 06:45:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6942104667275370496 |
urn:li:activity:6940657639580200960 | Writing code as a profession certainly isnโt all flexibility, big bags and unlimited vacation.
The stress is real.
At one company, we had a particularly stressful on-call rotation which included frequent 5AM PagerDuty alerts and more than a couple sleepless nights to fix critical issues.
Ask any developer for a horr... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,241 | 2,241 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.010263 | null | 2022-06-09 06:43:43 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6940657639580200960 |
urn:li:activity:6940293535397007360 | Whatโs the biggest difference between the developers Iโve met who were hired and those who werenโt?
I think about this pretty often and over the years Iโve worked with well over 100 developers while teaching at bootcamps or via 1 on 1 mentoring (link in my about section ๐).
I was shocked to see some under-performers... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 7,188 | 7,188 | 66 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0.012243 | null | 2022-06-08 06:42:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6940293535397007360 |
urn:li:activity:6939925410533031936 | I can think of 2 straightforward ways to have your take-home-assessment project stand out:
Write unit tests
Write a solid README that includes a recording of you walking through the functionality (I personally like to use Loom)
I am not a fan of the take home project-as-interview - they are too time consuming for the... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,448 | 2,448 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.012255 | null | 2022-06-07 06:09:21 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6939925410533031936 |
urn:li:activity:6938231487758561280 | Haven't we all felt like this?
Am I the only one who doesn't know [x]?
I can't speak about [y] - I might sound like a fool.
[z] person probably knows this way better than I do.
Besides his amazing books on JS - one of the most impactful takeaways from Kyle Simpson for me, has been to learn in public, admit when I d... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 716 | 716 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.006983 | null | 2022-06-02 13:54:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6938231487758561280 |
urn:li:activity:6938130868976705537 | One of the developers I mentor just landed his dream role!
A not-so-suprising takeaway from his experience going through the interview process:
Writing unit tests can make you stand out.
For his take home project, he added unit tests to a ReactJS app as well as the backend.ย
The interviewers mentioned the fact he i... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 5,109 | 5,109 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.013701 | null | 2022-06-02 07:15:03 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6938130868976705537 |
urn:li:activity:6937750629243138048 | My biggest fear when interviewing?ย
Maybe yours too.
I walk into the room. White board just sitting there, looking all smug.
Interviewer strolls in, carbonated water in hand.
Asks question I have NO freaking clue how to answer.
He sits there, bewildered.ย
โYou mean to tell me you donโt know [this thing you should... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 6,210 | 6,210 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0.008374 | null | 2022-06-01 06:04:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6937750629243138048 |
urn:li:activity:6937034502087065601 | Recursion as a lazy guy in a movie theatre:
Lazy guy wants to know how many rows are in front of him.
Heโs smart - but lazy. He knows that he is 1 row further back than the guy in front of him.
A light bulb goes off.
He asks the lazy guy in front of him how many rows are in front of him.
This guy is also pretty l... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,422 | 9,422 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0.008597 | null | 2022-05-30 06:38:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6937034502087065601 |
urn:li:activity:6936038412118351872 | Will you use DS/A on the job? Probably not.
Should you learn it anyway? Yeah.
As a late bloomer coder from a very non-tech background (I didn't own a laptop until well into my mid 20's) - algos and data structures intimidated the hell out of me.
I spent money, time and lots of effort to get proficient. What did I ge... | EXTERNAL_VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 1,873 | 1,873 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.014415 | null | 2022-05-27 12:40:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6936038412118351872 |
urn:li:activity:6935275704871792640 | Today just feels weird. In a really awful way.
I drop my kids off at school.
At work, coding. As usual, I've retreated to my code hole. My little logical universe. A layer of insulation from a world which seems increasingly more volatile, unpredictable.
Back to back massacres in different parts of the US just weeks... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 2,353 | 2,353 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.008925 | null | 2022-05-25 10:09:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6935275704871792640 |
urn:li:activity:6935222839948062721 | How did I become a Senior Software Engineer?
Well, I kinda just asked.
I mean, I also got offered a role at another company at a senior level. I was at mid-level during this time.ย
I spoke to my manager and let him know I would be leaving for greener pastures.
Wait? What? Arenโt you happy here?
Well, yeah, I repli... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 9,922 | 9,922 | 105 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.011792 | null | 2022-05-25 06:39:35 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6935222839948062721 |
urn:li:activity:6934854025058140161 | The problem with learning ReactJS before Javascript:
So here I was, doing a mock interview and the intervieweeย is attempting to implement the publish subscriber pattern.
No framework. Just plain old JS.
To their surprise, useState was not available within a Javascript objectโฆ oops. The majority of the interview was ... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 463 | 463 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.008639 | null | 2022-05-24 06:14:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6934854025058140161 |
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