Displaying Episode 11 - 18 of 18 in total of Tech Done Right with the tag “career”.
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Episode 43: Rubyists in Other Languages with James Edward Gray II and Steve Klabnik
August 8th, 2018 | 48 mins 51 secs
career, developer, languages, learning
Ruby is great. But it's not the best tool for everything. On this episode, I talk to James Edward Gray II and Steve Klabnik. Both James and Steve have made substantial contributions to the Ruby and Rails community, and they now both spend lots of time using other languages. We talk about what makes Rust and Elixir interesting for Ruby developers to learn, what some other interesting languages might be.
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Episode 41: Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey
July 11th, 2018 | 37 mins 14 secs
apprentice, career, hiring
What is an apprenticeship program, how is it different from an internship, and how can your company benefit from having one? In this episode, we’re talking about technical apprenticeships with Megan Tiu of Women Who Code. Megan and I have both run apprenticeships at various companies. We’re also joined by Table XI’s current apprentice cohort, Kara Carrell and Alyssa Ramsey.
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Episode 36: Your First 100 Days at a New Company with Katie Gore and Elizabeth Trepkowski Hodos
May 9th, 2018 | 42 mins 22 secs
career, communication
Tech Done Right is looking at onboarding from both sides. In this episode we talk with Katie Gore and Elizabeth Trepkowski Hodos about onboarding from the employee side. What can you do as a new employee to navigate the culture and environment of a new workplace? What are useful strategies? And what are some problems to watch out for?
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Episode 27: Marketing and Building an Audience with Suzan Bond
January 3rd, 2018 | 40 mins 51 secs
career, marketing
Are you a developer that wants to create your own content and build an audience? Suzan Bond joins the show to talk about how to bet on yourself. We talk about how to be comfortable marketing, how to present yourself as a credible source for developer-focused content, and how to build and maintain an audience. It's the kind of advice you'd normally have to pay a coach for, offered for free because that's how we build our audience here at Tech Done Right.
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Episode 24: Ruby Tapas and Avoiding Code with Avdi Grimm
November 15th, 2017 | 41 mins 50 secs
career, developer, learning
Avdi Grimm has been creating the RubyTapas screencast series for five years. In this episode Avdi and I talk about why he decided to do RubyTapas, and what makes a good episode. We also talk about the resources that helped us when we were learning to code. Then Avdi talks about his experience building the RubyTapas web site and explains how sometimes avoiding code can be the best business decision of all.
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Episode 13: Livable Code With Sarah Mei
June 14th, 2017 | 41 mins 38 secs
career, communication, developer
Is your code the kind of cluttered house you might find on a reality TV show? Or the kind of sleek, minimalist house you might find in a architectural magazine? Neither one sounds like a place you could comfortably live. Sarah Mei joins the podcast to talk about Livable Code, what makes a codebase livable, how to negotiate tension between junior and senior developers and how Rails deals with developer happiness.
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Episode 12: Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos
May 31st, 2017 | 36 mins 43 secs
career, communication
How can you get honest feedback from co-workers, even when you are their manager? How can you support your team's career growth and support them as they improve their skills? Claire Lew, the CEO of Know your Company, and Dan Hodos, Table XI's Director of Operations, join Noel to discuss why listening is the most important thing you can do when getting feedback, how specific questions can break the "fine" reflex, how sticky notes can help with career growth, and the one thing you should never do in a one-on-one meeting.
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Episode 003: Remote Work with Allison McMillan and Bradley Schaefer
February 8th, 2017 | 37 mins 43 secs
career, communication, remote
Allison McMillan (@allie_p) and Bradley Schaefer (@soulcutter) talk about remote work in the age of Slack. What makes a good remote worker, or a good remote working team? How can you support more junior team members who want to work remotely? How do you email cake to remote workers on launch celebration day? How can you improve code review for remote workers?