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Career Chats with Swyx and RandallSeason 0 Retro: Thank You Listeners!We're taking a short break to focus on solo projects! Randall is launching CrowdFox.io soon and Swyx is launching his personal podcast.General formatSheldon Hull "I rarely listen to podcasts because of how much wasted time there is. I've been listening through all you and Randall do and it's super useful and interesting. absolutely incredible job. Cheers and thank you"Michael Gee "I have gained a ton of value from your informative and concise podcast Career Chats so thank you & keep up the good work"John Raptis "I really like this short format with links. I don't...2021-01-1506 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallGet a Job As a Dev AdvocateRandall interviews Swyx about how you can get a job as a developer advocateShow Linkshttps://www.keyvalues.com/blog/what-exactly-do-developer-advocates-do https://www.samjulien.com/devrel-book-linkshttps://alexlakatos.com/avocados/2020/11/24/building-first-year-devrel-program/https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/developer-love/ https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1340105489133182981?s=20Speaker Links- Randall (@randallkanna): The Standout Developer, The Standout Career- Swyx (@swyx): The Coding Career Handbook- Discuss this episode on Circle 2021-01-0616 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallGoals vs Processes: Why Your Goals Are Actually WishesWe believe in systems over goals. Swyx and Randall love goals and we talk about how you can actually achieve your goals and how you can create a process to follow through.So many people set 'wishes' and they don't actually set goals because you're not creating a process to follow through. If you don't create the process, the goal won't happen.People overestimate how much they can get done in one year and they underestimate how much they can get done in 12 weeks.When you're looking for a job, the goal is to get...2020-12-3009 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallWhen To Quit Your JobIt's difficult knowing when it's time to leave a company. Sometimes we get 'stuck' and we don't want to leave. Interviewing isn't fun either! 1. When you get an offer you can’t refuse - My $200 million mistake2. When you aren’t learning anymore/too comfortable3. When you dread going to work (or watching the clock)4. When you aren't aligned with company values/when there is no trust - KeyValues.com - (our episode on Ethics isn't published yet)- The Speed of Trust5. When there’s someo...2020-12-2313 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallThe ABC's of a CS Degree (ft. Philip Kiely)Philip Kiely joins Swyx and Randall to talk about CS degrees, the myths around getting a CS degree and how to be successful in college.- "Institute of Technology" vs "Liberal Arts"- Hackathons to set yourself apart- Writing externally to gain credibility- Grad school? not needed - except for visas, researchLinksMIT's Missing Semester: https://missing.csail.mit.edu/The Craft of Writing Effectively: https://www.robincussol.com/the-craft-of-writing-effectively-summary/Georgia Tech OMSCS: https://omscs.gatech.edu/----Speaker Links 2020-12-1624 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallGetting into Cloud (ft. Forrest Brazeal)This week we have another guest interview with the multi-talented Forrest Brazeal (site, twitter, newsletter) who is one of the most passionate cloud advocates in the world. Definitely check out A Cloud Guru's Cloud Resume Challenge if you or someone you know is interested in getting into the cloud, and stay for his hot takes on mid-century children's literature!0:00 - Intro & Background1:55 - Cloud Resume Challenge- a child of the pandemic- https://twitter.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1254822417203113986?s=20- https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/- https://acloudguru.com/blog/news/introducing-the-cloudguruchallenge 2020-12-1132 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallStaff Engineering (ft. Will Larson, CTO of Calm)What happens after you go past Senior? Will Larson, CTO of Calm, has been interviewing Staff-plus engineers across the industry for his new book, Staff Engineering. This is our first full-length interview podcast episode! If you enjoyed it, please help us share with a friend and let us know your feedback! (Links at bottom)----1:00 Why research Staff Engineering?Most bigcos make up their ladders as they go along, or cargo cult from FB/Google.We have to separate management from leadership.4:31 Who are Will's role models?Lara Hogan - t...2020-12-0241 min

Machine Learning EngineeredCoding Career Tactics - Salary Negotiation, Public Speaking, and Creating Your Own Luck w/ Shawn "swyx" Wang (AWS)Shawn Wang formerly worked in finance as a derivatives trader and equity analyst before burning out and pivoting towards tech. He's a prolific blogger who goes under the pseudonym "swyx" and recently published the excellent Coding Career Handbook. He's a graduate of Free Code Camp and Full Stack Academy now working at AWS as a Senior Developer Advocate.Learn more about Shawn:https://swyx.io/https://www.learninpublic.org/https://twitter.com/swyxEvery Thursday I send out the most useful things I’ve learned, curated specifically for the bu...2020-12-011h 43

Machine Learning EngineeredCoding Career Tactics - Salary Negotiation, Public Speaking, and Creating Your Own Luck w/ Shawn "swyx" Wang (AWS)Shawn Wang formerly worked in finance as a derivatives trader and equity analyst before burning out and pivoting towards tech. He's a prolific blogger who goes under the pseudonym "swyx" and recently published the excellent https://www.learninpublic.org/ (Coding Career Handbook). He's a graduate of Free Code Camp and Full Stack Academy now working at AWS as a Senior Developer Advocate. Learn more about Shawn: https://swyx.io/ (https://swyx.io/) https://www.learninpublic.org/ (https://www.learninpublic.org/) https://twitter.com/swyx (https://twitter.com/swyx) Every Thursday I send out the most useful things I’ve learned, cu...2020-12-011h 43

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallStaying Consistent to Achieve Your GoalsSwyx and Randall talk about how they've stayed consistent while writing books and working multiple jobs.Every day you're not consistent is a zero day.I was sitting and waiting for motivation to strike and it would rarely happen.Don't just be accountable to yourself; be accountable to others, make public commitments even if no one sees them.If you want consistency, be with consistent people.- Call to Action: Read the Motivation Myth and share it with a friend!- Discuss this episode and give feedback!2020-11-1809 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallBig L NotationPersonal growth has an algorithm and we can consciously pick better ones. Don't tell yourself you can't learn faster and get a promotion faster.https://www.swyx.io/big-l-notation/ Swyx borrows the idea of Big O notation to discuss how you can't let titles or expectations hold you back in your growth.- Call to Action: Break down the Big L of someone you admire and tell them.- Discuss this episode and give feedback!2020-11-1310 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallMindset and Grit (ft. Will Johnson)Oh, so you mean I don't have to be dumb?Our first guest episode! Swyx chats with Will Johnson about how having the right Mindset and Grit can help change your career.- "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Tweet- Book: Mindset: the New Psychology of Success- Book: Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverance- Will's Blogpost - How I Switched Careers Into Tech With No Degree In My Mid 30's- Follow Will on Twitter- Call...2020-11-0410 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallCold Emailing to Get a New JobWe're discussing emailing a company and pitching yourself for the job you want. Randall did this recently!If you're not getting rejected twice, three times a week, you're probably not pushing yourself to where you should be. Our natural state is to avoid rejection.This isn't just a cold email. No one likes the email where they think this person could have just emails this to ten other people.Gumroad gig announcement tweetCALL TO ACTIONGet rejected on something this week. If you're not getting any rejections, you're...2020-10-2807 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallPicking a Coding BootcampRandall discusses how to do the research to make sure you pick the right bootcamp!Go out there and try to code email as many people as you can and find out about the bootcampRead every blog, post, and tweet you can find about the bootcampLinksHow I got a job two weeks after my coding bootcampWant a job in Silicon Valley? Stay away from coding bootcampsCoding House ReviewCourse Report 2020-10-2110 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallLearning GearsSwyx discusses the four Learning Gears for people Learning in Public- Explorers: indulge your curiosity without goals. Episodic notes to self, low public commitment.- Settler: You don't know things that others already know. Run up the learning curve. Make Open Source Knowledge for others like you.- Connector: You know what others don't. Teach to learn! Put yourself out there - Talks, blog, newsletters, videos, workshop. Regular nontrivial output. Easy to get paid to learn in public here.When one teaches, two learn. - Robert Heinlein- Miner: You've...2020-10-1710 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallTwitter for DevelopersRandall discusses her Twitter presence and how she went from 300 to 30k+ followers in the last year.Find the intersection of what interests your audience and what you have credibility onIt's not all about followers. It's about building that meaningful relationship and taking that off Twitter!Give a lot before you ask!Links- Daniel Vassallo's Twitter Course.- Randall's Free CS Degree Tweet- Randall's Frontend Developer Tweet- Randall's Resume Review Tweet- Giveaways- Daniel Vassallo on Things to avoid when...2020-10-0710 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallLearn in PublicWe've been trained to learn in private our entire lives. Today, we talk about why you should learn in public.Quote 1:"The schooling systems teach us to learn in private our entire lives. "Let's all study for this test". "Let's all try to do better than our peers". We train people to learn in private. The rules of the game for school prepare you very poorly for the rules of real life."Quote 2:"Make the thing you wish you had found, document what you did, and the problems that you solved. The third...2020-09-3012 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallBreaking Down ProblemsWhen faced with a seemingly insurmountable problem, break it down.Quote 1"Stop worrying if you can get something done. Instead, break your problem down into many small problems. And choose just one to tackle." - Pieter Levels' MAKE bookQuote 2"Try to build your idea with HTML and CSS and JavaScript and see how far you get. Just Google every single thing you don't know. Start with "how to make a HTML page" Then "how to make text colored in HTML". Then “how to make a button in HTML”."Notes...2020-09-2107 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallCreate LuckBeing lucky is a skill you can develop. https://www.swyx.io/writing/create_luck/1. Binary Luck2. Luck Surface Area: https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surface-area- Fixed vs Growth Mindset: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/3. Four Kinds of Luck: https://pmarchive.com/luck_and_the_entrepreneur.html- Active- Accidental- Magnetic (Do something interesting and people will be interested https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1256784770387685376)- Prepared4. Habits and Strategy: "Put yourself in luck's way"- Developer's Guide to Tech Strategy...2020-09-2110 min

Career Chats with Swyx and RandallBe UncomfortableEmbrace the uncomfortable, in order to grow. https://sive.rs/uncomfHow do you get the energy to force yourself to get through the uncomfortable?- Does Homeschooling help you be more self directed?- No Zero Days: https://medium.com/hackernoon/no-zero-days-my-path-from-code-newbie-to-full-stack-developer-in-12-months-214122a8948f- The Resistance (from War of Art): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_(creativity)- The One Thing: https://www.the1thing.com/ What's something good that has come out of you forcing yourself to be uncomfortable?- Learning Babel -> Learning...2020-09-2108 min