How do I become a lead engineer? Answers from pro tech career advisors (Part 1)

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⏰ Quick jump
10:40 Career pivots
14:36 Becoming a lead engineer?
19:48 Is it worth tailoring your resume to a position?
22:55 CAT!!!!!111
25:14 Is LinkedIn a must-have?
30:43 Is it bad to not get a Masters Degree?
34:24 What is Seen by Indeed?

📝 Episode notes
In this episode, I talk with career coaches Ingrid Kocjan and Megan Vallee, giving advice for how to move from a junior to senior role as a software developer. We talk about mentoring, networking, feedback, and how to reach out to your manager and how to create a plan for advancing from junior to senior. We also talk how the bigger salary is nice, but there are also some ugly about advancing to senior developer and how to find out what that is.

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💛Ingrid Kocjan (expert guest)

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[manasansiva]

Man, this series cleared soooo many doubts I had about software career and these girls surely know what they talking about! I couldn't find a single unrealistic corporate BS in their entire talk.

[rolandlundall]

Hi guys am self taught and I wanted to know how should I write or structure my CV for jobs. I did lots of online courses. I started learning Python first, then Javascrip, React and just finished Django. I have done a few projects on my own. Now I want to look for work. Please help.

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[AmirOssanloo]

Lovely videos as always. I've had this question that I wanted to ask for a long time and I hope you don't get offended. Have you ever thought about putting some focus on improving your keyboard precision? You probably spend up to 25% of the time just trying to hit the right key! Cheers mate! :D