This is a guest post from Jeff Beard, lightly edited. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, Preparing for a university job fair or similar recruiting event is very important if you want to make an impression that results in a phone screen. A hiring manager and their recruiters receive an enormous number of contacts and resumes from … Continue reading Preparing for a recruiting event
This is a guest post from Cara Borenstein. Enjoy. Dear new developer, A couple of years ago, I started my first job in Silicon Valley. I was a junior software engineer at a fast-moving company and I was so excited to have the opportunity to learn. I worked hard. I looked up terms I wasn’t … Continue reading You know more than you think
This is a guest post from Morgan Whaley, lightly edited. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Honestly my #1 piece of career or technical advice to new developers is: Be adaptable and authentic. I don’t think there is any one magic bullet to helping someone “break into” a job, or business, or new city. Humans are all … Continue reading Be Adaptable and Authentic
This is a guest post from Jenna Quindica. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, I didn't learn how to program until I was 18; in fact, I didn't know about computer science the concept until I was 18. It is never too late to start learning how to code. In the beginning I struggled the most with … Continue reading It is never too late to start learning how to code
This is a guest post from Kim Schlesinger. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, I know you worked hard to get where you are. You are self-taught, you earned a degree in computer science, or you graduated from a coding bootcamp, and your hard work helped you master the skills required to be a ‘junior’ developer. (I … Continue reading How to Develop Expert Intuition
This is a guest post from Tae Kim. Enjoy. Heyo! So you’ve entered the world of… development? Software engineering? Programming? Coding? So many words for the same thing! I usually stick with “Software Engineering” for the resume because that sounds the fanciest, and fancy === money. But when my friends or family ask, I say … Continue reading Start the conversation
This is a guest post from Josh Thompson. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, You know that there's a chasm between your skill level and that of the mythical "senior software developer". If you build a list of topics you encounter on your job that, if learned to a deep enough level, would put you on the … Continue reading Cultivate the Skill of Undivided Attention, or “Deep Work”
This is a guest post from Cierra Nease. Enjoy. Dear new developer, “Failures” as a new developer are plenty -- but you might be asking, why is “failures” in quotes? To fail something is dependent upon one’s perspective. The only true failure is to quit working towards success. Every failure brings a small success in … Continue reading Don’t be afraid to “fail”
This is a guest post from Dave Mayer. Enjoy. Dear New Dev- After 22 years of 'production level' experience in the real world, I'm writing to share three mantras that have led to more happiness and more success for us. To be clear, these are DAILY mantras. Not weekly, not monthly, not annually. Daily. They … Continue reading Three Mantras to Live By
This is a guest post from Andrew Rondeau. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, Don’t show up an a new job and immediately try to change the tabbing and/or bracing style. This is especially important if the codebase you work on has a very consistent style that all of the other developers follow. Why? Tabbing and bracing … Continue reading Don’t try to change the tabbing / bracing style
Letters To A New Developer 