Originally published at morganlatimer.com Coding interview preparation can seem like an incredibly daunting task. This is especially true if you’ve never done one before, if you are a self-taught developer or bootcamp grad, or if you don’t have much industry experience. Unlocking the coding interview opens the door to top pay, benefits, and perks at premier tech companies. The key to preparing well for a coding interview is having a great preparation plan. A structured coding interview preparation plan can bolster your confidence and readiness. It also ensures that you will
Originally published at morganlatimer.com For those of us in tech, a resume often feels like a necessary evil. It feels like an old and antiquated way of getting a company’s attention. Don’t these companies already know everything about us? Engineers shouldn’t need to look for jobs. Jobs should be looking for us! Just stuff a few key words in a PDF, ship it, and voilà ! You’re off to the interview. Yet, they remain as crucial as ever. Every tech job I’ve ever heard of still requires it. In fact, I’d wager
Originally posted at morganlatimer.com There’s an industry slang expression reserved for people who don’t read documentation. It goes by the letters RTFM—read the #$* manual. The same advice applies to job descriptions. It is advice that many tech job seekers seem to ignore to their own peril. They spam their resume to hundreds of positions. Meanwhile, they get few, if any, interview invites. I’m convinced that they either don’t read or don’t understand what they’re reading. For any job, the first official documentation you’ll encounter is the job description. Most job
Originally published on anthonydmays.com There aren’t many things I regret in my tech career. Of course, there are things I’ve lived through that shouldn’t happen in a perfect world. For instance, the abuse I suffered as a kid. Or my laziness in college. Or my overdeveloped fear of failure. Yet I’m grateful for every step of my journey. The complex tapestry of struggles, failures, and learnings I’ve experienced has led me down the path of tech career success I enjoy today. But what if I had to do it all over
Sponsored by Karat Brilliant Black Minds. I’ve been to a lot of conferences in my 22+ year career as a software engineer and career coach, but it took a bit of experience to figure out which ones were good for me and how to get an outsized return on my investment. When done right, the best conferences are where you can learn cutting-edge skills, make connections that can change your career, and find incredible new opportunities. Here’s how to make the most of them. Why go to tech conferences? We
This article was originally published by Anthony D Mays on his website. As a tech influencer, the single most frequently asked question I get is about how to transition into tech. People love the big salaries, cool products, and world-class perks bragged about on YouTube and TikTok. For underrepresented folks, getting into tech is about breaking into the greatest opportunity generator of our generation. With this in mind, I want to give you some principles to help guide you on the path towards transitioning into tech. We’ll also discuss how
