On the Job: Making the most out of your new career in development
17 episodes

Congrats! You’ve landed your first job in development as a junior developer. But now what? Listen to these podcast episodes on how to make the most out of your new career.
Starting your career is a daunting task. You’ve learned these brand new skills, but how do you apply them and get experience? In this episode, we are joined by Moira Huang, to help us talk about inter...Show More
Three things I wish I knew starting out as a software developer.
Going in to your first week of a new job you need to have a plan. It makes you look more experienced and helps boost your confidence. Also you will build a good first impression. In addition establish...Show More
The second half of starting a new development job talks about what not to do during your first week of a new job. You want to come in and make a good first impression. These are seven things that will...Show More
Communication is how we interact with those around us. Understanding how we and others communicate creates better interaction and understanding. When communicating with other we need to be aware of ou...Show More
Failure happens to us all at one time or another. The goal of many patterns and project management strategies is to reduce the size of the failure which often results in an increase on frequency of fa...Show More
Today we'll explore what the difference is between a junior and senior level developer, basic characteristics, and how to get from junior, to mid and senior programing levels. Today's episode is spon...Show More
Ben Orenstein of Upcase tells us how to go from a junior to a senior developer. He reveals a number of things senior developers do that junior developers don't.
What does it mean to level up as a coder, and how do you start that process? We dig into technical topics you should explore, and feature our second installment of Tales from the Command Line, which i...Show More
Growing as a developer is important for you, your career and your future. One of the best ways to grow your career is to start writing.
From Austin, Texas, we talk with Arianne Stiles, ½ of Environments for Humans. Environments for Humans produces over a dozen of virtual front-end and UX design conferences every year as well as the fi...Show More
In general, it occurs when the inevitable plateau in learning happens. Generally it's a crippling feeling like you are being a fraud and in imminent danger of being found out. Beyond anything else you...Show More
Participating in your community benefits both you and the community. There are many different levels of participation from just showing up to planning and even leading and organizing events. Finally t...Show More
Cassidy and Marie talk about their journey to keep learning new things, while also not stressing about trying to keep up with all the things in web development.
You've probably seen the stereotypical hacker type. Someone who stays up late, drinking energy drinks endlessly and working in the dark. In today's episode we're uncovering core features of the 10x en...Show More
What do you do as a developer?
Suz, Feross, and Emma have an honest conversation about burnout. They ask questions like — How do developers deal with burnout? What is burnout? What are examples of burnout in open source? Plus they ...Show More