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In this episode I’m answering listener questions…ask me anything! The questions I answer in this episode are:
- What kind of laptop to you use? —Ellen
- What was the coding school that rejected you in episode 48? —Karl
- Do you think you’d ever start a new podcast, maybe focusing more on financial independence with a few updates on your coding? —Erica
- What life is like in general for someone living abroad? Do you ever get home sick or was it easy to meet new people? —Erica
- What was/has been your favorite part of living abroad? Would you like to make the move permanent or just a few years? —Erica
- Any podcast recommendations? I know you mentioned Second Career Devs and I’m now a big fan of that. Not even just coding ones, but what are some others you enjoy? And what made you start the podcast vs just blogging? —Erica
- What is your perception of the job market for entry level frontend web development jobs? —Alex
- It’s my current plan to build a solid portfolio and apply for jobs online, but I wonder if that route has become so competitive that it’s not a realistic way to land a job anymore. As you said, it’s so saturated on Upwork that they turned you down(?!) —Alex
- I know that meet-ups/networking is important, but it’s hard to prioritize that stuff since it would take up a lot of time that I could use to work on my coding skills. How do you decide how to prioritize these two aspects of the job hunting process? —Alex
- In pursuing financial independence, for us self supporting folk, is coding the best route? Also, is there any threshold to transition completely to a self learning or school route or just to keep at it an hour or so a day? —Krista
- If you had $1000 to spend, what would be your top resources? I have tried Udemy (Colt Steele and others), FCC, Learn XYZ the Hard Way, Treehouse, Udacity, community college, and am struggling with information overload… —Krista
- It seems that web dev, computer science, mobile, data, and security are really all their own things. Is it best to be a generalist or only focus on one? —Krista
- Any idea on how long to really be job ready at the hour plus a day? Is it really like Gladwell’s 10,000 hours or Norvig’s 10 years? —Krista
- With limited time, is it best to do tutorials/learn or just go build? —Krista
- Recurse Center
- My Podcast Picks
- Radical Personal Finance: My Podcasting Equipment, Workflow, and Lessons Learned From 200 Episodes
- Radical Personal Finance: Thirty Podcasting Lessons Learned From 300 Episodes and 2,000,000+ Downloads
- freeCodeCamp Podcast: Ep. 28 - How to land a six figure job in tech with no connections
- freeCodeCamp Podcast: Ep. 32 - How you can start a career in a different field without experience
- Start Over Coder Episode 63 on prioritizing networking events
- Start Over Coder Episode 30 on the super-productive group coding project I did
- Start Over Coder Episode 33 on how to practice well
- 100 Days of Code
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