Shawn (Swyx) Wang joins us to discuss his book, The Coding Career Handbook. In this episode, you'll learn principles, strategies, and actionable tactics that will help you become a hireable junior developer. For everything else, there's Swyx's book, for which you can receive 30% off using special code, SRIMBA30.

Timestamps

• 00:00 Introduction
• 1:37 When are you ready to apply for junior developer jobs?
• 03:40 What is learning in public and why is it important?
• 07:05 Learning in public is more selfish than alturistic
• 09:56 How to start learning in public
• 11:05 Preview of next week's episode 👀
• 12:30 Introduce a learning exhaust
• 15:00 The four gears of learning in public
• 17:47 Why working in the open can be magnetic
• 19:34 Teaching forces you to learn (and learn in depth)
• 20.05 Should you apply to lots of companies or just a few you really like?
• 22.44 How to get "lucky" more often
• 25.55 Alex shares his experience with learning in public
• 27:57 Swyx shares his experience learning in public

Links

• The Coding Career Handbook by Swyx (30% discount applied when you use this link)
• Learn in Public by Swyx
• Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
• Luck and the Entrepreneur by Marc Andreesen