Aisha Blake is the Director of Developer Relations at Pluralsight and often a professional rubber duck. A theater kid turned tech community leader, Aisha has co-organized a number of meetups and events over the years, including Self.conference and
, a tech conference inspired by her love of teaching and musical theater.</p>
<p>This season, we’re helping you level up your interviewing skills! Each week Lauren Lee, Danny Ramos, and industry experts will offer advice on navigating career progression within tech.</p>
<p>Do you have ideas about how we can make our show better? Or would you like to be a guest on an upcoming episode? Reach out to our #devrel team at devrel@newrelic.com. We would LOVE to hear from you with any questions, curiosities, and/or feedback you have in hopes of making this the best show possible!</p>
<p>👉 Give us a follow: @LaunchiesShow</p>
<p><strong>Topics Covered On This Episode:</strong> </p>
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<li>Asking Questions During Interviews To Give You Real Company Insight</li>
<li>Evaluating: “Is this someone I want to work with?”, “Is this somewhere I want to work?”</li>
<li>Figuring Out What You Want In An Employer/Team</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Links:</strong></p>
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<li>Aisha’s Blog: aisha.codes</li>
<li>Aisha on Twitch: twitch.tv/aishacodes</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>CTA (Call To Action):</strong> Join the New Relic Community Slack and tell us…</p>
<p>What are your top three must-haves you want in your next job? Is it respect? Is it mentorship? Are you looking for really good benefits? Do you want them to be fun? Sit down and think about what would make you happy at your day-to-day.</p>
<p>👉 Follow Launchies, Lauren, and Danny on Twitter! </p>
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<p>Sign up to share your successes and learnings in a hands-on lab, workshop, or deep-dive session to help your peers advance their observability game.</p>
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