JDHH: Amanda Lin, Senior Software Engineer at Github | Dev Bootcamp grad

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00:00 Welcome to JDHH!


9:12 How did you approach the job search after graduating from Dev Bootcamp?

24:20 Do you recommend as a recent bootcamp grad accepting ANY new job offer or should you potentially wait maybe more to have more offers to bid against each other?

32:42 After graduating from bootcamp how did you find your "niche" as a developer? Meaning how did you find what you liked to work on front end vs back end vs framework

38:38 Strategies around preparing for data/structure algo technical interviews?

50:00 Words of advice re: being an effective remote team member?

58:53 What was your biggest challenge transitioning from Jr to Sr software engineer?

1:12:54 As a new developer do you recommend the experience of wearing multiple hats in a startup environment or maybe a more supportive/targeted experience @ large corp?

1:20:15 What are your thoughts on reneging an offer for a better offer?

1:26:21 What were your fav resources you utilized while on the job search ( job board sites, skill building sites, networking sites, dev tools/chrome extensions etc)

1:40:57 Is it better to take a full time software engineering job or a master's in computer science? I'm a CS major senior in college and the master's would be free.

1:49:08 Amanda, where do u see yourself in 2, 5, 10 yrs? Would you want to move into management or still be working closely with code? Future career considerations for devs?

1:53:36 I've been offered some freelance work at a pretty low rate to make sure it's a "good fit". Is this typical for a "fresher"? How/When should I ask for raise?

2:00:05 Were you able to transfer any skills from Sales to Development?

2:00:57 What criteria to consider when picking a bootcamp?

2:11:49 Strategies for achieving work life balance as an Engineer?


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