Hello Turing World Podcast

Career progression, titles, and leveling vary depending on the company and role. On this episode of the New Dev Series Jeannie, Jesse, and Bailey break down what this can look like by sharing their own experiences and processes they have be a part of. How do you define your own career progression and what does it mean to level up?

In this episode of the New Dev Series hosts Bailey, Jesse, and Jeannie discuss the life in the day of a new software developer. They discuss the challenges of a dev's first 6 months - 1 year on the job and advise on how to contribute during that time, all while taking in a ton of new information.

Bailey and Jesse are joined by Peloton Engineer and former Turing Instructor and 1602/03 Alum Ilana Corson. They discuss Ilana’s Turing story, how she became an instructor at Turing, her work as a TestDouble consultant, consultancy vs product work, being female in tech, and how all Turing community members can move the needle on justice and equality.

Jeannie and Jesse hold down the conversation this week as they discuss mentorship in all its forms.

Bailey and Jesse chat with Turing co founder and Revelo Chief Community Officer Jorge Téllez about the early days of Turing, Turing’s mission, the origins of the Turing admissions process, making the tech world more inclusive, Revelo, doing good and other topics.

This week on the New Dev Series, Bailey, Jeannie, and Jesse discuss their experiences with onboarding and what that can look like at different companies.

Bailey and Jesse are joined by the Head of Engineering of Temporal and founder of the Turing Front End Program Steve Kinney. They discuss how Steve joined Turing during the early days, the advent of the Front End Program, his work at Sendgrid, Twilio, Temporal as well as the courses he teaches at Frontend Masters.

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekinney/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekinney/)

Website: [https://www.stevekinney.net/](https://www.stevekinney.net/)

Frontend Masters: [https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/steve-kinney/](https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/steve-kinney/)

Temporal: [https://temporal.io](https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/steve-kinney/)

Don’t forget to check out https://www.milehighhack.org/ a Denver non profit and civic hackathon.

And apologies for the sound quality of this episode. It’s not the best and we’re working to improve.

In this episode Bailey, Jeannie and Jesse unpack what interviews commonly look like for Software Developers. They give high level overviews on what to expect, share their personal experiences, and get into the weeds about what makes interviewing for your first role unique.

Jesse and Jeannie chat with Turing’s Sr. Growth Marketing Manager Nikki Diminich about her Turing Story, marketing Turing’s mission, finding potential Turing students, design, and the bigLOVISA scholarship fund.

Connect with Nikki 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-diminich-1a5940a/ Instagram: nikkidims11