Tech Talk with Mo Sharif: Recent Episodes
Mo Sharif
The tech industry is massive and full of attractive new opportunities available for new developers. Companies are providing remote work with lucrative benefits to developers to join their teams. In this podcast, I will share the best tips and tricks that helped me land my first job and progress throughout my career.
Why do you want to do that?
- Seeking fulfilments
- Enjoying more freedom and flexibility
- Working from home
- Do your own thing, your own ideas
Make sure it’s the right thing for you
- Something that you are passionate about.
- Something that you are good at.
- Helps your community.
- Makes you some money, otherwise, it’s just a hobby.
Selecting the right tech for your idea
- App or website
- Server-side rendering or Single page application
- What backend services would you need?
Offer up your services for free
- Volunteer your time and effort to help your community, set a small amount of time to practice what you are selling.
Bonus tips: Getting started
- Starting a slack workspace and inviting colleges from your network.
- Start a YouTube channel or a podcast show.
- Start social groups online to promote your ideas.
- Write articles.
As we are approaching a new year, it's a great time to explore what popular web technologies that are available to learn now and next year. In this episode, I will go over 5 technologies & frameworks to start learning to keep your front-end skills sharp. My top 5 of web technologies to learn are React, Gatsby, cloud serverless backends, automation tools, unit testing and bonus mention of visual testing with Percy.io.
I've tried googling what agile was, and it took me on a wild roller coaster ride! Therefore, I've made this simple episode to answer that from my real-world experience. I will explain what sprints and stand-ups mean in an agile workflow. And attempt to answer what they do to improve development speed while preventing developer burnout.
How do you land your first job in tech? after receiving a degree or finishing training, sometimes it's not clear what steps to take on first. I will attempt to share some of my experience around landing my first freelance gig and share tips on selling yourself to potential employers.
Have you experienced fear in the workplace? Even if you have, how would you know that you are experiencing fear? What can you do to discover the root causes of this fear? Tune in to this episode, where I share with you personal experience dealing with fear and using it to my advantage to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment.