Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career: 65 steps to becoming a better developer

Name: Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career: 65 steps to becoming a better developer
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Jordan Hudgens

Jul 2017 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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This unique book provides you with a wealth of tips, tricks, best practices, and answers to the day-to-day questions that programmers face in their careers. It is split into three parts: Coder Skills, Freelancer Skills, and Career Skills, providing the knowledge you need to get ahead in programming.Key Features

Over 50 essays with practical advice on improving your programming career
Practical focus gives solutions to common problems, and methods to become a better coder
Includes advice for existing programmers and those wanting to begin a career in programming

Book DescriptionThis is an all-purpose toolkit for your programming career. It has been built by Jordan Hudgens over a lifetime of coding and teaching coding. It helps you identify the key questions and stumbling blocks that programmers encounter, and gives you the answers to them! It is a comprehensive guide containing more than 50 insights that you can use to improve your work, and to give advice in your career. The book is split up into three topic areas: Coder Skills, Freelancer Skills, and Career Skills, each containing a wealth of practical advice. Coder Skills contains advice for people starting out, or those who are already working in a programming role but want to improve their skills. It includes such subjects as: how to study and understand complex topics, and getting past skill plateaus when learning new languages. Freelancer Skills contains advice for developers working as freelancers or with freelancers. It includes such subjects as: knowing when to fire a client, and tips for taking over legacy applications. Career Skills contains advice for building a successful career as a developer. It includes such subjects as: how to improve your programming techniques, and interview guides and developer salary negotiation strategies.What you will learn

Improve your soft skills to become a better and happier coder
Learn to be a better developer
Grow your freelance development business
Improve your development career
Learn the best approaches to breaking down complex topics
Have the confidence to charge what you re worth as a freelancer
Succeed in developer job interviews

Who this book is for

This book is useful for programmers of any ability or discipline. It has advice for those thinking about beginning a career in programming, those already working as a fully employed programmer, and for those working as freelance developers.

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Jitendra Kumar

October 31, 2018

Awesome book

About the author

Jordan Hudgens is a full-stack developer and the founder of DevCamp and the Bottega Code School. As a developer for over the past 15 years, he specializes in Ruby on Rails, React, Vue.js, and TypeScript with a focus on API development. He has built applications for a wide variety of organizations, including Eventbrite and Quip. He has published and maintains multiple open-source NPM modules that help individuals automate the development process for JavaScript and TypeScript applications. Additionally, he has published over 30 courses, taught 42,000 students globally, and written several programming books.

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