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A career is the field in which you work, while a job is a position held in that field. A lot of content DEV is about our careers (real or aspirational) in some way โ and some of our community members share essential advice for navigating the career aspect of programming.
So, devs: who are your favorite DEV community members sharing career advice?
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There are so many folks with awesome career advice here, it's hard to pick one! So, I won't... I'll pick several. ๐
@silviaespanagil has authored some really great posts with career advice, particularly for beginner devs! Check out Jr. Dev: Do not give up which will link you up to various posts Silvia authored, all with great guidance for junior devs!
Silvia Espaรฑa Gil
@heyjtk has similarly been sharing lots of awesome career advice! Some of it slants to beginner devs, but often times it's just really relatable for devs who are continuously learning (which I think that's everyone, haha!). Give The emotional gauntlet of learning to code a read through and you're likely to nod your head yes throughout!
JTK
Thank you so much! <3
Oh fasho! And honestly, thank you for continuously sharing so many excellent posts in this community!
ooooh yes that one from @heyjtk was rad!
The emotional gauntlet of learning to code
JTK ใป Jul 21 ใป 9 min read
Bradston Henry
I recommend @bradstondev for this post challenging the interviewing status quo, which I really appreciated:
Why I Stopped Interviewing with Companies That Require a Coding Test
Bradston Henry ใป Feb 2 ใป 8 min read
Thank you soooo much for the shout out! I'm happy that others can learn from my journey!
And there are so many great authors on here to follow. I encourage everyone to keep exploring and read as much as you can here! ๐๐ฟ
I hit enter a tad early on my last message, and I got a few more shoutouts to give! Looking through my reading list, I see that I saved quite a few #career posts...
@stephsmithio's excellent The Realistic Guide to Remote Work is one that we can probs all relate to by now. Interestingly though, this post came out just before COVID!
The Realistic Guide to Remote Work
Steph Smith ใป Jan 20 '19 ใป 18 min read
@willjohnsonio shared the awesome personal tale How I Switched Careers Into Tech With No Degree In My Mid 30's. If you're making the switch to tech and looking for an inspirational story you can relate to, look no further.
How I Switched Careers Into Tech With No Degree In My Mid 30's
Will Johnson ใป Sep 15 '20 ใป 5 min read
@aspittel's The Most Important Non-Programming Skills for Programmers is certainly worth highlighting. The first subheading is "Empathy" and I could not agree more with this advice! It's also the primary trait I look for when assessing candidates for community positions.
The Most Important Non-Programming Skills for Programmers
Ali Spittel ใป Oct 15 '18 ใป 10 min read
I could continue on for way too long ๐ , so instead here's a screenshot of my reading list filtered to #career:
Isabel Nyo
Big shoutout to @eisabai as well! I especially loved this piece about the transition between being an engineer and an engineering manager:
How to Transition From Being a Software Engineer to an Engineering Manager
Isabel Nyo ใป Nov 10 '20 ใป 5 min read
I just followed @smmd after thoroughly enjoying this post about mentorship:
My Experience as a Mentor
Sagrario Meneses ใป Sep 7 ใป 4 min read
Thank you so much for this mention Erin! Glad that you enjoyed my last post.