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Discussion on: You Should Speak At Meetups Before Your First Dev Job. Here's Why

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Sebastian Vargr

It's a great way to build a network, and networks are the best way to get the good jobs. :)

Personally, presentation and communication skills rank very high vs practical skills in the few interviews i have been involved in. The practicals we will have plenty of opportunity to teach, given a certain baseline of practicals skills of-cause.

So this article is great advice! :)

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Will Johnson

I agree you need to have a baseline but you can always learn more. Networks and relationships can lead to amazing opportunities. Thanks for reading Sebastian