September 15th, 2023 × #Web Development#Career Change#Interviews
Supper Club × How To Get Your First Dev Job With Stuart Bloxham
Stuart discusses his journey from working in a family business to becoming a self-taught web developer, including how he prepared for interviews, built projects, and made time for learning while having a family.
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Stuart Bloxham about how he learned to code, what his interview process was like when applying for a job, how he found the time to make it all work, and his thoughts on bootcamps and ways to learn.
Show Notes
- 00:36 Welcome
- Stuart Bloxham on GitHub
- Stuart Bloxham on LinkedIn
- 02:09 How did you decide to be a web developer?
- 08:22 Did you have clarity when your kid was born?
- 10:20 What was the interview process like?
- 18:25 What and how did you learn?
- 20:28 What's the state of bootcamps in 2023?
- 22:03 How important have soft skills been?
- 25:14 How do you know when you're ready to apply for a job?
- 35:24 Do you like coding?
- 37:49 How did you find the time to make it all work?
- 41:42 How did you deal with burnout?
- 43:06 Supper Club questions
- 45:34 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
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