Podcast Episodes

#206 - You Asked, We Answered: No BS Advice for Thriving as a Developer in 2025

Alex Lau has nearly 2 decades in software and even wrote a book to help developers avoid the pitfalls that nearly derailed his career.

What I like abo…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

#206 - Real Developers Barely Code: What Your Job Will Really Be Like

Think developers spend all day writing code? Think again.

A recent study from Software.com reveals that developers actively code for just 52 minutes …

1 year ago

#205 - 5 Steps to Solving (nearly) Any Coding Problem

In this episode of the Develop Yourself podcast, we walk you through my 5-step process for solving coding problems. If you’ve ever found yourself sta…

1 year ago

#204 - AI Is Coming for Your Dev Job (But Not Really): AGI, o3 and Fear Mongering

How cooked are we now that OpenAI is getting closer to AGI (artificial general intelligence)?

It feels like AI is inching closer towards making softwa…

1 year ago

#203 - Breaking into Tech: Self-Taught Success Stories with Vanessa and Wilfredo

In this episode, Vanessa and Wilfredo share their inspiring journeys of breaking into tech as self-taught developers.

Learn how they avoided tutorial…

1 year ago

#202 - The Best Books for Developers (That No One Talks About)

Before you read "Cracking the Coding Interview" or "Clean Code", I want to offer a few books that you should read at every stage of your developer ca…

1 year ago

#201 - Your Practical Guide to Learning JavaScript in 2025

We're going to go through a very hands-on, practical process for learning enough JS to be dangerous.

From the tools and services you will need as well…

1 year ago

#200 - Tech Predictions for 2025: What Career Changers Need to Know to Stay Ahead

Humans are notoriously bad at predictions, but I’m going to make some anyway.
 
Based on what I’ve seen this year and what’s happening in the current m…

1 year ago

#199 - Are Coding Bootcamps Dead?

The coding bootcamp model is need of a serious face-lift.

Aggressive marketing has created unrealistic expectations for career changers. Interviews ar…

1 year ago

#198 - The No-Nonsense Guide to Coding Careers: 3 Things I Wish I Knew

I have been working as a software developer for over a decade.

These are the 3 simple (but effective) pieces of advice I’d give anyone starting out, i…

1 year, 1 month ago