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How to remember everything you learn with Ali Spittel from Amazon Web Services
Ali has helped hundreds of new developers learn to code through her work as a lead bootcamp instructor and author. She’s an equally talented developer and teacher and In this episode, shares techniques and tips to help you better understand what you’re learning and make it stick once and for all!
Timestamps
- Introduction (00:00)
- How Ali got her first Junior Developer job (01:31)
- What Ali learned helping new programmers as a Lead Instructor at General Assembly (06:16)
- What you can learn from successful bootcamp students (07:51)
- How to know if you're ready to apply to jobs (11:28)
- Ali's experience as a hiring manager (11:39)
- Is the first programming language the hardest to learn? (15:38)
- How to remember everything you learn (21:34)
- How to escape tutorial hell (22:23)
- Should you hustle non-stop or take breaks? (28:15)
- Focused vs. diffused thinking (30:13)
- How Ali schedules time to learn on the job (31:16)
- Ali's progression to a Senior role and what Juniors should know about Seniors (33:39)
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