This is a guest blog post, lightly edited, from Josh Doody. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Let's talk about jobs. My first job I was 25, and I wanted to move my career along as quickly as possible. I had my first real job, and had gotten three raises and a promotion in only two and … Continue reading The best career advice I’ve ever gotten
Dear new developer, I remember the first month of my first job. I wasn't sure who was who, what was what or even why was why. It was hard to find tasks that I felt helped the team. I wasn't sure what words people used off-handedly meant. I'd read and re-read instructions, fearful that I … Continue reading Work through the first month of trepidation
Dear new developer, Joe Marshall has some interesting tips for new developers (he calls them "junior developers to be" but developer nomenclature is so broken that I prefer the term "new"). They are focused around finding a job (and Joe has a newsletter to help 🙂 ). They range from the simple: "Read coding interview … Continue reading Job hunting tips for new developers
Dear new developer, When you are starting at any company, you'll get a company address: dan@company.com. You'll want to use that for all company communications. You may have a personal email address: fuzzyguy@gmail.com (not my real personal email address 🙂 ). But as soon as you can, you'll want to get an external email address … Continue reading Get an external email address
Letters To A New Developer 