Standing Out in a Sea of Junior Developers & Finding your Learning Style – She’s in Tech 010

About this Episode

For this episode, Dacey, Susan, and Maria are joined by guest Star Richardson. Here are the questions they discussed:

• Talk about your background prior to coding - Are there skills in your previous field that helped you in your new career in coding?
• How do you recommend others to stand out amongst other junior devs?
• Do you think becoming a new dev during the Covid pandemic has brought unique obstacles during your coding journey?
• How did you go about finding a mentor?
• Do you have any tips for other women in tech who are switching careers and/or just starting out in dev?

Panel

• Dacey Nolan
• Maria Loza
• Susan Ma

Guest

• Star Richardson

Sponsors

• Dev Influencers Accelerator
• This Dot Labs

Links

• Learning How to Learn course
• swyx's site
• Twitter: swyx ( @swyx )
• Harvard CS50 course
• Twitter: Star Richardson ( @alicenstar )

Picks

• Dacey- Bones Coffee Company
• Maria- Rooster Teeth Water Tumbler 
• Star- Machete
• Susan- Label Maker

Contact Dacey

• Twitter: Dacey Nolan ( @dacey_nolan )

Contact Susan

• Twitter: Susan Ma ( @sukisupremo )

Contact Maria

• Twitter: Maria Loza ( @this__maria )