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Episode Synopsis
Hello Everyone,
In this podcast I have invited John Crickett, who has been a Software Engineer since 27 years, having vast experience in variety of tech stacks. He is known for his newsletter "Coding Challenges" that helps developers build real world applications and becomming a better engineer.
00:00 Introduction
01:17 What made you start Coding Challenges?
03:21 What made you start learning Rust?
04:08 How should Software Engineers Prioritise learning? What should they learn? How would they know?
12:20 How to become a better engineer?
14:05 Knowing your passion? but how?
17:43 Should LeetCode be part of interviews? When does (and not) it make sense ?
25:39 System Design interviews
29:38 Building as a community.
More about Coding Challenges : https://codingchallenges.fyi
Join the discord server: https://discord.com/invite/zv4RKDcEKV
Connect with John : https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/
Follow me on Linkedin and Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaivalyaapte/ and https://twitter.com/thegeeknarrator
If you like this episode, please hit the like button and share it with your network.
Cheers,
The GeekNarrator
In this podcast I have invited John Crickett, who has been a Software Engineer since 27 years, having vast experience in variety of tech stacks. He is known for his newsletter "Coding Challenges" that helps developers build real world applications and becomming a better engineer.
00:00 Introduction
01:17 What made you start Coding Challenges?
03:21 What made you start learning Rust?
04:08 How should Software Engineers Prioritise learning? What should they learn? How would they know?
12:20 How to become a better engineer?
14:05 Knowing your passion? but how?
17:43 Should LeetCode be part of interviews? When does (and not) it make sense ?
25:39 System Design interviews
29:38 Building as a community.
More about Coding Challenges : https://codingchallenges.fyi
Join the discord server: https://discord.com/invite/zv4RKDcEKV
Connect with John : https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/
Follow me on Linkedin and Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaivalyaapte/ and https://twitter.com/thegeeknarrator
If you like this episode, please hit the like button and share it with your network.
Cheers,
The GeekNarrator
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