#282 - From Overwhelmed To Hired: A Realistic Plan For Learning To Code on an Adult Schedule
👉 Your adult time audit worksheet 👈I get it.There is no time. You have kids, maybe adult dependents or a really good show you're binging in between our slow descent into a dystopian reality.I don't ...
23 Okt 202511min
#281 - Coding Bootcamp, College, Or Self-Taught? Which is Right For You and How to Decide
Let's weigh college, bootcamps, and the self-taught route with blunt pros and cons, then map each path to market realities, hiring filters, and long-term growth. The goal is to help you choose a route...
20 Okt 202512min
#280 - The Missing Guide to AI for Web Developers
I just quit my job as a senior AI developer, and while helping hire my replacement, I realized how few people actually know how AI apps work. In this episode, I walk through Retrieval-Augmented Genera...
16 Okt 202528min
#279 - Recruiter Exposes the Truth About Junior Developer Jobs
Just give up?Everyone says no one’s hiring junior developers anymore — but is that actually true?In this episode, I sit down with recruiter David Roberts to uncover what’s really happening in the job ...
13 Okt 202544min
#278 - AI Does NOT Replace Junior Developers, Here's Why
Every headline says AI is eating developer jobs. But spend a week in production and you’ll see the opposite: brittle code, flaky tests, and tools that look fast until you actually ship something.In th...
9 Okt 202512min
#277 - RAG: The Only AI Skill Web Devs Need to Learn in 2026
I thought Ben was a troll when he slid into my DMs after a LinkedIn argument. Turns out, he’s building some of the most practical AI systems I’ve seen. In this episode, we talk about how that disagree...
6 Okt 202536min
#276 - Claude Code Failed: What Anthropic’s Postmortem Means for Developers
Ever had your AI pair programmer stop helping and start breaking everything? I did—and this time, the data proves it wasn’t just me.Claude fell off. TypeScript that wouldn’t compile, migrations stuck ...
2 Okt 202516min
#275 - Terrible Advice for Software Developers (that you're hearing in 2025)
After 11 years helping hundreds of career changers switch into software development, I've found the hardest part isn't teaching technical skills but rewiring brains from misleading online advice that ...
29 Sep 202517min
