Ryan welcomes Mike Swift, co-founder and CEO of Major League Hacking, to the show to chat about the never-ending need for software developer communities and entry points into programming; MLH’s recent acquisition of DEV and how they’re creating a place for shared knowledge, building, and publishing; and why now is the best time to be both an artisan and a builder in a world with AI software development tools.
For promising Gen Z students, a career as a software developer seemed like the golden ticket to career stability and success. But in the age of AI, the career promise for Gen Z software developers is gone.
Most job interviews are stressful. This one is not.
Users have been sharing the spark that started them on their journey as computer programmers. From IRC to Minecraft, users found a passion that became a career.
What matters isn’t just whether you use it, but how.
The conventional metaphor for career success is a ladder, but there are a lot of problems with this narrative.
How does our emphasis on impostor syndrome keep us from having bigger, harder conversations about how to improve life for developers?
Salaries for developers surged over the past few years, but those gains weren't even distributed globally.
That bootcamp may have taught you to write code that works. But the next level is to write code that works with other people.
Nearly two years into the pandemic, many Americans are reevaluating their relationship with work.
Looking for the skills that pay the bills? Skillsoft ran a survey to find out the highest-paying roles and the skills they require.
Moving into a management role may be a rewarding step in your career, but you should know about the things you're leaving behind.
Engineer and manager have a surprising amount of similarities: both are building things, but the feedback loop for managers is a lot longer.
Stretch work assignments are tasks or projects that are a bit beyond an engineer’s current skill or knowledge level and that allow them to improve and learn new things. When done correctly these assignments serve a dual purpose of providing learning opportunities for your engineers, while at the same time completing a project or task that will help your company.
