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#261 - I Used to Suck at Coding Interviews. Then I Started Doing These 4 Things
Five years ago, during an interview for a senior dev role, I had a panic attack. It was one of my worst interview experiences. It also taught me a lot about what I was doing wrong.
In this episode, I'…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
#260 - From Lead Engineer at MongoDB to Fashion Tech: On Hiring, Remote Teams, and Start-Up Life
Harish, former lead engineer at MongoDB and current co-founder of Flaire, takes us on a journey through his unusual career path—one that didn’t involve grinding LeetCode or chasing FAANG.
Instead, he …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Office Hours: Answering Your Coding Questions EP 3
Are junior devs cooked?
How can I scaffold a solid MERN stack app?
What's the best way to stick with a tutorial?
We got some great questions this episode and my answers might surprise you.
Got a question…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
#259 - The Minimum Effective Dose of JavaScript You Need to Learn
Learning JS is tough.
And you're probably making some of the same mistakes I did in the past.
In this episode you'll get a path and a small project to make to teach you the minimum effective dose of Ja…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
#258 - Should You Use AI While Learning to Code? A Senior Developer’s Take
A junior developer who got hired at a startup used AI non-stop to keep up.
It worked for weeks until he crashed and burned.
He'd built a house of cards that he couldn't keep up. The AI tools went in do…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
#257 - Career Landmines: Three Developer Traps to Avoid
3 traps to avoid in your career, that I nearly fell for:
1. The Framework Developer Trap
2. The Developer in a Hoodie Trap (might be the most surprising revelation for many aspiring programmers)
3. The …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#256 - The Rise of the Product Minded Engineer
Matt Watson, who scaled VIN Solutions to a $150 million exit, shares his journey from coding to building products that make a real impact in the business world.
We talk about:
Why most developers fail …Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#255 - Your First Open Source Project: A Weekend with Kyle Simpson’s Code
This episode introduces a weekend project that will give you authentic experience working with existing code—a crucial skill that most tutorials and coding platforms simply don't teach.
Using Kyle Si…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
#254 - What Do Data Scientists Actually Do? A Candid Conversation with Ryan Varley
Have you ever wondered what data scientists and engineers actually do all day? Forget what you've seen in movies – it's not all neural networks and fancy algorithms.
Ryan Varley, Engineering Fellow at…
Published on 2 months ago
#253 - The Real-World Step-by-Step Guide to Tech Interviews (Not for Google or Meta)
Interviewing is arguably the highest paying skill you can have as a developer.
I don't think this is fair but it is reality.
I've taken part in well over 100 interviews both as an interviewee and inter…
Published on 2 months ago