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Talking about diversity in tech, software engineering, mentoring and interviews with Shalini Goyal Jan 09, 2025

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Coding Chats Episode 11 - John talks to Shalini Goyal about diversity in tech, software engineering, mentoring and interviews.

Shalini's System Design, Behavioural and DSA Interviews guide: https://topmate.io/goyalshalini/1303274

Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills.

Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

Talking about coaching, coding, mentoring and Arnie with Taha Hussain Dec 12, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 10 - John talks to Taha Hussain about coaching, coding, mentoring, career change and lessons from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Links: Taha's Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahahussain/ John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

Teaching, tables and tech with Callie Stoscup Dec 05, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 9 - John talks to Callie Stoscup about teaching, tables and tech and her journey as a software engineer. Links: Callie's website: https://www.coding-with-callie.com John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

From computer forensics to principal engineering manager at Microsoft with Nick Cosentino. Nov 28, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 8 - John talks to Nick Cosentino about the importance of leadership, mentoring and soft skills for software engineers.

Links:
Nick's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@devleader
Nick: Newsletter: https://weekly.devleader.ca

John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/
John’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johncrickett
John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett
John's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johncrickett.bsky.social
Check out John's software engineering related newsletters:
Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills.
Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

Breaking into Software Engineering with Brooke Sweedar Nov 21, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 7 - John talks to Brooke about how she came to technology, her experience doing a bootcamp and looking for her first role as a software engineer and the power of networking on LinkedIn. Links: Brooke's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-sweedar John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John's Twitter: https://x.com/johncrickett Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://read.developingskills.fyi/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

Becoming a consultant, teacher and content creator as a software engineer with Eric Roby. Nov 14, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 6 - John talks to Eric Roby about being a software consultant, what makes a product, teaching, following your passion and creating content as a software engineer. Links: Eric's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codingwithroby/ Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@codingwithroby/videos John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncrickett Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://developingskills.substack.com/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

Becoming a software engineer with Brian Jenney Oct 31, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 5 - John talks to Brian Jenney about bootcamps, computer science degrees and soft skills. Links: Brian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjenney/ Brian's podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1819601/ Brian's Bootcamp: https://parsity.io John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncrickett Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://developingskills.substack.com/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

From sandwich course to Engineering Manager with Matt Boyle May 16, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 4 - John talks to Matt Boyle about his journey from undergraduate on a computer science sandwich course to software engineering manager.

Links:

Matt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjamesboyle/
Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattJamesBoyle
Matt's Website: https://www.bytesizego.com/
Golang Insiders https://x.com/i/communities/1685641800449462272
Keeping Alive With Go Blog Post https://www.bytesizego.com/blog/keeping-alive-with-go

John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/
John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncrickett

Check out John's software engineering related newsletters:

Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills.

Developing Skills: https://developingskills.substack.com/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

From Engineer to CTO with Adelina Chalmers May 09, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 3 - John talks to Adelina about engineers, engineering leadership and becoming a CTO. Links: Adelina's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelinachalmers/ Adelina's Website: https://www.geekwhisperer.co.uk/Adelina's video on getting the board to say yes! https://geekadelina.gumroad.com/l/yes John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncrickett Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://developingskills.substack.com/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

From Lawyer to Software Engineer with Zubin Pratap May 02, 2024

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Coding Chats Episode 2 - John talks to Zubin about his journey from lawyer to software engineer. Links: Zubin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zubinpratap/ Zubin's Website: https://www.matchfitmastery.com/ Zubin's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@zubinpratap/podcasts Zubin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zubinpratap Zubin's IG: https://www.instagram.com/@zubinpratap Zubin's Links: https://linktr.ee/zubinpratap John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncrickett Check out John's software engineering related newsletters: Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.substack.com/ which shares real-world project ideas that you can use to level up your coding skills. Developing Skills: https://developingskills.substack.com/ covering everything from system design to soft skills, helping them progress their career from junior to staff+ or for those that want onto a management track.

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