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You want to build an amazing side project but you don’t know where to start.

❌ TODO app?
❌ Clone of that other app that you use?
❌ Tutorial project?

When I’m not sure what I want to build, I do this:

• Start with the data - what API can you use which may have some interesting information?
• What features can you construct around the API? For example, a real time stock API could be used to trigger an alert to a user when it dips below a certain threshold
• Figure out the minimal amount of features
• What is the user flow? What happens when a user goes to your app? What is the feature they interact with and how is the data surfaced?
• Pick a combination of new and familiar technologies
• Get stuck, read the docs and build your way out of the hole you’ve dug 😅
• Gain more practical knowledge than a 100 hour course could ever offer you

Check out the side project template here 👉 Your Side Project Template

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Everybody and their mother, including me, has been telling you to just learn in public.

Anna Miller is co-founder of Code Career Mastery and has a different take on creating a brand online, making genuine connections and shortening your path to HIRED.

Honestly, this was one of the most refreshing takes I've heard on building a personal brand online.

We discuss:
- why you don't HAVE to only talk about tech
- how to network for real
- a practical way to get referrals
- why LinkedIn is better than X

Connect with Anna on LinkedIn 👈

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In the last 2 years alone, I’ve read through at least 100 resumes for open positions at my current company for junior developers. In addition, I’ve done around 500 calls with developers from around the world and seen hundreds more resumes and LinkedIn profiles.

As an engineering manager, when I get sent a stack of resumes to look through, I will divide them into 3 categories:

🔴 NO!

🟠 Maybe…

🟢 Yes!

Your goal as a junior developer is to avoid the NO pile. Let's explore how.

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We hear a lot of success stories about bootcamp grads AFTER they’ve landed their first role. What about those who are in the middle of learning to code?
I sit down with Levy, a current student in a coding bootcamp who’s juggling work, life and learning how to build software.
Levy shares what he wishes he’d known before starting a coding bootcamp, why the self-taught path wasn’t the right fit for him even though he knows some programming languages and offers a bit of advice for those who are considering doing a bootcamp style program.

Follow Levy’s career transformation and connect with him on LinkedIn:
Levy’s LinkedIn 

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

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Maybe I've fooled you.

To be transparent, I've screwed up a lot over the years as a developer.

I’ve blown up production a few times. I deleted the column without a back up. I pretended to understand and f*cked things up.

I learned a lot, got yelled at a few times and embarrassed too many times to count. Now I can share my takeaways with you.

You will not avoid screwing up. It's a pre-requisite to an interesting career.

I’m not saying to be careless, I’m just saying you will have to get used to the idea of failure if you want to grow.

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

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Learning data structures and algorithms (DSA) isn't JUST a smart interview skill, it will boost your confidence as a software engineer, give you a deeper understanding of computer science fundamentals and they can even be fun once you know how to use them.
If you're self teaching or just starting out with code, they can be intimidating.
They don't have to be.
I break down a pretty comprehensive guide here for learning DSA as well as a video on Binary Search Trees (BST)


DSA Study Guide  My popular guide to DSA
Video on Binary Search Trees (Source Code included in the comments)

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

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How much do you really need to know to start freelancing?

What should you charge?

How do you get your first client?

Matt Cascardi, my friend and former mentor breaks down how he went from psychology major to freelance developer using a boots on the ground strategy to get clients.

Matt got his clients the old school way and this a path that isn't explored enough in our social media-centric world.

You can find Matt at www.cascardi.media

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

💼 Zubin's LinkedIn (ex-lawyer, former Google, Brian-look-a-like)

👂🏻Easier Said Than Done Podcast

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Interviews are weird. Software interviews are weirder.

This is your guide to go from the recruiter call through the the technical screen and how to negotiate without it being weird.

This isn't a theory. I've used all these tactics and so have my mentees.

Grab the guide here: Junior Developer Interview Cheat Sheet​

Also, join Parsity.io this week for a discount and before our prices raise 😉.

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

💼 Zubin's LinkedIn (ex-lawyer, former Google, Brian-look-a-like)

👂🏻Easier Said Than Done Podcast

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Serious about joining Parsity? Schedule a call with me ☎️

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Will AI replace coders?

Is it still worth learning to code?

I am optimistic about our future but things have changed. The future will belong to those who leverage AI in the right way.

Unfortunately, too many new coders are using AI in all the wrong ways. Avoid the most common pitfalls and use it to super charge your learning.

Check out this AI starter project if you want to explore the Open AI API behind Chat GPT.

https://github.com/CodeCoachJS/ai_starter_kit

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

💼 Zubin's LinkedIn (ex-lawyer, former Google, Brian-look-a-like)

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Knowing how to write unit tests will make you a better, more hire-able developer. Few bootcamps teach this for some reason and since I like you, I made a FREE Unit Testing guide you can grab here.  Unit Testing Pro.

Having trouble? Shoot me an email at [email protected]

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🧠 (NEW) Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

💼 Zubin's LinkedIn (ex-lawyer, former Google, Brian-look-a-like)

👂🏻Easier Said Than Done Podcast

Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another Course

Serious about joining Parsity? Schedule a call with me ☎️