RRU 020: How to Get a Job (Especially for New Developers) with Charles Max Wood
In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk about finding a job as a developer. Charles is getting ready to release a course on finding a job and he finds that he is always getting asked about how new developers can find a job. They talk about how they all found their first coder job, picking your target company, and understanding what you want in a job. They also touch on Charles’ upcoming course, the importance of showing initiative, and more!
Show Notes
Panel:
- Charles Max Wood
- Lucas Reis
- Sia Karamalegos
In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk about finding a job as a developer. Charles is getting ready to release a course on finding a job and he finds that he is always getting asked about how new developers can find a job. They talk about how they all found their first coder job, picking your target company, and understanding what you want in a job. They also touch on Charles’ upcoming course, the importance of showing initiative, and more!
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
- Sign up to chat with Charles at DevChat.tv/15Minutes
- Why they want to touch on this topic
- Get used to failure
- CodeSchool
- Hack Night meetup
- Going to meetups to slowly start networking
- Making friends with developers in your community
- Networking before you need a job
- Learning and helping mindset
- Don’t be afraid to ask if people are hiring
- How did you figure out what your target company was?
- Checking out the culture of a company
- Understanding the travel involved
- Figure out what you like in a job as you go
- Always be looking at your portfolio and resume
- Gain as much experience as you can everywhere you go
- Stick to learning one language/system
- Really master the languages/systems of the company you want to uses
- Show initiative
- Finding a champion at your target company
- And much, much more!
Links:
- DevChat.tv/15Minutes
- CodeSchool
- Hack Night meetup
- Charles’ Course
- How to interview your interviewers blog post
- Ruby Rogues Episode 184
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Charles
Lucas
Sia
- Family
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