Ask Them Anything: Career & Life Advice for Junior & Intermediate Developers
summary
Panel gives blunt, actionable moves: write for years (examples show blogs and a podcast that run long before traction and later attract sponsors), use WordPress gateway to learn real projects, put publish goals on GitHub and track weekly todos or a bullet journal, join meetups or Slack communities, treat internships as hands‑on bootcamps, build side projects for passive income, and note a documented experiment titled you might not need js that needed an accessibility warning and was revised. Ask questions early; don’t hide ignorance.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:48High School and College
- 5:30First Job in Tech
- 8:05Making Goals
- 13:16Writing
- 16:35Career Failures
- 19:50Hobbies
- 22:30WorkLife Balance
- 26:08Getting Involved
- 27:50Common Mistakes
- 33:25Measuring Success
- 37:13Getting Promoted
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