Becoming the Worlds Happiest Software Engineer and Empowering Junior Developers, with Erik Andersen
Description
Erik Andersen is a Senior Engineer at Yum Brands. He's also a volunteer and advocate for junior developers everywhere, as well as a co-organizer for the Dallas Software Developers meetup group.
In this conversation Erik shares his journey into tech, along with the tips, tricks and lessons learned along the way.
Chapters:
(01:00 ) Intro
(01:44 ) Erik's Journey into Tech
(07:32 ) Story time: Erik's Initial Job Search
(11:28 ) Traditional Education and 4.0 Students
(16:12 ) What would Erik do Different?
(19:21 ) First Jobs and Internships
(22:18 ) How to Stand Out
(27:26 ) Thoughts on Data Structures & Algorithms
(32:13 ) Working for Consultancies
(38:58 ) Developer to Manager, and Back Again
(40:43 ) Growing from a Junior to a Senior Developer
(43:31 ) Content Creation
(47:53 ) Hot Seat Questions
Erik's Links:
- https://thehappydeveloper.bio.link/
- https://www.youtube.com/@junior_jobs
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebandersen/
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