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Becoming a Software Engineer Mike Kang
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What's really involved when becoming a Software Engineer? Why is it so hard to get your first job? Why is it so hard to level up to become a stronger engineer once you actually have landed the job. What kind of mindset and lifestyle does one need to adopt to thrive as a developer? In this podcast, Mike Kang, former EM of a fintech unicorn, and current CEO and Co-founder of Launch Up goes on an exploratory journey to find out more about the actual becoming of a Software Engineer.
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#1 - Rethinking Advice Commonly Given to Aspiring Junior Devs
Mike Kang, CEO & Co-founder of Launch Up and previous EM @ Clearco (a fintech unicorn in Toronto), talks about the process of breaking into the tech industry as a Junior Software Engineer.
Here we talk about three broad pieces of advice that are given to aspiring juniors, and why we should rethink the advice that is given!
1. Apply to tons of companies!
2. Just do some Leetcode questions!
3. Make more personal projects!
After interviewing hundreds of bootcamp graduates, and interviewing many more when he was part of the Engineering Management team at Clearco, some of the details really become self-evident. Episode 1 is all about framing the advice that we get so that folks can make progress in their careers!
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