Hey SoS!
Tonight’s meeting was a ton of fun! Shawn “@swyx” Wang dropped by. He gave a presentation and we had some time for Q&A.
If you missed it - then you missed out. But don’t worry too much, we have it recorded (and thank goodness my computer didn’t crash during that process!!):
I certainly learned a lot from Shawn myself, even though I’ve been following him for quite a while. He does a great job of breaking down how to think about a Coding Career into principles, strategies, tactics, and systems.
I’ll write a summary of the talk at a later point (or if one of YOU wants to write a summary and post it to your website, with a public tweet, that would be 💯), but for now - enjoy the recording!
Study Groups
In the presentation, I touched upon Study Groups and how we’ll be starting them up soon!
Designing Data Intensive Applications: For those of you interested in reading this book together, Juston will be taking lead in terms of organizing this group! I’ll work w/him regarding announcements, but stay tuned to the Discord for more info!
DS&A: Looking for a section lead - respond to this email if you’re interested in organizing this - no knowledge of DS&A required, just enthusiasm!
This study group will pair very nicely w/ material that John (one of our mentors!) will present on Tuesdays for interview prep. If you plan on joining us for interview prep meetings, fill out this form to help John tailor his presentations to topics that are most in demand! https://forms.gle/EZSVe7HDCAxVmjd5A
#30DaysOfShipping
Summer projects can be tough, and delivering on them will test your stamina - but remember that you can get a lot done if you just do a little every day. Just think - “No Zero days!”
Here are some motivating tweets from the squad - people are at all different stages and let’s celebrate that!
Thanks for a great week all!
Let’s ship,
☀️🚢
Phil