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Get out of your own way with Cameron Blackwood Apr 11, 2022

Cameron from The Coder Career joins me to tell his story of going from underpaid tech recruiter to an in demand software developer with multiple job offers at the end of each job search.

We go deep on the motivating factors for recruiters and how they are your best ally in a developer job search. Cameron shares his plans for The Coder Career and how he got himself out of tutorial hell and in to an awesome dev career.

Cameron can be found here:

Replacing StackOverflow Jobs with Mike Davies COO of Haystack Mar 28, 2022

Fast paced tech, entrepreneurship and dev talk with the COO and co-founder of Haystack app. We cover the life of a tech entrepreneur, unbundling the big job boards and how to break into the industry and land your first, elusive developer job.

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What is a Product Focussed Tech Entrepreneur? Matt Frawley Mar 14, 2022

Matt describes himself as a "Product Focussed Tech Entrepreneur" so we dive in to that and also talk about his journey from art student to pension administrator to full stack developer with multiple businesses and projects.

The books mentioned are:
Designing Data Intensive Applications
Phoenix Project
Clean Code
INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

You can find Matt on Instagram as @prag.matt.ic and on LinkedIn.
His two main projects are Associo and WingCard.

Into Web3 with Andrew Martin Feb 28, 2022

I sit down with web and mobile developer turned Web3 extraordinaire Andrew Martin to dive into the new and crazy world of NFTs, Blockchain and Crypto. Andrew lays out the path for a new developer to get into Web3 and explains the path he took.

Links:
BuildSpace Web3 Tutorial
Solidity Tutorial
Andrews NFT Project: Lemur Syndicate

The Cloud Is Not A Job with Lou Bichard Feb 14, 2022

Lou and I talk about all the ups and downs of life in cloud, all the positives, all the negatives and the work still left to do in this emerging and exciting area. Lou is very frank about the areas to improve and also discusses the mindset needed to transition in to the cloud world as an existing developer or new entrant to tech.

CareerSwitchToCoding.com
All The Code Instagram

Links from the episode:
OpenUpTheCloud.com
OpenUpTheCloud Instagram
Codingblocks.net
Off By None
Steve Yegge Google Platform Rant
Jeremy Daly Twitter Thread
Level Up In Tech Bootcamp

Web dev isn't going anywhere (with Yusuf Chowdhury) Feb 07, 2022

Yusuf Chowdhury joins me to talk about his journey to life as a professional web developer started and how after trying to drop computer science in high school, was persuaded to stay the course by an insightful teacher who could see something special in him.

We talk about computer science, leveraging social media to get a job, imposter syndrome, finding yourself as the only dev in a whole company on an internship and working for a company that has the best known jingle in the UK

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Sara Williams Newcastle University Oct 16, 2021

This episode I have a fabulous conversation with Sara Williams from Newcastle University careers service about the changing landscape of tech hiring, what you can do to stand out from the crowd and how universities are staying relevant in the age of YouTube and Bootcamps.

7. Waiter to Developer in 6 weeks: Jordan Barrand Aug 24, 2021

I interview Jordan during his second week as a junior developer and how he found a job so soon after setting out on his search.

6. Paramedic to Data Science - Eva from @girlsdotech Aug 17, 2021

This week I have an inspiring conversation with Eva about her journey from being a Paramedic, then fitness instructor to now a Data Scientist. Eva made a number of courageous decisions to create her new life, including moving to a country where she couldn’t speak the language to learn how to code. Eva can be found on Instagram as @girlsdotech.

5. Ciaran Burke Interview Aug 10, 2021

Ciaran and I discuss what his company does, the vast and hidden world of backend business software, what makes a good developer, how you can get his attention and why the world needs so many developers.

4. The Book and an AMA Aug 02, 2021

This week I focus on the successful launch of the Career Switch To Coding book on Product Hunt and 4 fantastic questions from followers of @allthecode on Instagram. The questions were: Congrats on the book launch! Any tips for anyone interested in writing and launching a book? From @pau.codes What’s your favourite language to work with? @takuyamats When should you start to apply? @developeradam What kind of responsibilities are junior iOS developers given?

3. Interview with Stuart Roper, career switcher and bootcamp graduate Jul 27, 2021

I sit down with Stuart to talk about the journey he took from his 15 year “temporary job” as a call centre manager to being a self taught developer and bootcamp graduate now working in a thriving UK e-commerce company as a full stack developer. We cover: Deciding to make the change. Financing the bootcamp. Transitioning from his old role’s mindset to the mind set of a developer. Standing out as a new developer. The importance of early feedback. What Stuart would have done differently. Stuart can be found on LinkedIn.

2. Interview with Nicolas Marcora Head of Learning for a coding bootcamp Jul 19, 2021

A career switcher himself Nicolas now combines his love of teaching with coding to help other people make the successful move. We cover a range of topics from the ideal character traits to biggest hurdles for career switchers.

1. Interview with Phil McParlane founder of 4dayweek.io Jul 13, 2021

Phil runs a website called 4 Day Week all about how employees and companies can benefit from the hottest trend in recruiting right now - working just 4 days a week, We cover a number of useful areas for career switchers and new developers like CVs, https://lambdaschool.com/ portfolio sites, and how to stand out from the crowd.

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