Dear new developer, I've been surprised by how often I get a response from people I consider "famous". A few examples. Brad Feld, a well known venture capitalist, was willing to do a sixty minute AMA for the Boulder Ruby group. (If you want to watch the video, it was recorded.)I asked a question of … Continue reading Make the ask
This is a guest post from an anonymous FAANG engineer. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, In 2020, one question lurks in all of our minds: What the hell is going on? And yet, for many of us, life not only goes on, it presents exciting new opportunities. Towards the end of 2019, after six years of … Continue reading Interviewing at a FAANG in the Midst of COVID
This is a guest post from Shawn Wang aka swyx. Enjoy. Dear new developer, If there's a golden rule to learning, it's this one. You already know that you will never be done learning. But most people "learn in private", and lurk. They consume content without creating any themselves. Again, that's fine, but we're here … Continue reading Learn in public
This is a guest post from Karl Hughes. Enjoy. Dear new developer, I was in your shoes in 2011. I was finishing up a degree in mechanical engineering that I would never use and looking for a way to join a startup as a software developer. Maybe it was the entrepreneur in me, and maybe … Continue reading Your network increases optionality
Letters To A New Developer 