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S12:E1 - What is vanilla JS and how can it help you (Chris Ferdinandi)
In this episode, we talk about about vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi, author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, and creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program. Chris talks about how he went from HR professional to JavaScript expert, the pros of getting rid of all that tooling and learning good old fashion vanilla JS, and why this is relevant, not only from a personal perspective, but from a public safety perspective as well. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Vanilla JS Academy Vanilla JavaScript Pocket Guides CSS HTML PHP Stack Overflow WordPress JavaScript Framework React Vue Angular JSX jQuery virtual DOM (VDOM) Preact hyper(HTML) Svelte gzip GitHub MeetSpace Stephanie's Design and Technical Musings Go Make Things: Daily Developer Tips Wes Bos Courses Learn Vanilla JS gomakethings.com/codenewbie PAWS New England
S11:E8 - How to not let imposter syndrome hold you back (Allen Whearry)
In this episode, we’re talking about tackling imposter syndrome and succeeding, with Allen Whearry, software engineer at Yelp. Allen talks about his strategy for teaching himself to code, conquering his self-doubt, and how after applying for job after job, he finally landed a position at Yelp. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Impostor syndrome Object-oriented programming Ruby Python (programming language) Full Stack React Angular JavaScript Pyramid Django (web framework) Front and back ends Objective-C Swift Big Nerd Ranch TestFlight Stanford CS193P iOS 11 Swift 4 Sean Allen Paul Hudson Ray Wenderlich
S11:E7 - Why site reliability is so important (Molly Struve)
In this episode, we're talking about site reliability with Molly Struve, lead site reliability engineer at DEV Community. Molly talks about going from studying aerospace engineering, to becoming an options trader, to then becoming a site reliability engineer. She gets into the history of site reliability, what it is, and what it takes to do it well. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Site Reliability Engineering DEV Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails Water Cooler Meetings LinkedIn Hacker News Aisle50 Kenna Security Elasticsearch Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems DevOps
S11:E6 - What are the pros and cons of working in civic tech (Aidan Feldman)
In this episode, we’re talking about civic tech with Aidan Feldman, Technology Director at General Service Administration’s Technology Transformation Services. We get into the pros and cons, and hurdles and hoops of working in civic tech, as well as the skills you need if you want a career in it. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) C++ 18F COBOL Mainframe U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Data.gov Cloud.gov Login.gov Python Open source Code for America
S11:E5 - Why defining your narrative arc is important to getting hired (Caitlin Cooke)
In this episode, we’re talking about getting hired with Caitlin Cooke, former VP of HR at Nava, and current Career Mentor at Pathrise. We get into the difference between getting hired in tech as opposed to other types of industries, the different steps to step up your interviewing, including creating a “behavioral matrix,” and the pipeline strategy of the job search process, including when to do cold emails and when to use a wide spread approach to send out your applications. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Pathrise GitHub GitHub Accenture Freddie Mac LinkedIn React Trello Airtable Boolean Search Glassdoor Karel the Robot Learns Java Java
S11:E4 - How to get into game development (Jonathan Jennings)
In this episode, we’re talking about game development with Jonathan Jennings, software engineer at RelayCars. We get into how he got into game design, the struggles of learning to code, and what it takes to be a successful game designer. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) RelayCars DeVry University NBA 2K Resident Evil Open GL DirectX 3ds Max Flash Temple Run Angry Birds Unity Virtual reality (VR) Augmented reality (AR) C# Unreal Engine C++ JavaScript Newgrounds Game engine Particle system GameMaker Studio Godot Engine Facebook Instant Games Pong Breakout X Reality (XR) Mixed reality Gamasutra Thunder Jack's Log Runner
S11:E3 - Why apprenticeships are important for equality, diversity, and inclusion (Ryan Carson)
In this episode, we talk about the necessity of coding apprenticeships in making the tech world a more diverse and inclusive place, with Ryan Carson, CEO and founder of Treehouse. He talks about the limitations of the pure bootcamp model and how apprenticeship programs can lead to real change in terms of equality, diversity, and inclusion. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Treehouse Apple IIe Zork Turbo Pascal Graphical User Interface (GUI) HTML Netscape Navigator AltaVista C++ ColdFusion The New Jim Crow Seeing White Treehouse Techdegree Agile software development Stand-up Full Stack JavaScript PHP How to Win Friends and Influence People PalmPilot
S11:E2 - Why all developers should understand the basics of testing (Angie Jones)
In this episode, we’re talking about testing code with Angie Jones, Senior Developer Advocate at Applitools, and former Senior Software Engineer in Test at Twitter. Angie talks about how she got into testing, some of the testing and problems she had to solve while working at Twitter, and why all developers should understand the basics of testing. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Applitools C++ Test automation Java Software widget Library Heuristic Pair programming Faker Application programming interface (API) Boolean expression Test Automation Frameworks Codebase Unit testing UI (User interface) Code review Test Automation University JavaScript Debugging React Ministry of Testing Conditional For loop Data structure Language-agnostic
S11:E1 - Why ethics and contributor behavior matters in open source (Coraline Ada Ehmke)
In this episode, we're talking about ethics in open source with Coraline Ada Ehmke, software developer, and creator of the Contributor Covenant, as well as the Hippocratic License. Coraline talks about her coding journey, open source, licenses, and how and why it’s important to create an ethical framework for those licenses. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Mainframe computer TRS-80 Byte (magazine) C (programming language) The Hippocratic License Free software movement The Open Source Definition Open Source Initiative Open Source License PHP GNU General Public License The MIT License Universal Declaration of Human Rights Contributor Covenant MUSH Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
S10:E8 - What you should look for in online coding courses (Colt Steele)
With the explosion of coding bootcamps, video courses, and other resources for coding, it can be tough for somebody starting out to cut the wheat from the chaff. We chat with Colt Steele, Colt Steele, developer and bootcamp instructor at Udemy, about his winding road to becoming a coder, what makes a good course, and the best way to find and learn from them. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Git TypeScript Vue React Coursera Khan Academy Burning Man NYU: ITP Physical Computing LEGO MINDSTORMS Udemy Python (programming language) Node Angular jQuery JavaScript Udacity Java (programming language) Parallax Inc
S10:E7 - Why you should learn to speak machine (John Maeda)
We chat with John Maeda, Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient, about his journey into combining art and technology, going from working in academia to silicon valley, and his new book, “How to Speak Machine: Laws of Design For a Computational Age.” Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Design in Tech Report WordPress STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) Square RISD: Rhode Island School of Design Kleiner Perkins Automattic Kickstarter Publicis Sapient
S10:E6 - How can we make the future of programming more inclusive? (Tim O'Reilly)
We chat with Tim O'Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media, about what we’re doing wrong and what we’re doing right with teaching programming today, and how we need to make coding more inclusive for more than just career developers. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Osborne 1 dBase Harvard Business School Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) United States Digital Service Code for America JavaScript Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Graphical user interface Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! R (programming language) Jupyter Notebook C (programming language) Fortran AWK ed (text editor) ex (text editor) Make (magazine) O'Reilly Media GitHub Open Source Amazon Alexa Siri The Last Mile (prison rehabilitation program) NumPy Shell script Minecraft Python (programming language) Common Gateway Interface (CGI) HTML Unix Assembly language PEARL (programming language) sed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, Academic Edition
S10:E5 - How to be a good manager and a good employee (Lara Hogan)
You can be an amazing developer, but a terrible manager. We chat with Lara Hogan, former VP of Engineering at Kickstarter, co-founder of Wherewithall, a company that coaches and levels up managers, and author of the new bestselling book, Resilient Management, about her background going from web developer to manager, why becoming a manager isn’t necessarily a promotion, and some of the most important skills people need to not only be good managers, but in any supporting role. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) BASIC Dyn Kickstarter Etsy HTML Resilient Management Responsive web design Wherewithall
S10:E4 - Building a personal brand early in your development career (Amy Chen)
We chat with Amy Chen, systems software engineer at VMware and creator of the Amy Codes YouTube channel, about her career two years into being a professional developer, getting into coding for distributed systems, and the benefits of creating a personal brand. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Slack Go Virtual Machine Jessie Frazelle Rancher Labs Java (programming language) Amy Codes Docker Swarm Mesos Container Orchestration Ada Developers Academy Omegle Kubernetes
S10:E3 - How do you prepare for bootcamp and break into tech? (Ruben Harris)
We chat with Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma, and a man with bit of an unconventional background. He’s worked as an event organizer for athletes and celebrities, an investment banker, and professional cellist. We chat with him about how he broke into the startup world, his advice for people trying to do the same, and his app, Career Karma, a resource for people trying to find a coding community and preparing themselves for bootcamps. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Benedict Evans Newsletter Powderkeg Podcast The Learn to Code With Me Podcast Naval Podcast Breaking Into Startups Breaking Into Startups Y Combinator Career Karma StrictlyVC Social Capital Snippets The freeCodeCamp Podcast Software Engineering Daily Jocko Podcast #21DayCkChallenge App Academy