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Building a Resilient Career with Karl Hughes Sep 16, 2020

Former startup CTO turned technical writer Karl Hughes joins us to talk about how to build a fulfilling career for the long term, especially if you're not one for the straight-and-narrow.
You can find Karl online at:
His personal site: karllhughes.com
His technical writing firm: draft.dev
Twitter: @karllhughes

The Role of Documentation Sep 04, 2020

Collin and Ben discuss the role of documentation in a project and on a team, and how best to navigate documentation when getting started in a new codebase.

Your First Year on the Job Aug 19, 2020

Kevin Kelly, Julia Pollack, and David Lu join us to talk about their experiences in their first year of their first jobs as software developers. We cover everything from documentation and code review to productivity and imposter syndrome.

Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi Aug 06, 2020

Chris Ferdinandi helps people learn vanilla JavaScript. He believes there’s a simpler, more resilient way to make things for the web. His developer tips newsletter is read by thousands of developers each weekday. Learn more at GoMakeThings.com.

Advice to Our Younger Selves (and you) Jul 20, 2020

As Collin begins a new job, he and Ben discuss what they would have done differently in their early careers with the benefit of hindsight.

Getting Your First Tech Job with Career Coach Meg Duffy Jul 06, 2020

Career Coach Meg Duffy joins Ben and Collin to talk through the practical, mental, and emotional realities of getting to your first tech job.
Meg's Website: meghan-duffy.com
Meg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/futureproofmeg
Meg on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureproofmeg/

Working for Big Companies and Small Companies Jun 22, 2020

Roughly two years out of their bootcamp training, Mary Warrick and Aurora Vaughn join Collin and Ben to discuss what it's like working for companies of various sizes and maturity early in your career.

Why React? Why Any Tool? Jun 09, 2020

Collin and Ben discuss reasons for using any tool or framework, and why "because it's the one I was taught" might be a perfectly good reason to use one.

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