Freddie Carthy 🇺🇦
@FreddieCarthy
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Software Engineer. Lover of aphorisms. Likely in a corner shoegazing. Vim evangelist. Dad. Don’t forget to be kind! Prev @Twitter 1.0, @Spotify
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For the past few months I’ve been working on , a place to bring all of your digital highlights together (Kindle, Pocket, Instapaper, etc).
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After 10 years as an engineer including 2 as an Engineering Manager I’m happy to say that I finally qualify for some of these Junior Dev roles I’ve seen posted around 🤨
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PM: “It should be an easy fix”
Me, 2 weeks later:
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Programming tip 💡
Go outside and smell the flowers. Your computer isn’t going anywhere.
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Twitter engineer: *on-call for 10 services they’ve just taken due to layoffs, supports 5+ teams with their projects thanks to domain knowledge, onboards new team members to the codebase, etc etc*
Elmo: “you only wrote 10 lines of code this week? Lolz you’re fired.”
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Shocked to find out I've been impacted by the Spotify layoffs.. Don't even know what to feel right now.
1 year ago, Twitter shit the bed and I quit, right before the holidays.
1 year later, I find myself unemployed before the holidays yet again...
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normalizeLongAndDescriptiveFunctionNamesInJavaScript
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My job search has come to an end… So excited to announce that I’ve accepted an offer for Senior Web Engineer at Spotify!
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Some lessons I’ve learned during my career as an engineer.
I hope this helps some folks early in their web development journey.
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Putting “can decode HTML source code” on my resume.
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Today is my last day at Twitter.
It’s been an incredible journey. I learned more than I could have hoped and opened doors I never thought possible.
I never imagined I’d even get the chance to be a part of this ride, but so glad I did!
💙
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The first contribution to open source I ever made was to documentation. It was rejected.
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Oh, you know JavaScript?
Tell me the difference between Array slice and splice without looking it up.
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If I ever leave this platform it will be because of tweets like these
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Final interview loop tomorrow morning. Wish me luck 😮💨
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For the first time in my career I’m the only white male on my team of over 10 people and it’s beautiful 🎉✨
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Today I said goodbye to Fearless, my partner in crime of 19 years. Words can’t describe how devastated I am.
RIP old friend. I love you.
Fearless, 2003 - 2022
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I feel like the only developer in the world that prefers a single monitor. Laptop closed and stowed away.
Give me *less* things to look at, not more! Just a single terminal window, full screen 👨💻
Anyone else like me? How many monitors do you use?
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Hi! I’m Freddie 👋
I haven’t introduced myself in a bit, so here it goes!
I’m in Portland, OR working as a fullstack engineer
@twitter
. I’ve been working as an engineer since 2011.
JavaScript was my first love. What’s yours? Who are you? What are you working on?
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In the past 6 months I’ve eclipsed the rate at which I’ve been learning new stuff.
I used to be exclusively a JavaScript + React dev. Now?
- React + Flow
- Scala
- Java
- Python
Jump in, the water’s fine!
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Median total compensation in the US for entry-level engineers at some of the biggest companies 💸
Facebook: $180k
Amazon: $164k
Apple: $176k
Google: $192k
Twitter: $190k
Airbnb: $219k
Adobe: $162k
Microsoft: $160k
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Tell me your favorite programming language without telling me your favorite programming language.
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Things that are hard as a developer and a parent..
Real talk.. 🧵
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Twitter gives employees a rest day one Monday a month, which doesn’t count as PTO, and it’s wonderful ✨
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This week I had a Staff engineer whom I’d never met before take time out of their busy schedule to walk me through some basic GraphQL principles I wasn’t quite getting.
You’re never too senior to help others, folks!
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Hard skills get you a phone call. Soft skills get you the job.
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Hi 👋
I’m Freddie, an engineer living in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve been working in the tech industry for about 10 years.
I love connecting with folks on this crazy platform and helping people grow in their careers.
Who are you? Introduce yourself!
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My feed, 3 days ago: JavaScript, how to become a web developer, how to grow your twitter audience.
My feed, now: NFTs, NFTs, NFTs.
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The hardest concepts for me when I started writing JavaScript were scope and promises.
What concepts were/are the hardest for you?
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Programming is 20% code, 80% figuring out what to build.
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Junior engineers are the future leaders of this industry. Let’s help them get there 🙌
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Things I wish I was naturally good at:
- web design
- illustrations
- foreign languages besides Spanish
- calligraphy
- guitar
- violin
- cooking
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I was self-taught. Was inspired by friends getting into tech and it became something I really wanted to do. I started with HTML/CSS/JavsScript. It took me over a year, then I started applying.
Finding my first job took almost another year. The road can be long but you can do it!
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Stuff I’ve messed with:
- JavaScript, Node, TypeScript, Flow, CoffeeScript
- React, Ember, Backbone, Knockout
- Java
- Scala
- PHP
Stuff I wanna mess with
- GraphQL
- Python
- Rust
- Swift
Time I have
- Zero 😅
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Doing a 4hr interview today, part one of the final loop. Wish me luck ✨
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About two months ago I had 260 followers.
Then I decided to get out there, try to be helpful, be positive, and build relationships.
Thanks for the follows! 🚀 I hope I don’t disappoint 😅
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Stop worrying about looking dumb and just ask as many questions as you need to.
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Up in the mountains for a bit, as far away from JavaScript as I can get.
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Working late nights or weekends can certainly make you seem like a go-getter, but this quickly yields diminishing returns.
It leads to burnout, it’s not in your job description, and it’s unhealthy. Take care of yourself.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but you can *definitely* do it. You’re good enough, you’re smart enough. ❤️
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“You guys” -> “You all” / “You folks”
Not that hard.
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To my dev friends with an M1 Mac.. are things good now? What issues do you still run into?
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11 years in the industry and I still routinely think “maybe I should take this whole programming thing seriously and learn to code”
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Laptop: Low power warning 5 min ago
Me trying to commit my code and push to remote in time:
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A very handy JavaScript proposal for grouping array elements. I like it!
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Are you looking for a dev role? Let’s give some visibility to folks looking for work.
Reply with your skills or portfolio and the kind of role you’re looking for! 🎉
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I somehow made it through yesterday and still have a job at this bird app. Almost every single member of my team was let go.
If you’re hiring please reach out to me, I have some incredibly talented friends in need of work.
#OneTeam
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Take good notes.
Organize them, make them searchable. It will become a superpower.
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Manager: “hey, got a min to hop on a quick call?”
Me: *mild panic* 😳
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Technical interview challenges can be incredibly nerve wracking. Having someone watch you code is scary!
One way that I’ve seen engineers be successful is by slowing things down.
Here’s what I’ve seen be pretty effective 🧵
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If you’re just starting to code don’t forget that Tech Twitter is mostly people’s greatest hits… OSS, building in public, new jobs, etc..
Don’t get discouraged if you haven’t learned a difficult concept or broken into the industry yet. It takes time and dedication!
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One of the best ways to learn something is to teach it ✨
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My multiple stages of working on a side project:
- buying a domain
- building 15% of the idea
- finding a better solution someone already built
- letting the domain expire
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Thoughts on folks who follow 0 people on here? Kind of annoys me.
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Sometimes I forget that programming is hard and that it took years to get here.
Keep at it. Pace yourself. You can’t learn everything ❤️
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I asked ChatGPT to write tests for a bunch of my React components on my blog and it does an insanely good job. I’m still floored by this whole thing.
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I wanna be like a barber but for code..
People show up, I charge them $30, and I delete half their codebase.
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Are you a software engineer and a parent? What are the difficulties in balancing both for you?
👩👦👨👧👩👦👦👨👦👦👨👨👧👧👩👩👧👦👨👧👧👨👨👧👦👪👨👩👧🤰
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Do you feel comfortable discussing your pay with your peers?
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Learn the importance of professionalism. Now.
Show your coworkers respect, show up on time, communicate effectively.. ask yourself, would *you* want to work with you?
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Oh, you’re a frontend developer?
I bet you can’t name all the frameworks.
Oh, you're a backend developer?
I bet you can't name all the APIs.
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What’s one lesson you learned too late in your career?
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Most of us deal with imposter syndrome every day. Join me tomorrow along with
@thecaitcode
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@elyktrix
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@AnnaJMcDougall
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@TheGerardTaylor
to talk about how it affects us and how we battle it.
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Things I can’t live without:
- Cheese 🧀
- Coffee ☕️
- Beer 🍺
- JavaScript 🧑🏻💻
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It’s OK to not code every hour of everyday.
I love y’all, but let’s chill. Let’s not give the impression that you need to be jacked in 24/7 to be worth a damn in this industry.
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If you’re an experience dev, I dare you to reach out to an early career dev today that’s seeking help.
Review their code, give them career advice, or just answer one of their questions. They’ll be thrilled and you’ll feel great ✨
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Are you hiring right now? Here’s why hiring early career developers can be one of the best investments you can make.
👇
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Rejected. Wasn’t all bad.. didn’t meet the bar for principal, but did for senior. So whenever a role opens up for senior I can fast-track.
Still on the hunt tho 😞
Final interview loop tomorrow morning. Wish me luck 😮💨
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I hear lots of folks ask “how do I network?” and the truth is.. you’re doing it! Right now!
“Networking” is just fancy word for “be nice, supportive, and make some friends along the way.”
You’ll be surprised in how little time you’ve built a network of folks willing to help ✨
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What is the most important non-technical skill you’ve learned or improved over the past year?
🙇♂️📖✨
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“Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance, and self criticism.”
— Albert Einstein
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Being unemployed is only “funemployment” when you’ve been privileged enough to save a shit ton of money and can still provide for you and your dependents, without fear of health or financial ruin, for months.
In any other case it’s a nightmare.
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Recruiter: “So what are you looking for in terms of compensation?”
Me: “That’s a great question. I’m curious, is there a salary range for this role?”
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I don’t care what kind of hardware you write your software on. All I care about is that you share what you learn with the rest of us.
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So learn to negotiate, research the market, discuss salary with your peers if you’re able to, and look out for yourself. Not many others will.
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Turns out helping others grow can be a fantastic source of dopamine.
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I grew up relatively poor and I feel so lucky to be where I am today.
I never take anything for granted and I’m thankful for what I have every day.
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If you’re an early or mid career dev, odds are you’re being underpaid. Yes, even you.
This will likely affect your salary trajectory for years and ultimately have a compounding effect on your lifestyle, savings, and retirement.
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My dream career path:
1: employed
2: retired
🤷🏻♂️
My dream career path:
1. Employed
2. Employed + self-employed
3. Self-employed
4. Self-employed + creator
5. Full time creator.
I’m on 4. And you?
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