Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Keeping Up with the Codeashians. Dealing with our fast paced industry.


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Scott and Wes talk about how to deal with being overwhelmed with our fast paced industry. How do you keep you and your team's skills up to date?

Wes' Note: Scott came up with the title for this one. I know.

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Show Notes

1:00

  • WELCOME
  • Scott is 32! Happy Birthday
  • Wes Relaunched his React for Beginners course!

4:00

  • That feeling
  • Being okay with not knowing everything

9:00

  • How to wait it out
  • When you should jump into a library
  • 1.0 of libraries
  • Dogfooding

13:00

  • Just In Time learning
  • Doubling down on the fundamentals

21:00

  • What is JAM Stack?

22:00

  • Why do you need to stay up to date?
  • Moving or Losing Jobs
  • Comfy Chairs

25:00

  • Hipster Web Developers

27:00

  • Someone think of the customers!
  • Technical Debt
  • Falling in love with web development again
  • Constantly challenging yourself

30:00

  • Complacency in Web Devleopment
  • Motivating Comfortable Web Developers
  • You have to stay up to date

32:00

  • Working on the weekends
  • Real Talk: part of your job is staying up to date
  • How to find time to learn on the clock

36:00

  • Adding new tech to projects as a way to learn

39:00

  • What if your senior developer is holding back progress?
  • How to convince your team or boss that you aren't just a hipster and this new tech is worth it
  • Show them the why!

47:00

  • Okay, I want to stay up to date. How?
  • Strong handle on fundamentals
  • Twitter
  • Twitter
  • WebDev Reddit
  • NodeJS is Cancer
  • Kitze's LOL Tweet
  • JavaScript Weekly
  • Lunch and Learns
  • Meetups
Siiiiiiiick Pixxxx
  • Scott: Never Split The Difference
  • Wes: Containers Podcast
  • Shameless Plugz
    • Scott: Pro Gatsby
  • Wes: React For Beginners
  • Tweet us your tasty treats!
    • Scott's Instagram
    • LevelUpTutorials Instagram
    • Wes' Instagram
    • Wes' Twitter
    • Wes' Facebook
    • Scott's Twitter
    • Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
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    Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsBy Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

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