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 Minh Pham. Enjoy. Dear new developer, I want to start off by saying Congrats and Good job. If you're reading this, it's likely you know how to code - and even if you're still working on getting that first job, that means you have one of the most desirable … Continue reading Create Value for People
This is a guest post from Elise Shaffer. Enjoy. Dear New Developers, As I sit down to write this letter, I'm struck by the thought that I don't know you. You could be like me, a person who’s loved computers since she was nine years old and has taken every opportunity to learn more about … Continue reading Show up
Dear new developer, When I was starting out, I thought that software development was all about code. After all, that was the main thing I was working on. Well, maybe not the main thing, as I needed to know what code to write, how to interface with other code, what was the problem being solved, … Continue reading Software is about people, not code
Letters To A New Developer 