Supper Club × How To Get Your First Dev Job With Stuart Bloxham

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Stuart Bloxham about how he learned to code, what his interview process was like when applying for a job, how he found the time to make it all work, and his thoughts on bootcamps and ways to learn. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome Stuart Bloxham on GitHub Stuart Bloxham on LinkedIn 02:09 How did you decide to be a web developer? 08:22 Did you have clarity when your kid was born? 10:20 What was the interview process like? 18:25 What and how did you learn? 20:28 What’s the state of bootcamps in 2023? 22:03 How important have soft skills been? 25:14 How do you know when you’re ready to apply for a job? 35:24 Do you like coding? 37:49 How did you find the time to make it all work? 41:42 How did you deal with burnout? 43:06 Supper Club questions 45:34 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Flowerhorn cichlid Shameless Plugs Stuart Bloxham’s Portfolio Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

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0:00.0	I sure hope you're hungry!
0:02.4	Who I'm starving?
0:04.2	Wash those hands, pull up a chair, and secure that feedback.
0:08.1	Because it's time to listen to Scott Tolinsky and Wes Boss attempt to use human language to converse with
0:14.2	and pick the brains of other developers.
0:16.8	I thought there was gonna be food.
0:18.7	So buckle up and grab that old f***ing handle.
0:21.7	Because this was going to get why I'd sold.
0:25.6	This is The Syntax Summer Club.
0:36.6	Welcome to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.
0:41.1	We've got a good one for you today.
0:43.1	This is someone who just messaged me on Instagram, Stuart Bloxham, and he said,
0:48.6	hey, I just got a job and I owe a part of it to Syntax, which is incredibly flattering.
0:54.6	And it's kind of cool story.
0:56.6	We'll talk about that.
0:57.6	But what I'm really interested here, and even if you're not looking for a job, I'm just curious,
1:01.6	like, what does the job landscape look like?
1:05.6	And a question we get all the time is like, what point do I know that I'm ready to apply for a job?
1:12.6	And what types of jobs, how many do I need to apply for?
1:15.6	There's all these questions, and the landscape of getting a job is just changing.
1:21.6	Especially the last six months or so.
1:23.6	There's not all these companies clamoring to pay 400K to someone who went through a boot camp for two weeks.
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