Develop Yourself

The coding bootcamp model is need of a serious face-lift.Aggressive marketing has created unrealistic expectations for career changers. Interviews are more difficult and developers are increasingly ex...

23 Dec 202434min

I have been working as a software developer for over a decade.These are the 3 simple (but effective) pieces of advice I’d give anyone starting out, including maybe not just starting at all!Send us a t...

19 Dec 202423min

A few students at Parsity.io have interviews coming up. I gave them the same advice I'll share with you in this episode.The weird thing about technical interviews is they might not be so technical at ...

16 Dec 202414min

Nearly a decade ago I started my first day as a developer.The night before the first day, I was barely able to sleep.Would I be found out as a fake developer and fired immediately?Would they give me a...

12 Dec 202418min

ReactJS is the most popular JavaScript library. Love it or hate it, it's a safe bet to learn.Let's walk through how much JS you need to know before ReactJS, how to create your first component and what...

9 Dec 202421min

The amount of information about how to get into software is overwhelming. Often times, the loudest voices have the least knowledge or experience.Who do you trust?What do you study?What should you buil...

4 Dec 202426min

A few months ago, during my first week at a new job, the CEO caught me red-handed using ChatGPT.“What are you doing?” he asked.I told him the truth: “Trying to match this UI design to the design spec—...

2 Dec 202419min

In this episode, I share the best tools, courses, and resources to help you level up your skills and accelerate your path to becoming a software developer. From Codecademy to Scrimba, system design ti...

28 Nov 202417min