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Learn to Advocate for Yourself as a Developer - Career Advice from Rizel Scarlett
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- 1 Why Rizel switched from psychology to IT and, later, to coding
- 2 Rizel tried many different jobs. Here’s why that’s not a bad thing!
- 3 How Rizel approached learning to code
- 4 Community and camaraderie are important parts of learning to code
- 5 How Rizel decided to enroll in a bootcamp
- 6 On learning to code with your significant other
- 7 Thinking like a programmer comes with practice
- 8 Why Rizel pursued internships
- 9 Why connections are important
- 10 What was Rizel’s internship experience like
- 11 What should you look for in an internship or your first job?
- 12 Break
- 13 What juniors bring to the table
- 14 How Rizel discovered developer advocacy and got hired as a developer advocate at GitHub
- 15 What does a supportive manager do
- 16 How Rizel approaches personal branding
- 17 You can’t expect people to find you. The best person to advocate for you is you
- 18 How to work on your public speaking
- 19 How to work on your writing and how Rizel approaches writing blog posts
- 20 How to get involved with the community
- 21 Closing advice: it’s okay to switch your focus, take your time, and maintain a list of your wins!
