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Listen "10: iOS vs. Web Dev, keys to the job search, & fixing Slack bugs for Twitter CEO with Laura Weaver"
Episode Synopsis
Laura Weaver started at Hack Reactor and has worked at Yelp & Slack. Her latest venture is at an exciting new startup called WhatNot. Some of the things we dived into include:
8:24 Why she chose the bootcamp route to get into tech
11:56 Freaking out coming out of bootcamp
13:40 iOS is harder than web development?
18:26 Searching for iOS jobs vs. Web Dev jobs
22:46 Why companies actually hire junior devs
25:32 The key to gaming the job search
27:16 Joining an unstructured startup within Yelp
33:41 Leaving Yelp because of it’s stock
37:03 Interview process for second job at Slack
44:25 Dealing with bug reports from the CEO of Twitter
45:38 Returning to startup world at WhatNot
51:07 Unique tactic for dealing with impostor syndrome
Follow Laura on Twitter to stay updated on her latest work.
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8:24 Why she chose the bootcamp route to get into tech
11:56 Freaking out coming out of bootcamp
13:40 iOS is harder than web development?
18:26 Searching for iOS jobs vs. Web Dev jobs
22:46 Why companies actually hire junior devs
25:32 The key to gaming the job search
27:16 Joining an unstructured startup within Yelp
33:41 Leaving Yelp because of it’s stock
37:03 Interview process for second job at Slack
44:25 Dealing with bug reports from the CEO of Twitter
45:38 Returning to startup world at WhatNot
51:07 Unique tactic for dealing with impostor syndrome
Follow Laura on Twitter to stay updated on her latest work.
PLEASE throw us a REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE if you learned something new! ------------------
Follow us on LinkedIn for all our events & tips: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/booting-up
Or Twitter works too: https://twitter.com/BootingUpPod
Join our community of bootcamp grads on Discord at: https://prentus.co/community
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