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Lessons Learned Recruiting and Managing Junior Developers for 10 Years

πŸŽ™ About the episode

Jason has been recruiting and supporting Junior Developers for more than a decade! He joins us to share his inspiring story breaking into tech after sustaining a head injury, and what he’s learned about how to find success as a Junior without a degree along the way.

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⏰ Timestamps

  • Introduction (0:00)
  • How a head injury at 16 influenced Jason’s career path (01:27)
  • Interns vs. juniors (05:07)
  • Job titles matter, but not for the reasons you might think (08:04)
  • Are there more juniors than junior jobs? (10:35)
  • Why recruiters sometimes get it wrong and what that means for you, the candidate (11:38)
  • The job description is not a list of hard requirements (15:44)
  • How to improve your self-awareness (19:05)
  • Coding vs. programming and why it matters (22:04)
  • Justin’s favourite question to ask during interviews: What games do you play? (23:40)
  • Are you born or made a programmer? (24:56)
  • Tech is vast and has many career paths to offer (27:26)

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