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BONUS: What is Charles Max Wood's Biggest Payoff for Being a Dev Influencer? Apr 09, 2021

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Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts. Panel

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RRU 138: React Component Tests for Humans with Miroslav Nikolov Apr 07, 2021

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On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Miroslav Nikolov, a UI developer at one.com, about his approach to unit testing React components. Miroslav discussed writing components in a human-friendly way, using the library UnexpectedJS. We also talked about Miroslav’s blog, including how he got started with it, and some of the tools he used, like Gatsby and Mailchimp. This is a great episode if you’re looking to learn more about how to approach unit testing in React. Panel

Paige Neidringhaus
TJ VanToll

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BONUS: How Jason Weimann Became a Game Developer Apr 02, 2021

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Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time. Panel

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RRU 137: From QA to Developer with Rani Zilpelwar Mar 31, 2021

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Changing careers into software development is always an interesting story and Rani Zilpelwar's story is no different. In this episode, Rani, the QA developer turned software consultant, talks about how she's held almost every software role at one point or another, and how she's continuing to improve her skills now as a software consultant. The discussion includes books and websites she's found helpful to building up her knowledge, how the company she works for helped set her up for success by pairing her with a more experienced developer as a mentor when she started out, and now how / why she blogs on her own site to give back and solidify the things she's learning. Rani's deep knowledge of testing also lends itself well to her new role and she and the team discuss testing strategies and best practices from her days as a QA engineer. This is a great episode if you're looking to make your own career transition and see how other skills can apply there. Panel

Carl Mungazi
Paige Niedringhaus
TJ VanToll

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Rani Zilpelwar

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BONUS: Continuing Your Learning Journey by Finding Mentors as an Influencer Mar 26, 2021

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Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster. Panel

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BONUS: Continuing Your Learning Journey by Finding Mentors as an Influencer Mar 26, 2021

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RRU 136: MIcro Front-Ends and Module Federation with Jack Herrington Mar 23, 2021

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Jack Herrington joins TJ for a discussion about React, Micro Front-Ends, and Module Federation in Webpack. All of these are things that Jack has show off on his Youtube Channel. They discuss the how and why you'd want to implement this approach to building applications. Panel

TJ VanToll

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Jack Herrington

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BONUS: How Senior Developers Can Enjoy Learning Like They Were Juniors Mar 16, 2021

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Remember the amazing adventure it was to learn a new thing every day as a Junior Developer? It's easy to feel a little stuck or lost as a Senior developer since there aren't roadmaps or people looking to mentor seniors. (Besides Charles Max Wood.) Chuck talks about how he felt that way at different points in his career and how podcasting and connecting with the programming communities helped him get past that. Panel

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RRU 135: Redux, Redux Toolkit, OSS and More with Mark Erikson Mar 09, 2021

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Returning guest Mark Erikson joins the React Round Up team to discuss how he found himself in the position of being an open source maintainer for Redux, how he's helped shepherd/author future versions of Redux (and the complete overhauls that happened when React Hooks were introcuded), and the new examples he's written for Redux Toolkit to make Redux easier for devs to get started with. Mark also addresses some commons misconceptions around React and Redux, such as: is React Context a perfect substitute for Redux (spoiler: it's not), and is Redux still relevant today (it is). Take a listen to hear about getting into open source, where Redux is headed and Mark's broader thoughts on helping the React community document and standardize all the options out there so developers have an easier time choosing the tools needed to solve their particular problems. Panel

Carl Mungazi
Paige Niedringhaus
TJ VanToll
Zain Sajjad

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Mark Erikson

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BONUS: How to get Freelance Clients to Come to You Mar 02, 2021

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Charles Max Wood explains how he landed his first 4 freelance clients that took him through a few years of freelancing with only 3 years of experience and a few hundred podcast listeners. Funnily enough, they actually came to him, not the other way around. He explains how he made himself attractive to them and then turned it into a mutually profitable relationship once he had their attention. Panel

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