Listen "45: Junior Devs with Michał Buszkiewicz"
Episode Synopsis
We talk with Michał Buszkiewicz about Junior Developers in the Elixir community. We share tips for Juniors both early in their careers but also more experienced developers coming new to Elixir. We talk about the University vs Bootcamp approaches and what you want to focus on coming from either side. We further discuss how we as employers can support and encourage juniors. A lot of great resources shared!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/45 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/45)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4268 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4268) – SQLite added as database option to phx.new
- https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1382092255868116996 (https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1382092255868116996) – Sean Moriarity porting all of the Axon examples to Live Markdown
- https://github.com/elixir-nx/axon/tree/main/examples (https://github.com/elixir-nx/axon/tree/main/examples) – Axon examples for LiveBook
- https://github.com/wojtekmach/req (https://github.com/wojtekmach/req) – Req library works well in Livebook because it can be Mix.install then download and unpack data files
- https://github.com/elixir-nx/livebook/pull/186 (https://github.com/elixir-nx/livebook/pull/186) – Livebook gets LiveDashboard support added to it
- https://www.libhunt.com/l/elixir/trending (https://www.libhunt.com/l/elixir/trending) – LibHunt trending Elixir libraries
- https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1384203912215875585 (https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1384203912215875585) – FLoC - opting your site out of FLoC if desired
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://curiosum.dev (https://curiosum.dev)
- https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-key-skills-junior (https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-key-skills-junior) – Blog post with numerous links and resources
- https://xkcd.com/242/ (https://xkcd.com/242/)
- https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-phoenix-liveview-messenger-part-4 (https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-phoenix-liveview-messenger-part-4)
- https://pragprog.com/categories/elixir-phoenix-and-otp/ (https://pragprog.com/categories/elixir-phoenix-and-otp/)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/vincentvanbush (https://twitter.com/vincentvanbush) – Michał Buszkiewicz on Twitter
- https://twitter.com/curiosum_dev (https://twitter.com/curiosum_dev) – Curiosum on Twitter
- https://github.com/curiosum-dev (https://github.com/curiosum-dev) – on Github
- https://curiosum.dev/blog (https://curiosum.dev/blog) – Curiosum Blog
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/45 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/45)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4268 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4268) – SQLite added as database option to phx.new
- https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1382092255868116996 (https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1382092255868116996) – Sean Moriarity porting all of the Axon examples to Live Markdown
- https://github.com/elixir-nx/axon/tree/main/examples (https://github.com/elixir-nx/axon/tree/main/examples) – Axon examples for LiveBook
- https://github.com/wojtekmach/req (https://github.com/wojtekmach/req) – Req library works well in Livebook because it can be Mix.install then download and unpack data files
- https://github.com/elixir-nx/livebook/pull/186 (https://github.com/elixir-nx/livebook/pull/186) – Livebook gets LiveDashboard support added to it
- https://www.libhunt.com/l/elixir/trending (https://www.libhunt.com/l/elixir/trending) – LibHunt trending Elixir libraries
- https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1384203912215875585 (https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1384203912215875585) – FLoC - opting your site out of FLoC if desired
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://curiosum.dev (https://curiosum.dev)
- https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-key-skills-junior (https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-key-skills-junior) – Blog post with numerous links and resources
- https://xkcd.com/242/ (https://xkcd.com/242/)
- https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-phoenix-liveview-messenger-part-4 (https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-phoenix-liveview-messenger-part-4)
- https://pragprog.com/categories/elixir-phoenix-and-otp/ (https://pragprog.com/categories/elixir-phoenix-and-otp/)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/vincentvanbush (https://twitter.com/vincentvanbush) – Michał Buszkiewicz on Twitter
- https://twitter.com/curiosum_dev (https://twitter.com/curiosum_dev) – Curiosum on Twitter
- https://github.com/curiosum-dev (https://github.com/curiosum-dev) – on Github
- https://curiosum.dev/blog (https://curiosum.dev/blog) – Curiosum Blog
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
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