11 Minutes to Leveling Up

By Phyllis

In 11 minutes, or less, listen to life hacks, productivity tips, musings on social issues, and thought-provoking perspectives on the world we live in. These are short audio diaries about my experience... more

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The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.

11 Minutes to Leveling Up episodes:

July 09, 2020 Solve User Problems. Don’t Make Up Things For Your Ego
People want to add things into the world to have their name on without critically considering the value that’s added by their efforts and costs invested. Solve problems in the world more than you make products in the world just for the sake of it.
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7min
July 08, 2020 Say Yes to Yourself! And Your Value to Others
Don’t Let imposter syndrome make you decide that you don’t know enough to contribute. Either you can provide more value than you perceive or you can iterate and get feedback on how to improve. You win either way so tell self doubt to sit down and you speak up!
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8min
July 07, 2020 Actively Seek Criticism Over Praise If You Want to Grow
People love validation and compliments. Actively seek out the opposite, even if it’s initially uncomfortable or painful, and that’s how you’ll improve in leaps and bounds.
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9min
July 03, 2020 Networking Secrets: Be Kind and Make Content
Do good work but also be a good person and there will be plenty of people willing to support you. Don’t overthink strategy and branding. Just be yourself! Here’s the recording of the amazing Product Buds branding event https://youtu.be/o69WIEHbOB8
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8min
July 02, 2020 Learning to Prioritize with A Lot On Your Plate
I’m in a full time Software Engineering bootcamp, creative director of a Product Management community Product Buds, working part time as a graphic designer and public speaking coach, and doing full time interview prep. Learning how to prioritize is part of my dream job - Product Manager - but also essential to life in general as I balance several meaningful competing priorities
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9min
June 26, 2020 Using LinkedIn as a Recent Grad To Network
I’ve double my connections, attend webinars or informational interviews almost daily, and have many new friends and great resources...all with people that I’ve never met in person because of LinkedIn’s algorithms and current content undersaturated state.
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8min
June 24, 2020 Coding taught me to let go of perfection - Fl SE
Reflecting on my first few months of coding, I am encouraging others to ignore imposter syndrome, feel the fear of failing and owe it to yourself to see who you can come out as on the other side of those failures because of growth, and prioritize progress over perfection.
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12min
June 24, 2020 Need No One’s Permission to Reach Your Goals
Imposter syndrome makes me doubt whether I am worthy of calling myself a full stack software engineer despite the fact that I prove my ability every day during my 9 hours of bootcamp daily. It wasn’t until I really took in the full user flow of my website that I realized that I need to acknowledge my ability and not wait for some external imaginary authority to crown me a software developer.
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7min
May 01, 2020 Why should I do homework BEFORE class? - FI SE
It may seem like a lot to be doing labs and assignments before the lecture when the lecture is supposed to be the one teaching you the material, right? As much as reading beforehand seems like double work, if you realize how every exposure to the material is an opportunity to learn and have data about your own weaknesses and strengths, you can understand how early exposure and sustained practice can be better than single instance exposure and cram “mastery.”
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6min
April 30, 2020 My coding bootcamp experience intro - FI SE
Background on how I found the Flatiron School through LinkedIn and passed their cultural and technical interview to begin with their software engineering immersive coding bootcamp experience in Houston, Texas.
I found out about the program and immediately applied. I was accepted about a week later and decided to end my gap year in Kenya to move to Houston where I knew no one. I borrowed a laptop to apply to the school and had to suddenly buy a computer to meet their machine requirements when I was accepted. I faced a lot of personal difficulties such as financial struggles, homelessness, loneliness in a new place, and technical difficulties. The program manager was kind enough to offer deferment when she realized what I was facing but I refused to let surrounding circumstances dictate my future. I am capable and committed so I have committed, persisted, and continued to be in the program with my original start cohort.
It is my second week and we’re already on SQL! After doing a coding challenge yesterday on the Ruby we learned last week. I’m very excited and I’m even more excited to have this technology podcast series to share my experience with others who may be interested in pivoting their lives in a few short months of long days via a programming bootcamp.
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19min

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