The Scrimba Podcast

How to build a career in tech with Cassidy Williams from Netlify

Aug 3 '21

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
01:51 What does Cassidy do at Netlify?
03:58 How Cassidy stays super productive (and how you can too)
07:31 How to get more output for your effort as a learner ("kill two birds with one scone")
10:22 A reminder to subscribe to The Scrimba Podcast ❤️
11:21 Why you should learn and work in public
13:50 Never feel stupid for not knowing something
17:30 How to start your career in tech
21.48 Why rejection is not a reflection of you or your ability (sometimes companies drop the ball)
25:48 Should you apply to lots of companies or a few specific ones?
29:23 Small companies or big companies?
30:10 Cassidy's cool sister's experience working at Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook as a Developer (Cammi Williams)
34:00 Why it's so important to make friends in the developer community
37:37 Networking doesn't have to be gross - think about it like relationship-building

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