Where Do I Code From Here?: Recent Episodes
Derek Jensen
A conversational journey into the real-life world of software development with Derek Jensen.
In this podcast, Derek will share with you all the joys and struggles you will encounter on your road to code whether you are learning on your own or going to school. Derek will spend his time going through real scenarios of what it takes to successfully learn how to write code, apply it to your life, get a job, and ultimately find the best way to have writing code bring you joy.
This episode is all about preparing for the big game...of your career.
Too often, we go into job interviews unprepared and not performing at our best. The answer to this problem is interviewing more often and getting the necessary practice to have the best possible chance to succeed. Interviewing more often, especially when you don't actually need or want a new job has several obvious, as well as not so obvious, benefits.
So often in our personal journeys into writing software and learning to write code, we start in the wrong place. We put way too much emphasis on the programming language we should use. And I couldn't disagree with this point of view more. And because of that, in this episode, I'm going to tell you where you need to start and how it will help you regardless of where you are in your journey.
Spoiler alert: It's GitHub!
Links From The Episode:
GitHub: https://github.com/
Hacktoberfest: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/
Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derekjensencodes/
This episode is all about choosing the right programming language that makes sense for you. I'm going to share with you my go-to programming language as well as a new way of choosing a language for you that will drastically increase your odds of enjoying the process of learning to write code.
Just like getting better at anything in life takes time, so does creating content that makes it to you.
In this episode, I vent a little on my frustrations on what it's going to take to get quality content for free in front of you to help as much as possible. But don't worry, I'm not giving up and neither should you.
It's about long term wins, not short term hacks.
In this episode, I discuss the concept of "tech debt". It may sound like a fancy software development term, but the underlying concept is actually very simple. I also explain to you how you can use the concept of tech debt to get better at writing code no matter what phase of your journey you are in.
I want to first send out a huge thanks to you for simply being here and listening. My goal is to do nothing less than help you achieve your goals in software and in life.
In this first episode, I want to share with you what to expect on this journey we are embarking on together. Over the next lifetime or so, we will be covering a number of topics as they relate to both learning to code as well as life in general. And for the most part, all of this information will fall into 3 main buckets:
- Learning how to code using online resources (for free)
- Translating your newly learned skills to the workforce (education to employment)
- Leading a fulfilling and joyous life as a software developer
You and I are going to accomplish this all together through honesty and sharing stories, experiences, and highs and lows of our day-to-day struggles in becoming the best (and happiest) software developers that we possibly can.