TikTok<\/a>. He uses Tiktok to be less formal and more \u201chimself\u201d compared to the tutorial content he creates. But while this content is less formal than his YouTube courses, they still allow him to position himself as a subject matter expert, making him a more valuable employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCreating content is a great way to get noticed by hiring managers and recruiters. If your content is relevant to their business or open roles, you may be one of the first people they reach out to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And let\u2019s not forget that those same hiring managers and recruiters often will also Google your name before an interview to check your online presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good companies should like that you are active in online communities. If they have a problem with it, they probably are not a place you want to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Job Hack #2: Maintain work-life balance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019ve worked in software for the past two years or plan on doing so in the near future, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll be doing it from the comfort of your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While working from home can promote flexibility and productivity, it isn\u2019t without its downsides, one of which is that it becomes harder to separate work life from home life. While the hustle-and-grind culture may bring you short-term gains in your career, it can also quickly lead to burnout and bad health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For that reason, James is a big proponent of work-life balance; he promptly ends his day at 5 pm to focus on his family and hobbies outside of work. When requests come in after 5 pm, he holds them until the next day to make self-care a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Corbin added that he was doing double overtime without pay when he first started working in tech because he thought that was what one did to become a successful developer. But promotions were also harder to come by because everyone <\/em>was working 80 hour weeks. Nobody thought to question the psychological toll this was having on the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf finding balance is difficult for you and you\u2019re starting to suffer because of it, James offers two pieces of advice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Set up boundaries: <\/strong>If you want people to respect your boundaries, you have to set them up and enforce them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Look for companies that prioritize work-life balance: <\/strong>This is something you\u2019ll want to ask about during the interview process. Corbin adds that while job hunting can often be anxiety-inducing for people who may desperately need a job, it\u2019s essential to remember that interviewing is a two-way street. <\/p>\n\n\n\nGreat Job Hack #3: Be confident in your skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The job advice discussion then moved on to something that many new \u2013 and even veteran \u2013 developers deal with when looking for a new job: confidence in their skills and talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a reason the term \u201cimposter syndrome\u201d is thrown around so much these days. Most of us have struggled with the feeling that we weren\u2019t good enough at some point in our careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there\u2019s a difference between acknowledging your weak points and deprecating all the hard work and experience that got you to where you are today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Companies will hire someone who admits they don\u2019t know something but are willing to learn \u2013 they\u2019re a lot less likely to hire someone who isn\u2019t confident in themselves and what they do and do not know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James teaches coding classes with LaunchCode and regularly advises his students to acknowledge the skills and talents that they bring to a job. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to get into software development, and you should be proud of that no matter what path you\u2019re taking to get there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another way you can improve your confidence in your skills is to teach someone what you just learned. Not only do you reinforce what you\u2019ve learned, but James often finds that the best teachers are those who just learned a topic, as they know what it\u2019s like to be a fresh learner and can more easily help people who struggle to grasp what\u2019s being taught. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before You Go: Databases and Serverless Computing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
James and Corbin didn\u2019t limit their discussion to just job advice \u2013 they also dove deep into the differences between SQL and NoSQL <\/a>and touched on the benefits of serverless computing. You can find more on that in the full Twitch stream here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We talk with YouTube guru James Quick about getting a dev job with content creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"persona":[],"blog-programming-language":[],"keyword-cluster":[],"class_list":["post-5302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-getting-hired"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5302"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7845,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions\/7845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"blog-programming-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-programming-language?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"keyword-cluster","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coderpad.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword-cluster?post=5302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}