Video: How do I become a lead engineer? Answers from pro tech career advisors (Part 1)

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⏰ Quick jump

06:12 Remote work, remote.com and remotive.io

10:40 Career pivots

14:36 Becoming a lead engineer?

19:48 Is it worth tailoring your resume to a position?

22:55 CAT!!!!!111

25:14 Is LinkedIn a must-have?

30:43 Is it bad to not get a Masters Degree?

34:24 What is Seen by Indeed?

📝 Episode notes

In this episode, I talk with career coaches Ingrid Kocjan and Megan Vallee, giving advice for how to move from a junior to senior role as a software developer. We talk about mentoring, networking, feedback, and how to reach out to your manager and how to create a plan for advancing from junior to senior. We also talk how the bigger salary is nice, but there are also some ugly about advancing to senior developer and how to find out what that is.

💛Megan Vallee (expert guest)

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💛Ingrid Kocjan (expert guest)

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