Shawn Wang formerly worked in finance as a derivatives trader and equity analyst before burning out and pivoting towards tech. He's a prolific blogger who goes under the pseudonym "swyx" and recently published the excellent Coding Career Handbook. He's a graduate of Free Code Camp and Full Stack Academy now working at AWS as a Senior Developer Advocate. Learn more about Shawn:Blog: https://swyx.io/Book (Use code MLE30 for 30% off!): https://www.learninpublic.org/Want to level-up your skills in machine learning and software engineering? Subscribe to our newsletter: https://mlengineered.ck.page/943aa3fd46Take the Giving What We Can Pledge: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/Subscribe to ML Engineered: https://www.mlengineered.com/listenFollow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieYouAITimestamps:(05:30) How was the learning in public idea developed?(07:45) No zero days(10:00) Does ego prevent developers from learning in public?(12:30) Pick up what they put down(17:30) Strategic thinking about coding careers(19:50) Betting on new technologies(24:00) Enhancing existing skills vs learning new things(27:40) Reading technical books cover-to-cover(30:00) Systems thinking(32:00) Updating a digitally-native book(35:00) Deciding to work at AWS(38:00) What won't change in tech?(41:30) Software business models(43:00) Rapid fire questionsLinks:Free Code Camp interview: Leaving a $350K/year job to learn codingNo Zero DaysYou Can Learn A Lot For The Low Price Of Your EgoShawn’s book: The Coding Career HandbookLearn in PublicMarketing Yourself as a DeveloperCrossing the ChasmHow to Create LuckLaws of UXEugene Wei - Invisible AsymptotesEugene Wei - Status as a Service

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