This is a guest post from Jamie Tanna. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Our jobs and lives are full of repetition, and one of the beauties of being developers is that we can take steps to automate away some of the repetition. Learning to automate, or at least minimise, repetition optimises your work. You can get … Continue reading Learn how to build tools
This is a guest post from Aaron Kardell. Enjoy. Dear new developer, I’m enjoying the season I’m in. That’s the simple phrase I find myself conveying to others lately. I have 21 years of post-college professional experience. Except for a handful of short-term consulting gigs, all of that has been working on something I founded … Continue reading Enjoy the Season You’re In
This is a guest post from Dewan Ahmed. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Are you trying to find your first job in IT? Are you trying to switch to a better (paying) tech job? If you have tried to reach out to a professional on LinkedIn for networking, you know that the response rate is often … Continue reading MeetUps – an underrated tech job board
This is a guest post from Kathleen Hunt. Enjoy. Dear new developer, I have eight years of experience in career, professional, and workforce development. I’ve designed and taught curricula for three different companies/institutions, coached hundreds of individuals 1:1, reviewed thousands of resumes, and spoken with dozens of hiring managers over the years. I’ve helped 19-year-olds … Continue reading How To Get A Job
This is a guest post from Chad R. Stewart. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, It’s very easy to think that Software Engineering is solely about writing code and knowing tools. For the first few years of your career, you’ll likely be evaluated mainly on the code you produce. But trust me when I say, the relationships … Continue reading Relationships matter, please build relationships
This is a guest post from Kiah Imani. Enjoy. Dear new developer, There are a lot of things that I wish I had known during my first year as a software developer. If I could go back and give my younger self some advice, here is what I would tell her. Join a developer community … Continue reading No developer is an island: Getting help as a new developer
Dear new developer, I ran across this tweet a while ago: If there was only one piece of advice that I wish I had known early in my career as a software dev is that understanding people is more important than understanding tech, by a long shot. Jose Villalta, AWS engineer I agree wholeheartedly. Why? … Continue reading Understanding People Matters More Than Understanding Tech
This is a guest post from Hannah Seligson. Enjoy. Dear developer, Speaking up was something I always struggled with during my career as an engineer. Speaking up during sprint planning meetings, speaking up when requirements were given with little detail, and speaking up when I felt stumped and didn’t know how to move forward. Asking … Continue reading Speak Up And Make Space For Others
This is a guest post from Rachel Kroll, lightly edited. Enjoy. Dear new developer, I worked for a web hosting company that had a dubious history of keeping spammers around far too long. Then while I was there, they had the so-called "adware" vendor. They got mad if you called it "spyware". I honestly thought … Continue reading How To Avoid Working For Evil
Dear new developer, The title of this post is true. I've seen it done and done it myself. However, when I first started out, I saw the managers who hired me and thought "wow, they are the ones in charge; I want that!" Spoiler: I didn't. Common software development roles Let's define some common terms. … Continue reading It Is Possible To Progress In Your Career Without Managing People
Letters To A New Developer 