Anthony D. Mays
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I teach you to decode tech interviews and secure offers 🎉 @morganlatimerco . Founder & Career Coach. Senior advisor, Brilliant Black Minds by @Karat
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Just dropped my new article entitled "Job Descriptions: How to Read Them Like a Pro"
Job descriptions suck. You don't read them. I have words about that.
Here are some things you might not know:
✨ They give you intel that empowers your job search networking strategy
✨ They
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I watched my father get robbed of his pension when laid off about two years before he was set to retire.
Being Black in America, I've always assumed that folks are out to get me. I live accordingly.
Tech is nice, but it's not as different as you think.
Stay frosty my friends.
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Ended my journey from
@RenderATL
bumping into legendary filmmaker Spike Lee.
Looks up at me and says, "OK, Brilliant!" I said, "I'm trying." Glances back and literally asks, "What did Yoda say?"
"Do or do not. There is no try."
So ya, that happened. How's your Saturday going?
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Introducing "Mastering Technical Interviews" 🎉
Poured my heart into this. And put my foot in it too. You've never seen a tech course like this.
Available now at
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Last year, I quit my job with no clear plan on how I was going to replace my income.
I was paid well at Google and enjoyed my team and the work.
But with the great recession in full swing and the pandemic drawing to a close, I sensed a unique opportunity to help the next
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Let me let you in on a little secret.
I had no idea who
@kelseyhightower
was until we met...at a tech conference in 2021 (AfroTech).
Both working at Google at the time and serving on a virtual panel at the booth. I was running my mouth and had no idea I was in the presence of
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So excited to finally be at
#AfroTech2022
in person!
I want to do as much free career and technical interview coaching as I can. Bring your resume too, I'll review it.
Help me help you. How can we get this done?
#AfroTech22
#AFROTECHConference
#BlackTechTwitter
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Doing a panel today for
@AfroTech
on breaking into tech and wanted to get some thoughts together.
So I wrote a comprehensive 2,500 word article 😂
Here are some quick thoughts on the mindset you should have if you want to be successful (🧵)
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Doing some I've never done before…
Today marks the end of my first week as a full-time instructor for the Code Differently Software Engineering Bootcamp!
It has been an absolute joy to share my passion for software engineering with these students.
So far, we've covered:
*
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As I reflect on making 40, I think about all the tragedy, struggle, and loss I've both experienced and witnessed.
It's a movie the likes of Antwone Fisher and The Blind Side with a dash of King Richard mixed in.
Grateful to the Lord I made it and that I get to carry a legacy.
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Do you ever forget who you are? I do. 🤷🏾
But let me tell you something…
I'm the guy that helps software engineers from all walks of life nail the toughest coding interviews. And I'm GOOD at it.
(Short thread 🧵)
#100devs
#blacktechtwitter
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Y'all, we are 56 folx away from having 4K members in Brillant Black Minds.
This is FREE for Black software engineers. No reason you can't get in on this right now.
FREE practice interviews
FREE Discord community
FREE connects to jobs & employers
GET IT👉🏾
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Ageism is a thing in tech. But good thing you don't have to care what everybody else thinks.
You're 40+.
But hey, this is still the bird app and the hot take is gonna do numbers. It's just called "Tuesday".
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I understand this completely and chose to go anyway for two reasons.
1) Many of the folks I serve and support show up. Might be the one time I see them IRL during the year. That's meaningful to me.
2) AfroTech is hosted by Blavity, a Black media and entertainment company. It
Afrotech was…okay. The value given doesn’t match the price paid or expenses. It feels more like a social gathering.
No real workshops or hackathons..it was all vibes but when you’re charging $800 USD for a tickets and 100k-350k for a booth..you need more tangible results
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In light of recent tech conference drama, I'd like to remind everyone:
I'm a professional tech speaker and software engineer who's available to speak in all months, not just the one named "February."
Enjoy your evening. 😁
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I'm very excited and honored to be a TEDx speaker in my own hometown!
I've long desired to grace the TED stage to share an idea worth spreading, but I never imagined the stage would come to me.
I don't want to spoil anything. Tix still available!
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To all my friends at Twitter, just remember one thing:
There are thousands of underrepresented folks who wish they had the opportunity to work where you work.
Consider putting in a referral so that they get on a recruiters radar, especially if you're headed out the door.
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PS: If you're a black software engineer in the US, don't forget that you get up to four FREE mock practice interviews, feedback, workshops, and a Discord community through Brilliant Black Minds 💡 /17
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Why can't the SWE interview process just be:
1) I submit a cool project I verifiably worked on
2) We do a behavioral interview
3) PROFIT!
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I'm not a super star and I don't have a googol followers.
But I'm so grateful that I have just enough that people rock with me because I'm actually helpful to them, but also low enough that folks just interested in vanity dismiss me altogether.
Thanks for your trust.
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And that's why, for me,
@RenderATL
is
#1
and AfroTech is
#2
(for now).
If your company pays your way, then go to AfroTech for the vibes and connection.
But if you wanna learn, go to Render and pay your way if you have to. It's FUBU for Black SWEs, no doubt.
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Now is the time to bring back MySpace.
We can solve two problems at once.
Replace Twitter, and inspire a whole new generation of web front-end developers.
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Personally, this was one of the most epic moments of
@RenderATL
.
Getting to hang with these dudes was an honor. Thanks for making space
@ThugDebugger
From left to right: yours truly,
@zenhorace
,
@SJP1804
,
@LDLockhartJr
,
@willjohnsonio
, and
@drmalcolmadams
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I feel happy about the 404 page I built on my newly refreshed website. 😂
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Co-workers.
Fellow Compton alum
@serenawilliams
just announced a strategic investment in the Brilliant Black Minds program at
@Karat
ensuring that all Black engineers in the US get free access to practice technical interviews.
Sign-up:
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@ParissAthena
Software engineer ⌨️ founder 💹 and entrepreneur 💰.
Representin hub city 🛞 straight outta Compton
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And look who I ran into...the man himself,
@kelseyhightower
.
I don't think this week could get any wilder. A full week of Black tech excellence!
#BlackTechTwitter
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Just dropped a new article on coding interview prep.
Here's seven things I recommend you to to prep well.
A thread 🧵
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@Sherrell_Dorsey
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 this happens EVERYWHERE.
Even 22 years ago, the black security guard that stood a building down from where I worked as an intern dapped me up and said he was proud of me.
Last year when I left Google I knew every single person on the kitchen staff in my office.
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Taken at its most generous interpretation, this tweet is inaccurate and incomplete.
However, here's what I think are the issues at the heart of this and some things we can do to move the conversation forward in a positive way:
The leaders of black tech twitter are people who can’t code . That’s the problem with the space. When the majority of the your “leaders” are tech adjacent and “influencers” that’s when you know your messed up in the game
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After two days of daps, love, amazing talks, and meeting up with the best talent at
@RenderATL
...
... I'm happy to be sitting alone with me, my steak, and I.
My social battery is drained.🪫
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If tech companies gave interview feedback like this, could you imagine how this would lift early career folks and grow representation industry wide?
Imagine the good this could do for your brand as a company!
I get that there are risks, but do they really outweigh the rewards?
best rejection i’d ever gotten. took my interviewing skills to another level.
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Don't get out the hood just to get out the hood—that's selfish. Get out the hood to bring something back that will show the next generation how to do it better than you did.
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In light of
#AfroDrama
, I'm thinking it would be good to write an article on navigating Black tech conferences as a job seeker, entrepreneur, or organization.
I've attended nearly all of them over the past two years and I have thoughts.
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OK, I've impulsively decided that I want to do some web dev. Thinking of essentially making a LeetCode clone just for fun. First project post-Google and I'm on my own.
My fellow devs. Where should I start? React and MUI sounds good to me. 🤷🏾♂️
#BlackTechTwitter
#100Devs
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@engineering_bae
As a California city negro, I just wanna say this looks insanely good and I hate I was robbed of country cooking like this all my life.
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I built a Discord bot in TypeScript on Node that integrates with WordPress and is deployed Google Kubernetes Engine via a Docker Hub image.
Sometimes, I get concerned that I'm losing my touch as a software engineer...BUT I STILL GOT IT Y'ALL!!! 🙌🏾 😂
#BlackTechTwitter
#100Devs
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“If you think that you can easily spend your way into a high-paying tech job, think again. Spending loads of cash on bootcamps and degrees is an easy way to end up frustrated and broke."
Some of us been saying this
#BlackTechTwitter
.
My receipt 👉🏾
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For the record, I don't really care what Elon does with Twitter. I have my own business to run.
I care about your ability to connect with me and my ability to connect with you.
The platform doesn't matter to me. You do.
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Just dropped a new article condensing my best resume advice in one place.
In this market, mediocre resumes just aren't going to cut it. Getting better results starts here.
Here's a short 🧵 based on
@Medium
article at
#softwareengineer
#100devs
#resume
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The
@RenderATL
photo dump. Let's go!
Grateful to see friends from last year once more along with meeting Avery Smith,
@HenriHelvetica
, and
@itsthatladydev
in person for the first time!
#blacktechtwitter
in real life is a family reunion at Render.
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My
@TEDTalks
talk has finally landed. Dream come true on the
@TEDxComptonBlvd
stage!
Trauma has the power to shatter lives, but what causes some individuals to defy the odds and emerge as inspiring success stories?
Watch "How to Harness Trauma to Defy Expectations" by
I'm very excited and honored to be a TEDx speaker in my own hometown!
I've long desired to grace the TED stage to share an idea worth spreading, but I never imagined the stage would come to me.
I don't want to spoil anything. Tix still available!
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Yo! Right quick, if you're looking for tech folks you should be following here (and on TikTok), here's a short list:
@DThompsonDev
@LDLockhartJr
@teneikaask_you
@techgirl1908
@TheTechRally
@ivybarley
@shanselman
Interested in organizations you can join? Keep reading 🧵
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Yea.
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Here’s how to book more public speaking gigs:
1. Tell everyone that you’re a speaker and what you speak about
2. Build relationships with other speakers and event planners
3. Submit talk proposals to events and conferences
4. Publish your insights via social media, articles, and
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Finally made it to
@devcolororg
In Motion conference!
Already getting some great knowledge from some Black folks I didn't even know existed.
Looking forward to sharing insights over the next couple of days.
#dcim
#devcolor
#BlackTechTwitter
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This is what I love about working at
@Google
. So honored to host
#robotics
students from my hometown of
#Compton
to check out where I work.
@ComptonUnified
#diversitymatters
#diversityintech
#CSforAll
#InclusionStartsWithI
#inclusion
#nextgen
#womenintech
#hackthehood
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@ivybarley
If you're a Black software engineer in the US, you can get free mock interviews, workshops, and a Discord community of other engineers working to level up their interview skills.
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Alright men of tech! Drop a pic of yourself looking suited and booted🤵🏾♂️
We don't always look like bums! 😂
I'll go first as a 22 year software engineer...
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Observation
#2
: There exists an implicit class system in tech that distinguishes between technical and non-technical people. At its worst, folks from one class will see themselves as more valuable or important than folks in the other class, leading to controversy and schisms
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"Do you have 20 years of experience or the same year's experience 20 times?" -
@shanselman
💯 Facts!
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Unpopular opinion maybe, and I know you don't hear this in courses on technical interviewing but...
...you don't need to do data structures and algorithms (DS&A) interviews to be successful in tech.
>> Welcome to the Code Switch💡<<
#100Devs
#BlackTechTwitter
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Wifey asked me about my goals in my post-Google life. Told her I wanted to be in a black history book for helping to bring folks into tech.
Keep looking for that blue checkmark too, but I'll do just fine without it. I'm here to serve.
Thanking God for grace and opportunity.
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You can go to all the tech conferences in the world, but if you don't have a plan for what you're going to do when you get there, then it's pointless.
Here's my
@AfroTech
2023 recap vid for your enjoyment! 🎉
What was your favorite part of the conference?
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My grandmother used to say "may the work I've done speak for me."
Realize I've met soo many people this year that many of you might not be familiar with my work.
So here's a thread to help guide you through some content that may be helpful to you (🧵)
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Visiting Google office again and boy do I miss having two breakfasts and two lunches everyday! 😂
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With generative AI reshaping the tech landscape, many wonder about its impact on future jobs. As an early-career software engineer, here are 8 ways to thrive and set yourself apart amid the rise of
#GenAI
.
Let this 🧵 be a guide as you navigate your career:
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@jamesqquick
Grateful to share it! I know there are some folks out there trying to serve well and help (like you!). Don't ever want to seem ungrateful for that.
My experience helped me (and my father) to rely and trust on God and on Jesus, not on humanity.
No regrets in that regard.
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#spaceswithivy
Check out if you're interested in some Google provided interviewing resources. It's legit.
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I've gotten pretty spoiled over my tech career.
I want
@renderatl
,
@AfroTech
,
@blkintechnology
,
@NSBEconvention
,
@blkmenintech
, and
@devcolororg
Started out with none of it. Now I want all of it.
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Let me tell you some amazing things that happened at
@AfroTech
that I still can't believe.
A thread 🧵
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Whatever you pay the most for.
What do you prefer to call you:
• software engineer
• programmer
• developer
• coder
Something else?🤔
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I'm starting to come into a new kind of realization.
You should learn how to get your first job *BEFORE* you learn how to get your first job in tech.
I didn't have to learn how to really hunt for a job until eight years into my career.
Having that lead and a highly favorite
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30 and up Twitter, drop a picture with your age.
Blessed to be 39 by God's abundant grace!
I'm not telling yall my age but I'll drop a pic 😜
30 and up Twitter! Drop a picture with your actual age!
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Ready to go on stage at
#RenderATL
!
We takin Big-O, algorithms, and data structures.
#Render2022
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Where I'm working today.
Thanks for the S/O
@ClemsonFB
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One of my clients is getting competing job offers for the first time ever and I cannot be more thrilled!!!
The knowledge works when you do! 🙌🏾
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This man right here has been such a champion for me personally. Showed up and showed out in my new technical interviewing course and has been incredibly generous with his wisdom.
@shanselman
is a living legend.
And bruhh, that t-shirt!!! 😂 I should've done Lando cosplay.
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Despite the recent economic conditions and tech layoffs, two things are still true:
1) Devs are still in demand
2) You can still find a great job
One thing that's different is that you may want to change where you look. Tech companies aren't the only game in town.
Be ready.
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I wrote a whole article on
@ThePracticalDev
about how to practice LeetCode problems the right way. Give it a read if you're looking to improve how you prepare for technical interviews👉🏾 /15
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Nevermind, I found what I needed. $50 on the way, sis, just cause you out here supporting folks.
#treasureteneika
Y'all join me in donating if she's been a help either to you or folks you care about.
$TeneikaAskew - CashApp
TeneikaAskew - Venmo
The challenge is that
@teneikaask_you
is purpose-driven, not profit driven. Gonna have to slide a twenty in her purse while she's not looking.
But if you somehow get her to do this, I'll be among the first to give.
Thanks,
@BlackGirlGap
.
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I'm so grateful to every one of you who chose to follow me on this wild platform.
8,000 people can be wrong, but I hope most of you are not!
Continuing the work lighting the way for the next generation of technologists!
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I don't know why I'm receiving this award, but I so know that God deserves all glory and praise for what He has accomplished in my life for the benefit of others. You're looking at a
#claypot
.
#ec40under40
#ecleadingla
#lifeatgoogle
#solideogloria
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Next week, I'm dropping my most extensive article on tech resumes.
If you've been struggling to write a resume that hits in this tough economic climate, we're going to get into it live!
Set your reminder!
#okmays
#100devs
#100daysofcode
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I'm getting my money's worth out of this microphone.
Big things are coming y'all.
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This is why I left Google and why I'm so excited to expand my impact in tech for the good.
After leaving
@Google
,
@anthonydmays
decided to use his experience as a Black
#tech
employee to help others through the door — and it led him right to Karat’s
#BrilliantBlackMinds
advisory board! ✊🏿
Get the scoop in
@CNBC
:
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I don't think that people really get the "hard truth" that
@techgirl1908
is telling here.
You have to be willing to step into the shoes of hiring managers and interviewers, understand their challenges, and be willing to serve as the best solution for their problem.
Being "me"
i had a wonderful conversation with
@techgirl1908
around hiring and listen it isn't personal but when you gotta go through 1k applicants everything negative counts against you
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My kids have been making me breakfast for the last 5 years or so, and I love when they make a biscuit breakfast.
It's like getting a morning smile on my plate. The little things I thank God for.
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@MikeLegemah
I'm really grateful for how this situation molded my father as a man and husband. It was actually one of the best things to ever happen to him as difficult as it was (and still is). It's caused me to move in the corporate world with an appropriate degree of caution and awareness.
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First day of full-time entrepreneurship drawing to a close and I've managed to close a deal, converse with a founder of a tech unicorn, balance my books, setup my CRM, and initialize my task management system. By God's grace, it's been a good day.
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If you don't know Big-O, I made a YouTube video to help you out. 🙌🏾
In 40 minutes, I give you the easiest intro you've ever heard. Examples in Typescript too!
Check it out now and share! This is a great tool for your developer tool belt.
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"I tried some of everything so I could be anything." -
@kelseyhightower
This right here hit the hardest. My whole vibe in tech up to this point and didn't even know it.
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Ayyy, it's happenin! You got 34 days and counting to get your ticket.
@RenderATL
was, by far, the best tech conference I attended last year and the one I've been looking forward to the most.
Tickets just went up, so use discount "Anthony" FTW and dap me up when you get there.
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"I want you to understand how to succeed after cracking the coding interview." -
@le_debut
It's sooo necessary for engineers to think about their WHOLE career and not just the interview.
#RenderATL
#Render2022
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My old networking tips:
* Collect business cards
* Give elevator pitches
* Focus on quantity over quality
* Consider what you can get
My new networking tips:
* Build genuine relationships
* Listen actively
* Prioritize quality connections
* Consider what you can give
Networking
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This is my 4th week serving as a brand-new software engineering bootcamp instructor. Got some thoughts.
Firstly, I'm so impressed with these students.
Don't take my word for it though. You can see their work here:
Here's what they've been learning:
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Excited to take the
@RenderATL
main stage on Friday morning with
@LDLockhartJr
,
@TuckerTech901
, and
@janackeh
to talk branding and influence.
I've made content for eight years designed to help folks understand the interview process. Let me share the journey with you.
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Our family adopted an 8 month old puppy who loves my wife and kids but is deathly terrified of me 😂.
I mean, I was a foster kid once so I guess I get it somewhat, but this is ridiculous.
Sometimes it just be like that I guess. 🤷🏾♂️
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If you're prepping for technical interviews, here's some things you might not know about your interviewer.
I wrote a new article so that you can understand technical interviewing from their perspective. Cliff notes in this thread 🧵.
Alright, lets go 👇🏾
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Y'all PLEASE do not sleep on
@SAP
.
They are a titan of global tech companies in the world used by all big techs and most Fortune 100 companies you probably want to work for.
You will not have to look for a job if you learn this stuff. Jobs will look for you.
If you're interested in learning SAP, here's a thread of resources.
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