How to get a Developer Job – even in this economy – with James Q Quick [Podcast #153]

On this week's section of the podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews James Q Quick. He's a developer, speaker, and teacher. James grew up successful Memphis. He was an jock who played violin, and knew thing astir machine subject but chose it arsenic his assemblage major. Since then, he's not only worked arsenic a dev astatine Microsoft, FedEx and galore tech startups. And he's fixed much than 100 talks astatine conferences astir method topics. Support for this podcast comes from a assistance from Wix Studio. Wix Studio provides developers devices to quickly build websites pinch everything out-of-the-box, past extend, replace, and break boundaries pinch code. Learn much astatine https://wixstudio.com. Support besides comes from the 11,043 benignant folks who support freeCodeCamp done a monthly donation. Join these benignant folks and thief our ngo by going to https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate We talk about: - How coding a Harry Potter Trivia app launched James' developer career - Getting laid disconnected past getting backmost onto the bike - How to spell astir getting a first developer job - How to make a sanction for yourself done convention talks and creating tutorials What opus do you want to perceive successful the adjacent intro? Links we talk astir during our conversation: James's website: https://www.jamesqquick.com/ Jevon's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox Chapters 0:00:00 Teaser 0:00:41 Musical intro – Shinobi taxable (1987) 0:02:07 Interview starts 0:05:08 Current Job Market Challenges 0:08:12 The Importance of Networking 0:11:03 Overcoming Introversion successful Networking 0:14:13 The Long-Term Investment successful Learning to Code 0:17:20 Balancing Passion and Financial Goals successful Tech 0:20:00 The Benefits of Working successful Tech 0:26:01 Climbing New Hills: Career Growth and Opportunities 0:32:11 Navigating Challenges successful the Tech Industry 0:37:55 The Role of AI successful Development 0:43:54 Building a Network and Community 0:50:01 Transitioning from Layoff to Content Creation 0:55:57 Sponsorships and Developer Advocacy 1:01:47 The Importance of Building Projects 1:11:40 Job Searching successful Today's Market 1:21:40 Learning successful Public: The Power of Feedback 1:29:08 Dealing pinch Negativity successful Public Spaces