Episodes
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Katherine Peterson is a software engineer at GitHub working on projects to support the open source community. Katherine is two years out of a bootcamp and found her way to her dream job by sharing her projects on Twitter. In this conversation we talk about how Katherine learned to code, got into open source, and how she landed her dream job at Github.
Katherine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/katherinecodes
Readme.so: https://readme.so/
Katherine's blog: https://blog.katherinempeterson.com/
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Şahin Arslan is a front-end engineer and blogger who writes about programming. In this conversation, we talk all about big O notation in JavaScript. We talk about what big O notation is and why it used by programmers and computer scientists. We talk about time and space complexity, as well as what you need to know about them in regards to JavaScript.
We also talk about how to teach yourself computer science, escaping tutorial hell, and Sahin's journey into programming.
Sahin's blog: https://www.sahinarslan.tech/
Sahin's dev.to: https://dev.to/humblecoder00
Sahin's article, "Comprehensive Big O Notation Guide in Plain English, using Javascript": https://dev.to/humblecoder00/comprehensive-big-o-notation-guide-in-plain-english-using-javascript-3n6m
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Dave Ceddia is a software developer and blogger. He’s the author of a book and a handful of courses on React, and he also created Recut, a native app to make screencast editing faster.
In this conversation, Dave and I talk all about React. We talk about learning React and teaching React, what React is and how it works. We go over different topics such as hooks, custom hooks, state management libraries and how to choose one. We also talk about Dave’s book and course, Pure React.
Dave's site: https://daveceddia.com/
Dave's course Pure React: https://www.purereact.com/
Dave's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dceddia
Recut: https://getrecut.com/
Dave's article on React state management libraries and how to choose one: https://daveceddia.com/react-state-management/
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Kyle is a software developer specializing in JavaScript and React, a writer, and teacher. He’s the creator of several Egghead courses on topics ranging from functional programming to data structures and algorithms.
In this conversation we talk about a variety of topics including learning how to code, getting into functional programming, and computer science.
Kyle's site: https://kyleshevlin.com/
Kyle's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kyleshevlin
Links mentioned in the episode:
https://kyleshevlin.com/use-encapsulation… https://kyleshevlin.com/using-react-memo-to-avoid-unnecessary-rerenders…
https://kyleshevlin.com/memoization https://kyleshevlin.com/usememo-and-stable-values…
https://kyleshevlin.com/graphs-are-everywhere…
https://kyleshevlin.com/from-pastor-to-programmer… https://mostly-adequate.gitbook.io/mostly-adequate-guide/
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In this epiosde, Christof gives an overview of cryptography for beginners.
Christof Paar is Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy and Research Professor at the Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst. He has taught crypto and security courses for 25 years to thousands of students in the US & Europe. He also taught extensively in industry, including courses at NASA, Motorola & Philips. Christof has given invited talks at MIT, Yale, Stanford, IBM and Intel. He co-founded, with Cetin Koc, the Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES) and has 200+ scientific publications on applied cryptography.
Christof's crypto video series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1usFRN4LCMcfIV7UjHNuQg
Christof's book, Understanding Cryptography: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Cryptography-Textbook-Students-Practitioners/dp/3642446493
Book site: https://www.crypto-textbook.com/
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Stephanie Orpilla is a software engineer at Amazon where she focuses on frontend and data visualization for cloud security. She also runs an Etsy store, StemBabe, and is a mentor and curriculum developer for Girls Who Code and Built by Girls. Steph and I talk about learning how to code, getting your first developer job, tips for technical interviews and how to learn data structures and algorithms.
Steph's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_steph.js
Steph's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_stephjs
Steph's Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/people/stephanieorpilla
Resources mentioned by Steph:
Interview cake: https://www.interviewcake.com/
The Coding Interview Bootcamp: Algorithms + Data Structures
https://www.udemy.com/course/coding-interview-bootcamp-algorithms-and-data-structure/
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Scott is a senior software engineer at Netflix. Previously he was the CEO and Co-founder of Tipe and Onespeed. He’s known in the JS community for his contributions to Angular, including popular open source projects, conference talks, and courses.
Scott and I talk about how he taught himself to code, getting your first developer role and how to succeed in a job interview.
We also talk about how to level up as a developer, what it takes to become a senior developer, and what to keep in mind if you’re a developer interested in building a startup.
Scott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/scotups
Scott's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottMoss
Scott's Frontend Masters Courses: https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/scott-moss/
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Todd Gardner is the cofounder of Request Metrics and TrackJS. He also hosts PubConf and trains web developers to build faster and more maintainable websites.
Todd and I talk about why web performance is important, understanding web performance metrics, and how to improve the performance of your applications.
Todd's site: https://todd.mn/
Todd's Twitter: https://twitter.com/toddhgardner
Todd's web performance fundamentals course: https://frontendmasters.com/courses/web-perf/
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Cole Turner is a senior software engineer at Netflix, focusing on user interfaces and experimentation. When he’s not doing that, he’s either mentoring or chasing the dream to improve developer ergonomics and productivity. You can catch him in his free time churning ice cream and petting dogs.
Cole and I talk about how he taught himself to code, technical interviews, and how to keep growing as an engineer. This conversation was recorded live on Clubhouse.
Cole's blog: https://cole.codes/
Cole's Twitter: https://twitter.com/coleturner
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Shaundai Person is a UI engineer at SalesLoft, a blogger, a speaker and an Egghead instructor.
Shaundai and I talk about her journey into tech, how she taught herself to code without a bootcamp, and how to stand out as a non-traditional job applicant.
Shaundai's site: https://www.shaundai.com/
Shaundai's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaundai
Shaundai's recent Egghead talk: https://egghead.io/talks/egghead-standing-out-as-a-non-traditional-applicant
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Naz Delam is a UI engineer at Netlflix, a career coach, mentor and speaker. We talk about job hunting, technical interviews, and how to grow as a software developer.
Naz's site: https://naz.dev/
Naz's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NazDelam
Naz's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazdelam/
Naz's mentorship: https://mentorcruise.com/sessions/mentor/NazDelam/
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Josh is the creator of CSS for JavaScript developers, an interactive course that helps JavaScript developers become confident with CSS. Josh has worked as a senior engineer for organizations like Khan academy, DigitalOcean and Gatsby, as well as taught for Journey education, developing curriculum and leading web-development courses at Concordia University.
In this episode, Josh and I talk about his new course, CSS for JavaScript developers. We talk about why so many find CSS hard to learn and frustrating to work with, and we talk about how to learn CSS. We also talk about what Josh has learned from launching his first course.
Josh's course:
https://css-for-js.dev/
Josh's site:
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/
