All The Code

Lou Bichard joins me this week from OpenUpTheCloud.com where we talk about one of the newest and fastest growing areas of development ... The Cloud.

Yusuf Chowdhury joins me to talk about his journey to life as a professional web developer started and how after trying to drop computer science in high school, was persuaded to stay the course by an insightful teacher who could see something special in him.

We talk about computer science, leveraging social media to get a job, imposter syndrome, finding yourself as the only dev in a whole company on an internship and working for a company that has the best known jingle in the UK

This episode I have a fabulous conversation with Sara Williams from Newcastle University careers service about the changing landscape of tech hiring, what you can do to stand out from the crowd and how universities are staying relevant in the age of YouTube and Bootcamps.

I interview Jordan during his second week as a junior developer and how he found a job so soon after setting out on his search.

This week I have an inspiring conversation with Eva about her journey from being a Paramedic, then fitness instructor to now a Data Scientist. Eva made a number of courageous decisions to create her new life, including moving to a country where she couldn’t speak the language to learn how to code.

Eva can be found on Instagram as @girlsdotech.

Ciaran and I discuss what his company does, the vast and hidden world of backend business software, what makes a good developer, how you can get his attention and why the world needs so many developers.

This week I focus on the successful launch of the Career Switch To Coding book on Product Hunt and 4 fantastic questions from followers of @allthecode on Instagram.

The questions were:

Congrats on the book launch! Any tips for anyone interested in writing and launching a book? From @pau.codes

What’s your favourite language to work with? @takuyamats

When should you start to apply? @developeradam

What kind of responsibilities are junior iOS developers given?

I sit down with Stuart to talk about the journey he took from his 15 year “temporary job” as a call centre manager to being a self taught developer and bootcamp graduate now working in a thriving UK e-commerce company as a full stack developer.

We cover:

Deciding to make the change.

Financing the bootcamp.

Transitioning from his old role’s mindset to the mind set of a developer.

Standing out as a new developer.

The importance of early feedback.

What Stuart would have done differently.

Stuart can be found on LinkedIn.

A career switcher himself Nicolas now combines his love of teaching with coding to help other people make the successful move. We cover a range of topics from the ideal character traits to biggest hurdles for career switchers.

Phil runs a website called 4 Day Week all about how employees and companies can benefit from the hottest trend in recruiting right now - working just 4 days a week,

We cover a number of useful areas for career switchers and new developers like CVs, https://lambdaschool.com/ portfolio sites, and how to stand out from the crowd.