On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Abbey Perini, a full-stack web developer, about the impact building in public has had on her developer journey, what her experience as a recruiting admin taught her as she sent out 160 applications before landing her dev role, and how rehearsing before an interview can make a big impact.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Github: https://github.com/abbeyperini
• Indeed job rate checker
• Abbey's posts mentioned:
  • CSS Animated Button with Offset Border
  • Sheba Counter: How To Reload a Page Whenever a User Makes a Change with React/Redux
  • Toggle Dark Mode in React
  • Knitting as Programming
  • Practicing Confidence for the Job Search

About Abbey:

Abbey Perini is many things - a metro Atlanta native, a person of many hobbies, and a full-stack web developer. Currently ramping up in her first development role, she loves blogging about stupid Discord bots, animated CSS buttons, and other fun and useful things about programming. You can find her work and ways to connect with her at abbeyperini.dev

• https://abbeyperini.dev
• https://twitter.com/AbbeyPerini
• https://github.com/abbeyperini
• https://dev.to/abbeyperini

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