Develop Yourself

In this episode, we speak with Jake Dohm. Jake is a web developer and serves as Development Lead at Steadfast Design Firm. Jake also runs local meetups, works on open source projects and is actively involved with speaking at and organizing conferences. 

In this episode, Jake and I talk about how he got into web development at 14, his learning journey, how to become a code craftsman, the benefits of public speaking, the advantages of homeschooling, and more.
 
Enjoy!

Links
Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeDohm
Jake's Personal Site: https://jakedohm.com/
Steadfast Design Firm: https://steadfastdesignfirm.com
Keystone JS: https://keystonejs.com

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Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/
Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum

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In this episode, Aaron walks through what it means to work on your "mind/mindset" as a budding Software Engineer. As we summarize, it ultimately comes down to your ability to change the way you think or respond to a difficult situation.

Then we'll talk about 3 methods you can adopt to work on your own mindset as a developer, daily.

Links
Morning Formula
Hero On a Mission
dev30

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Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum
Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/

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In this episode, we speak with Pete Codes. Pete is the founder of the website NoCSDegree.com, which tells the stories of people who have broken into the tech industry without the traditional credentials.

Pete has several other projects he’s currently working on, including a paid community and several courses. In this conversation, Pete and I get into common characteristics he’s noticed among people who have successfully transitioned to tech, how he handles personal productivity with so many projects, and how Pete thinks about his vision for the future with the No CS Degree brand, among other topics.

Enjoy!

Links
No CS Degree: https://www.nocsdegree.com/
Pete's Twitter: https://twitter.com/petecodes
Pete's courses: https://petecodes.gumroad.com
Pete's website: https://www.petecodes.io
Pete's community: https://highsignal.io

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Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/
Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum
Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/

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Obviously, you've heard of  "crypto" and "web3", but can you define them?

Do you know what "blockchain" is?

Did you know that as a beginner, you can and should get involved in coding on web3 projects?

Today crypto expert Brian Schuster is going to break all of this down for us and explain how you can take action to get involved, right now.

Links
Brian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SchusterDev
Brian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schuster/

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Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/
Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/
Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum
Aaron/Brian's Web3 Code School: https://devmint.xyz/

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In this episode, we speak with Louie Bacaj. Louie joined Jet.com when it had fewer than 20 engineers, stayed through its acquisition by Walmart, and rose to become Director of Engineering for Walmart Pharmacy.

But despite the promotions, learning, and excellent pay, Louie recently made the decision to walk away from it all and bet on himself. In our conversation, Louie and I get into the engineering career ladder, being a partner to the business side of an organization, building an audience, and what he's up to now.

You're sure to learn a ton from this chat. Enjoy!

Links
Louie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LBacaj
Louie's website: https://louiebacaj.com/

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Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum
Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/
Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/

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Each month, Develop Yourself's co-hosts (Aaron and Peter) will be checking in with each other, in part to talk through how they've each quit their Software Engineering jobs to pursue entrepreneurship, indie-hacking, self-employment, etc.

This episode is the backstory on how and when we quit and how we got the guts to pull the trigger.

Resources
The Tail End: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html
Daniel Vassallo: https://twitter.com/dvassallo

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Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum
Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/
Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/

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If you're listening to this episode, you probably want to learn to code. But, you might be overwhelmed and wondering how to learn or where to start.

Thankfully, the best-articulated strategy I've come across for learning anything is dead simple: do the real thing.

In this episode, we talk through the core tenets of this idea as well as approaches for applying it when learning to code.

Links
Do the Real Thing: https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2020/05/04/do-the-real-thing/
Pieter Levels: https://twitter.com/levelsio/

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Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaum
Aaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/
Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/

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Because I'm juggling so much (and the podcast is growing!) we're taking a break to re-group to continue putting out the best stuff possible.

In the meantime, I'll be publishing a weekly newsletter every Monday, starting on Feb 7!

1 actionable tip for working toward becoming a Software Engineer or getting better as a Software Engineer.

Subscribe to it here: parsity.io/newsletter

You can also find me:

- 30 day cohort-based JavaScript program (free, launches Feb 14): dev30.xyz
- Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronhayslip/
- Online Code School: https://parsity.io/

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What do Software Engineers actually build, and how? Primarily, they build "web applications" (think, Twitter, Gmail, Coinbase, etc).

On this week's episode of Develop Yourself, we're going deep with a beginners step-by-step guide into how a web application is built.

We'll talk about the languages, tools and frameworks that it takes to build a web application, but more important, we'll give you the context necessary to learn your next skill that will eventually lead you to becoming a front-end, back-end or even full-stack developer.

dev30: dev30.xyz
Parsity (online code school): parsity.io

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Since learning to code by building custom Myspace pages as a kid, Wes Bos has gone on to build some of the world's most popular online courses for web development while hosting a top-ranking web dev podcast.

In this episode we get a peek into Wes' life, what motivates him, and how at the end of the day he just wants to figure out how to code more.

Check out Wes here:
https://wesbos.com/
https://syntax.fm/

Learn more about dev30 here:
https://dev30.xyz/

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