The latest articles on DEV Community by Gareth Miller (@gmiller290488). https://dev.to/gmiller290488 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F433425%2F745ff7ef-c79f-4f08-91be-729522f089a1.jpeg https://dev.to/gmiller290488 en Gareth Miller Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:59:32 +0000 https://dev.to/gmiller290488/5-tips-to-get-ahead-as-a-junior-developer-5bpl https://dev.to/gmiller290488/5-tips-to-get-ahead-as-a-junior-developer-5bpl <p>Your first role in software development can be scary. It’s hard being a junior developer! Maybe it is your first role out of university, or perhaps you made a career change and have never even worked in an office.</p> <p>This article is going to contain some tips to push you in the right direction to being that junior developer that everyone wants to work with and gets incredible feedback from colleagues.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/dev-genius/5-tips-to-being-everyones-favourite-junior-developer-3bd848c94d40">Continue reading here</a></p> codenewbie career productivity Gareth Miller Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:33:08 +0000 https://dev.to/gmiller290488/from-chef-to-software-developer-11e7 https://dev.to/gmiller290488/from-chef-to-software-developer-11e7 <p>This is my story of how I went from being a chef working 65+ hours a week to 3 years later being a software developer.</p> <p>I don’t have a degree, I don’t even think I’ve ever got an A in any subject in school, I didn’t have any contacts in the industry. I’m just an average person that was fitting in learning around my very demanding job, whilst still climbing the ladder in hospitality (I had two promotions during this time) and without spending £10k on a Bootcamp.</p> <p>And in this article, I will tell the story of how I did this, and detail what I would do differently if I were to do it again!<br> <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/how-i-landed-my-first-software-developer-job-without-a-degree-or-attending-a-bootcamp-ee21e73b5660">Continue here</a></p> career codenewbie html python