In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about hireable skills or 2021 — what you need to know to get a job and grow in your career this year!

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Show Notes

04:17 - Code in general

• Clean, commented, organized
• Take the extra hour before an application and polish it

06:10 - JS

• Basics of the language - storing data in Arrays and Objects
• Looping and flow control
• Array methods
• Promises + async await
• DOM basics - select an element, listen for clicks, update elements
• Node basics
  • Most of your JS basics apply here
  • Read Files, write files
  • Fetch data and return it

08:38 - CSS

• Attention to detail - pixel-perfect replication of designs
• Works well on mobile
• No reliance on libraries - complete reliance on Bootstrap or Tailwind is a red flag. If you use these things, explain clearly why they are useful to you (e.g. augment your skills, not relied on).

12:54 - Real-world libraries

• One of the following: React, Vue, Angular
• Node.js - sending Server data as a response
  • JSON
  • Express, Next.js
• Popular helper libs
  • Date functions / Moment (Moment is old but its still 2x more popular)
  • Lodash
• CSS
  • Scoped CSS
  • Pattern libraries

17:15 - What about data structures and algorithms?

• Yes you obviously need to know about arrays and objects - probably maps and sets too
• Links lists? Tree structures? Traversal?
• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1353729683486076930

20:26 - Soft skills

• Know how to talk to PMs and other devs.
• Know how to stay on top of timelines and schedules while communicating.
• You won’t last long in any work environment where you aren’t able to fit in.
• Many devs sometimes get a big head about doing tech - this is not something you want to emulate. Ignore any kind of internal “us vs them” attitude. It’s about the big picture and you’ll go further.
• Write good, short, emails that don’t sound like you are mad.

Links

• LeetCode
• Syntax 117: Hasty Treat - How To Email Busy People

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