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- 🥑 @Vaadin - @Karat Brand Ambassador Brilliant Black Minds - @CodeConnector_ Advisor - - Started in Tech @ 46
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Yes I'm biased but straight up
@vaadin
is on the move right now.
Cool new site:
Helpful community forum:
Intuitive starter site:
and me 🤗. AMA!
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just got off the phone with my pops who reminded me "man there's no behind in life. There's no ahead in life. There's just life. Grab whatever fruit your current tree offers and when it runs out, find a new tree"
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My thoughts on mastering data structures and algorithms as a self taught dev.
If you've learned to code on your own or through a bootcamp, you may be tempted to grind
Leetcode very hard next because that's what's recommended so often. Before you do that, consider:
*thread*
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I’ll probably lose followers over this but oh well. Hot take – some of you don’t need any more advice. Not a single mumbling word. 🤫
You just need to get your fingers on the keyboard and get to work consistently over the next few months. 💻
#learningtocode
#selftaughtdeveloper
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A few places you can learn DS&A for free include MIT's 6.006
, UC Berkley's CS61B
, and
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16 Early admittance - MIT
18 Expelled - MIT
21 Expelled - State U..
22 Married, started a restaurant career
27 Divorced
42 Terminated as Food Service Director
45 Started web dev course
46 Got a Jr marketing role
47 Landed full-time Software Developer position
You can make it!!
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There's an entire github repo of companies that do *not* do DS&A
whiteboard interviews:
If you've assessed you absolutely need to know DS&A for your next interview, Leetcode still isn't
the first stop.
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After completion, pattern recognition is super-helpful. Resources to help with that
include 14 patterns ,
75 blind ,
and Neetcode . Then employ the power of repetition as the mother of skill - grind Leetcode.
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As my pastor spoke this morning on ‘scars’, I reflected on how much social media presence and influence centers on hiding one’s scars and flaws and presenting the most perfect images possible. But that’s the thing, they’re just images and not reality. In that vein, I’d like to
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yeah learning to code is infinitely easier than learning to people
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@ParissAthena
To your last question, there are numerous disheartening examples all around the world of what happens in that case.
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It’s about to go down
The inspiring
@LawrenceDCodes
became a developer at 46, overcoming obstacles that took him two years to land his first job!
He alone proved age is just a number. Full episode drops tomorrow on Chris Sean Talks:
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Ok the balloons are cool but breakfast alone at Waffle House this morning was 😘🤌🏾
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Wow 9K just in time for my birthday!
Thanks again to all for the well wishes, follows, and so many kind words.
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Coding? Not tonight. I’m out here working on my Birdman about to go hang with my people.
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Seeing this is a frequent topic of conversation these days, starting tomorrow I’m kicking off
#100DaysOfDevRel
. Tell a friend 😉
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When is the Twitter space for how to break into trades? Plumbing, electrician, HVAC tech – these people get paid paid especially if they spin up their own business. I think a good number of people are missing out on these roles because
#Reasons
.
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Learning in public is cool but sometimes you need to go Batman mode and when you come out that cave months later, you're a whole new person ... with a fly batmobile ;-)
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Make friends. That’s the tweet.
Had dinner with my brother
@LawrenceDCodes
. I've known him for 6 years now! 6 years!!
It takes almost zero effort for us to talk for hours and cover so much value within that time period!
If you haven't already, show some love to my brother and follow him.
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OK friends, I can finally let the cat out of the bag! To paraphrase Sam Cook “it’s been a long time coming and now a change has come!”
#vaadin
@vaadin
I'm excited to announce that
@LawrenceDCodes
has joined the
@vaadin
DevRel team as a Developer Advocate. You can expect some great
@hillaframework
and Vaadin Flow content going forward!
Please help me welcome Lawrence to the Vaadin community!
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Haven't made a hot take in a while so here goes.
Some of ya'll listen to all the wrong people. You're enthralled and entranced by flashy visuals and cute-sounding phrases but the ability to actually change your life for the better is seldom found in either.
Meanwhile there is
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I used to have it pinned but as a reminder to my soon-to-be-devs, my journey from Hello World to hired was 2.5 years. Yes, everyone's path is unique, but just let that sink in for argument sake.
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Great seeing Mom and Dad this weekend. Y’all wish my pops a Happy 82nd Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
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100% agree with all of this and let me add:
YOU NEED TO BE DOING THIS if you are trying to break into tech. I feel like I owe so much of my success in this field to this.
Not only has it opened doors for me it has created amazing friendships!
Had to use
@LawrenceDCodes
as an example, follow him if you aren't already!
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Feeling much better this week - thanks for so many well wishes! Unfortunately I gave “it” to my family so keep praying 🙏🏾
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It's important that I publicly thank
@anthonydmays
for his leadership and grace.
#BlackTechTwitter
and perhaps more importantly the world at large is all the better because of the way you show up consistently. Keep up the great work my man.
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Beginners personal project idea: Dig into the Twitter API docs. Build a web app that just displays the tweets of users you input to a form. Basically a stand-alone List.
Make it dynamic so you can add, delete displayed users at any time from the UI.
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Day 35
#100DaysOfDevRel
Travel day 🛫
Off to represent
@Vaadin
at a Java meetup , à la mini conference, organized by my main man
@DThompsonDev
. This will be my first meetup as a Devrel and I’m really looking forward to it.
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Exciting news! 🎉
I've just been announced as Top Rated for the month of November on Topmate! 🙌🏼
It's an incredible honor and a dream come true.
Big shoutout to you all for your unwavering support! It means a lot!
I'm at
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Early AM coding sesh just about to commence. What y’all up to?
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@ThePrimeagen
I'm certain it's a statistically relevant number. And yet there's another crowd who's been programming for 20 years, doesn't find it immensely pleasurable but they're from a generation that mentally and emotionally processes the concept of work in a different way.
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Happiest of Birthdays to Java Champion, Queen of Grace, and one of the most trusted names in tech,
@techgirl1908
🎉🎉🎉
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There's ample SWE positions that do not require DS&A whiteboard style problems as part of their interview process. Non tech companies in particular often will focus more on
projects, take-home assignments, and technical questions to gauge your knowledge as opposed to DS&A
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wife been gone 30 whole minutes and I have no idea what to do with myself 🥲Safe travels babybabe 🤗
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3 questions to consider BEFORE you pivot, buy courses, pay for resume redos, seek certs, etc
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Chillin with some tech friends last night. All 3 of us got new jobs in 2023. All 3 of us had unique value propositions in our candidacy/personal brand that made the difference in getting hired. I do see this as the level up. When you’ve checked off all the boxes from the standard
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It’s been such a fantastic day. Color me happy and satisfied 🎉
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Write java. Keep your girl. Who needs hair?
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There is virtually NO tech certificate that on its own will launch you into a new high-paying tech role with no ed. and no experience. That just doesn’t exist, please don’t fall for the trap. Infrastructure/IT certs CAN be a great launching point (CISSP, AWS Prac, RHCSA,
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speed running an old java course because I haven't pushed java to prod in months. aka practicing what i preach. And yes, coding on my Quest 2.
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According to FB, I posted this 7 years ago. Just. Wow. 🥲
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Vlog is live —>
Also SpiderMan was just incredible ✊🏾✊🏾
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Hi all, I’m looking to make 100 new tech friends today. Let’s connect ! (p.s. I’m not selling anything 🤣)
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When learning to code, sheer resilience can accomplish some things that talent cannot.
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Ok this is pretty cool for so many reasons but the main one I'm thinking is the old adage about "surround yourself with people smarter than you". Mission accomplished!
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5 JOB INTERVIEW PHRASES TO USE
1. "In the past, I've been noticed for getting teams to do [X thing], thanks to my [Y skill]."
You're showing that your skill level is so high, the people you work with also benefit from it.
Example:
Don't say: "I'm an excellent communicator."
What
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I like what
@pikacodes
shared the other night at the
@theroadtotech
event. Paraphrasing "On your coding journey, there will be times for sowing and times for reaping. The sowing can get pretty tough but it feels worth it it when you see the harvest"
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@OlInkyBvstvrd
We just need to expand your circles bro, my sisters in tech are doing it big.
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Are you really a DevRel if you don’t do one of these? Shoutout to the great crowd out for the
#Java
talks tonight 🎉. When
@DThompsonDev
does it, it’s gonna be big every time.
#Dallas
#techmeetup
When I say the house is packed I mean it! Mr
@LawrenceDCodes
is educating the crowd on
@vaadin
and is really out here opening eyes!
Engaging talk and a pretty cool tool!
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OK, streamers and makers of video content, I want to know your stack. Primarily the software – favorite streaming software, editing software, etc. You can throw hardware in there as well if you just want to. Let’s hear it!
P.s. this is not clickbait 😂. I’m asking for future
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quietly studying w/randoms on Discord for accountability >> yet another Twitter space
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sometimes you just gotta trust your spidey senses about people. As a Christian the more proper phrase is "discernment" but you get it. Not going into details but I'll repeat this for the 100th time, you better start researching who you're taking advice from and who you let speak
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Early morning java and juice. Let’s get this work 👍🏾
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Kind of funny how you just get better at the things you spend a lot of time on. Where was your time spent today? Rhetorical question of course.
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One of the best ways to learn what errors mean when you're learning to code is 1. Break the tutorial on purpose. Leave out that parameter, misspell the keyword, etc.
2. Take note of the error(s) that are thrown. You intuitively know what they mean because you're the one who
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Yo if tacos can fall apart and still be amazing, so can you 🫵
— some guy on TikTok
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