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code-for-a-living February 24, 2020

How to onboard yourself when your employer doesn’t

I had to onboard myself. Here are some of the things I learned on the path to being a fully contributing developer and a valuable member of the development team.
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Matthew Gaiser
code-for-a-living February 18, 2020

Trying to find your first dev job? Here’s what employers are actually looking for.

Interview processes run the gamut from a few conversations, to hours of writing code on a whiteboard, to evaluative social events with the team. It can all seem very mysterious and nerve-wracking from the outside. But here’s the big secret: No matter what kind of process you step into, the hiring team, really, is only trying to figure out three things.
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Rebekah Rombom
Sascha Wolf Stack Overflow User Story
careers September 10, 2019

How This Git Whiz Grew His Career Through Stack Overflow

Sascha Wolf started using Stack Overflow as resource for homework help. But it quickly became his community, and a path to new career opportunities.
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Medi Madelen Gwosdz Content Strategist - Former
code-for-a-living September 5, 2019

“They Didn’t Teach Us This”: A Crash Course for Your First Job in Software

From Personal Projects To Production Code
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Max Pekarsky Software Engineer
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