Simon Barker

At CareerSwitchToCoding.com I am on a mission to get every developer get their first job with more than "just make a profile and apply"

Warwick, UK Joined on Jul 2, 2021 simon@allthecode.co https://careerswitchtocoding.com

Education

PhD Electronics

Work

Senior Full Stack Developer

JavaScript, SQL, Firebase (some dated PHP, C, C++, Python, Swift)

SwiftUI

careerswitchtocoding.com

Career guidance, full-stack JS (NodeJS, NestJS React, Angular), SQL

39 posts published

82 comments written

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Simon Barker

Aug 22 '21

Mastering this single technology makes you employable for life

#career #webdev #beginners #programming

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 16 '21

Skills required to be a full stack developer: a checklist

#career #beginners #webdev #codenewbie

794

2 min read

Simon Barker

Jun 10 '22

The missing WeatherKit REST API Docs

#javascript #api #webdev #tutorial

5 min read

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Simon Barker

Apr 19 '22

How To Get A Job After Coding Bootcamp

#beginners #career

5 min read

Simon Barker

Apr 18 '22

5 Best books for software developers

#webdev #programming #career #beginners

4 min read

Simon Barker

Mar 10 '22

How To Learn New Skills As A Developer: A Framework

#career #codenewbie #programming #webdev

3 min read

Simon Barker

Jan 22 '22

CodeNewbies: Don’t let your past determine your future

#codenewbie #career #programming #webdev

2 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 9 '21

Become A Better Developer Today: Quick Wins

#career #programming #beginners

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2 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 8 '21

5 Interviews, 7 hours: Lessons From Not Getting A Big Tech Job Offer

#career #programming #codenewbie #devjournal

7 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 7 '21

Could #buildInPublic Get You A Job?

#career #webdev #codenewbie #programming

2 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 6 '21

6 Tips To Beat The Take Home Coding Test

#career #programming #codenewbie

2 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 5 '21

"Smallest Unit of Learning": Dealing with the ever expanding world of development

#career #codenewbie #beginners #programming

3 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 4 '21

Stop! Put Down That Ternary, Lines Are Free

#career #webdev #codenewbie #programming

3 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 3 '21

30 Developer Portfolio Project Ideas

#career #codenewbie #beginners #programming

1 min read

Simon Barker

Sep 2 '21

MoSCoW: The Best Code Review Technique You're Not Using

#career #codereview #webdev #javascript

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Simon Barker

Sep 1 '21

Will You Knock Your Next Coding Interview Out Of The Park?

#career #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 30 '21

I Narrowly Avoided Burnout, What I've Changed and What You Can Learn From It

#career #webdev #productivity #programming

5 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 29 '21

Main developer roles of 2021: Where do you fit in?

#career #beginners #codenewbie

4 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 28 '21

Are you even learning if you’re not working at a start up?

#career #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 27 '21

5 VSCode Extensions I Use Every Day

#webdev #beginners #vscode #codenewbie

2 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 26 '21

Not getting interviews? Do you have a portfolio?

#career #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 25 '21

I Bet You Don't Keep A Developer Journal: 3 Reasons You Should

#webdev #career #codenewbie #beginners

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3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 24 '21

7 Tips to Make Sure You Don't Get Your Dream Developer Job

#career #beginners #webdev #codenewbie

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 23 '21

I forgot to have fun, are you?

#discuss #webdev #programming #career

2 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 21 '21

Can you succeed as a remote junior developer?

#career #webdev #beginners #codenewbie

4 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 20 '21

What is Agile?

#career #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 18 '21

Spotting a toxic workplace

#career #webdev #codenewbie

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 17 '21

Stop playing Big Tech's hiring game

#career #codenewbie #webdev

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 15 '21

One tip to be a better developer

#career #beginners #codenewbie

2 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 14 '21

Expectations on Junior Developers are not what you think

#career #beginners #codenewbie

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 13 '21

You don't want to be un-fireable

#career #codenewbie #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 12 '21

3 things you do and 5 you don't need to start learning to code

#career #beginners

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 11 '21

10 must follow rules for asking coding questions

#career #codenewbie #productivity #tutorial

3 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 10 '21

LinkedIn Easy Apply wasn’t made to get you a junior dev job

#career #codenewbie

2 min read

Simon Barker

Aug 3 '21

You don't need to ask someone to be your mentor

#career #beginners

2 min read

Simon Barker

Jul 26 '21

Coder vs developer vs software engineer

#career #codenewbie #beginners

2 min read

Simon Barker

Jul 21 '21

How to ask good interview questions

#career #beginners

2 min read

Simon Barker

Jul 16 '21

Which programming language should I learn first?

#career #beginners #codenewbie

1 min read

Simon Barker

Jul 5 '21

Becoming a Junior++ Developer

#career #codenewbie #programming #beginners

3 min read

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