Ask HN: Resources for New Devs

#1

Post by naqeeb » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 4:17 AM UTC

Are they any good resources for new devs from college or boot camps that help them acclimate to the work force?

Specifically, topics like code review 101, how to manage up, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Resources for New Devs

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Post by acemarke » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 4:25 AM UTC

I'd strongly recommend checking out Swyx's book "The Coding Career Handbook". It has a _ton_ of useful advice for working on your career:

- https://learninpublic.org/

I've got a few "career"-related articles that might be useful, particularly:

- Keeping a daily work journal: https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2020/09/coding-career-advi...

- Searching for info online efficiently: https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2020/11/coding-career-sear...

- and a very long post on using Git effectively: https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2021/01/coding-career-git-...

If you're doing any web dev, I've also got a "How Web Apps Work" series that acts as a fairly detailed overview of web dev terms, concepts, and technologies (HTTP, servers, JavaScript syntax and development, HTML/CSS, and fetching data):

- https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/series/how-web-apps-work

Re: Ask HN: Resources for New Devs

#3

Post by boredmgr » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 3:17 PM UTC

Coders at Work by Peter Seibel. The author have spoken to some of the top minds in the coding community.