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Brian Jenney
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2013
Hey, I'm Brian. I write code for a living. I want to help you learn, succeed and maybe even make more money as a developer. I beat addiction, learned to code at 30 and even led a few developer teams as a manger. On the path from n00b to engineering manager, I've seen a lot and made a lot of mistakes. Hopefully you find my insights helpful.
Code challenges, personal improvement and JavaScript propaganda to indoctrinate the masses... in a non-cult like way.
Not-So-Shameless Plugs
You can grab my Ultimate JS Guide at parsity.io/free-resources
Learn JS with a group of actual humans here: dev30.xyz
Connect with me on LinkedIn (so lame I know): linkedin.com/in/brianjenney
Data engineering and Python programs coming soon 😎
Code challenges, personal improvement and JavaScript propaganda to indoctrinate the masses... in a non-cult like way.
Not-So-Shameless Plugs
You can grab my Ultimate JS Guide at parsity.io/free-resources
Learn JS with a group of actual humans here: dev30.xyz
Connect with me on LinkedIn (so lame I know): linkedin.com/in/brianjenney
Data engineering and Python programs coming soon 😎
#180 - Tech Layoffs & AI Panic: The Truth About Tech Careers in 2024
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"AI is coming for your tech job!"
"There's no hope for coders in 2024!"
"Learn to code?! Ha, that was so 2015."
Do these click bait titles sound familiar?
I've gone down the TH-cam rabbit hole of doom and gloom videos about the tech job market and AI. The reality is much less interesting which is why you won't see much of it on platforms where extreme opinions get the most eye balls.
Excuse me while I go on a rant about layoffs, AI and getting hired in 2024 with some facts to back me up. You can check out a real time look at the tech job market here: www.trueup.io/job-trend
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🧠 Parsity (parsity.io/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fgT6x2Vmza7blZrZP3PByPls9aUF0Pbt9g9uOW7Gx0PtIY3KzSHRx6E1mgdu1L1vr1Al3) - a coding program for career changers
🚀 dev30 (dev30.xyz/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fgT6x2Vmza7blZrZP3PByPls9aUF0Pbt9g9uOW7Gx0PtIY3KzSHRx6E1mgdu1L1vr1Al3) - learn JS in 2024 and get a massive discount to Parsity
🤵🏽♂️ Brian's LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/brianjenney/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fgT6x2Vmza7blZrZP3PByPls9aUF0Pbt9g9uOW7Gx0PtIY3KzSHRx6E1mgdu1L1vr1Al3)
Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another Course (notanothercourse.carrd.co)
Serious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me (calendly.com/brianjenney83/15min) ☎️
"AI is coming for your tech job!"
"There's no hope for coders in 2024!"
"Learn to code?! Ha, that was so 2015."
Do these click bait titles sound familiar?
I've gone down the TH-cam rabbit hole of doom and gloom videos about the tech job market and AI. The reality is much less interesting which is why you won't see much of it on platforms where extreme opinions get the most eye balls.
Excuse me while I go on a rant about layoffs, AI and getting hired in 2024 with some facts to back me up. You can check out a real time look at the tech job market here: www.trueup.io/job-trend
Shameless Plugs
🧠 Parsity (parsity.io/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fgT6x2Vmza7blZrZP3PByPls9aUF0Pbt9g9uOW7Gx0PtIY3KzSHRx6E1mgdu1L1vr1Al3) - a coding program for career changers
🚀 dev30 (dev30.xyz/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fgT6x2Vmza7blZrZP3PByPls9aUF0Pbt9g9uOW7Gx0PtIY3KzSHRx6E1mgdu1L1vr1Al3) - learn JS in 2024 and get a massive discount to Parsity
🤵🏽♂️ Brian's LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/brianjenney/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fgT6x2Vmza7blZrZP3PByPls9aUF0Pbt9g9uOW7Gx0PtIY3KzSHRx6E1mgdu1L1vr1Al3)
Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another Course (notanothercourse.carrd.co)
Serious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me (calendly.com/brianjenney83/15min) ☎️
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#179 - Speak Up, Stand Out: How Public Speaking Can Unlock Your Developer Career
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) There is a valuable skill that will set you apart from most developers. It will go from a nice to have to a requirement if you want to move into leadership: Public speaking. If you’re like me, maybe you think you can just hide in your code hole and never speak. I tried this method for a few years and it sorta worked. I di...
#178 - Lessons from the 3 Smartest Developers I’ve Ever Met
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) One started a multi-million dollar business. 💰 Another wrote a popular library for unit testing that you've probably heard of. 🧠 The last one called me out on my b.s. 😅 I stole a little piece of each of these developers to accelerate my own career. I've been very lucky. I live in the epicenter of the tech universe in the ...
#177 - The science behind learning to code: Why you don’t need 10,000 hours to succeed
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Dr. Junaid Akhtar is content architect at Educative (cz5h404.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/RG 23284/cz5H404/Jl22-6qcW7lCdLW6lZ3kDW4CSKnS2PGntyW4WkWS95bxSHQW6mgbzF2XG9WgW7sKPnN5t-nKwW1Vd5V_6RLzP_W7R438r7HsG46W9fSKsD5SjBYrN4tFLPfN6Dw0W21_HGc6rf3F2W3Vms8-3TyncKW4CQhfX5MRDLmW4x_mJr5bYQLvN4XBdW5yC3dMW4v4krF7ZcnRNW1HGG526KMRKtW2R...
#176 - A Hands on Guide to Learning SQL
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Professional software developers overwhelmingly use SQL but few coding bootcamps teach it. Learning some basic SQL doesn't need to be overwhelming or complicated. Listen to the episode and follow along with this post to get some hands-on practice with SQL. Click here to grab your guide. (www.parsity.io/blog/a-hands-on-gui...
#175 - The Unwritten Rules to Becoming a Senior Developer: 4 Steps to Level Up
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Without a clear path from junior developer to senior, most developers fall into the coding trap: • You double down on your current programming language to become an "expert" • You add more tools to your tool belt like a new, more impressive programming language (Rust anyone?) • You obsess over code quality and writing err...
#174 - 4 Projects to Learn the Basics of Javascript (plus a Form Challenge in Show Notes)
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Before you watch another 100 hour TH-cam tutorial, try these 4 side projects which are small enough to do over a weekend and will teach you a hell of a lot about writing JavaScript. In this episode we will explore the concepts you will learn with these projects, how to get started and where to find information to fill in ...
#173 - Breaking into Tech After 40: The Self-Taught Developer Path with Dicky Kitchen
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Dicky Kitchen is a self-taught developer who made the leap into tech in his 40s-without a degree, bootcamp, or formal schooling. Dicky is in his first 90 days as a professional developer after a career as a phyiscal therapy assistant. We dive into Dicky’s journey from physical therapy to coding, how he found success learn...
#172 - The Free Work Formula: How Freelancing for Free Can Jumpstart Your Dev Career
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Don't hate mail me just yet. “Free” work as a developer can feel like a controversial topic, but it could be the key to jump-starting your career. I’ll walk you through strategies for gaining credibility, building a portfolio, and turning your free work into a launchpad for your development career. You will learn how to: ...
#171 - A Beginners Guide to Learning Backend Software Development with Javascript (mini-tutorial ...
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) I know the smartest and best looking developers are listening to this podcast. As a thank you, here's a mini-tutorial to learn some backend software development as a Javascript developer. Video: th-cam.com/video/9mU6Mnq9ZXY/w-d-xo.html Code: github.com/CodeCoachJS/js_pros_backend_starter.git Please share this and tag me ...
#170 - 4 Steps to Build Coding Habits that Stick (or any Positive Habit)
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) In the last decade, I got sober, learned to code, and lost 50 pounds. At the end of the day, the key to all of these transformations came down to habits. In this episode, I break down how small, consistent changes can lead to big life transformations-whether you want to improve your coding skills, land a job, or just buil...
#169 - Hacking Productivity: ADHD Strategies for Software Developers
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) The field of software development tends to attract neuro-divergent people, and because of the emphasis on problem-solving, long stretches of focus, and task management, developers with ADHD often face unique challenges. Henry Lam, an ADHD coach for professionals who shares practical strategies for • managing time • boosti...
#168 - Working as a Developer at a Startup vs a Mid-Size Company vs Fortune 100: Pros and Cons
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Wondering where to take your first step in the tech world? Should you aim for a fast-paced startup, a steady mid-sized company, or a giant like Google? In this episode I share my personal journey through all three-from a stressful startup experience to working at Fortune 100 companies. Learn the pros and cons of each envi...
#167 - Imposter Syndrome, Mental Resilience, and the Science Behind Psychedelics: A Developer’s G...
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) In this interview, Dagna Bieda, an accomplished software engineer and author of "Brain Refactor", shares how she struggled with communication as a developer and how she had to "refactor" her own mindset to reach the next level in her career as well as: • Common pitfalls that most software engineers make in their career • ...
#166 - Don't Be a Junior Developer
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1819601/open_sms) Let me be clear: junior developers are necessary. They are also risky to hire. Let's explore the economics of hiring juniors, how to de-risk yourself and what the hell "junior" really means. Also - here's my email if you want any targeted advice: brian@parsity.io Include your Github and LinkedIn and I'll give you my 3 cen...
#165 - Risk, Reward, and Reinvention: How Aaron Turned a Bootcamp Bet into a Career in Big tech
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#165 - Risk, Reward, and Reinvention: How Aaron Turned a Bootcamp Bet into a Career in Big tech
#164 - AI, the End of Front End Developers, and Jeff Bezos: What the 2024 Stack Overflow Survey T...
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#164 - AI, the End of Front End Developers, and Jeff Bezos: What the 2024 Stack Overflow Survey T...
#163 - Just Your Typical 44 Year Old Musician Turned Software Developer. Nils Reveals the Fast(er...
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#163 - Just Your Typical 44 Year Old Musician Turned Software Developer. Nils Reveals the Fast(er...
arrays and objects with JS and Instagram data
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arrays and objects with JS and Instagram data
#162 - 3 things about software I learned from a career as a criminal
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#162 - 3 things about software I learned from a career as a criminal
#161 - Oops, Did I Do That? Alex Lau and Brian Share Their Biggest Mistakes (and lessons) as Soft...
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#161 - Oops, Did I Do That? Alex Lau and Brian Share Their Biggest Mistakes (and lessons) as Soft...
#160 - No, You Don’t Need a Bootcamp or Degree to Become a Software Developer
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#160 - No, You Don’t Need a Bootcamp or Degree to Become a Software Developer
#159 - Why Pessimists Fail at Coding: How New Coders Can Build Optimism, Practically
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#159 - Why Pessimists Fail at Coding: How New Coders Can Build Optimism, Practically
#158 - Beyond Coding: The Essential Skills Every New Developer Needs
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#158 - Beyond Coding: The Essential Skills Every New Developer Needs
From Prison to Programming: William Ray on Coding Bootcamps, Addiction and Freelancing
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From Prison to Programming: William Ray on Coding Bootcamps, Addiction and Freelancing
#157 - Freelancing, Coding Bootcamps, and Overcoming Addiction with William Ray
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#157 - Freelancing, Coding Bootcamps, and Overcoming Addiction with William Ray
#156 - Surviving your first week as a software developer: SDLC, 30 Day Plans, On-Calls and more
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#156 - Surviving your first week as a software developer: SDLC, 30 Day Plans, On-Calls and more
#155 - Insider Tips from a Top 1% Career Coach for Software Developers: Megan Dias Gets Real Abou...
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#155 - Insider Tips from a Top 1% Career Coach for Software Developers: Megan Dias Gets Real Abou...
The 3 coding interviews you WILL encounter
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The 3 coding interviews you WILL encounter
#154 - I Got Laid Off from my Tech Job.... and Hired in the Same Month
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#154 - I Got Laid Off from my Tech Job.... and Hired in the Same Month
Go to google trends, look at the worldwide search volume for "ai code editor' over the last 12 months.. (even the last 90 days if you want). Where is the volume coming from? It's interesting. AI code editors are a grift. AI software engineer is a grift. None of it works. It make bad devs feel like they are getting better (they are not) and it slows down devs who know what they are doing.
Rational people still exist. Thank you!
I have never heard anything more authentic than this interview. Drawing parallels between a criminal past and now ? I love this. I have had no criminal past and I am struggling to get a job in this market. But I feel like I haven't been trying hard enough. This is gold !! Thanks to both of you.
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Hello Brian, I would love to have this interview session with you. 👍🙂
The data was actually logging when it was put in the return statement. He didn't reload the page. Although, he shouldn't have used the console.log in a return statement. console.log() will run immediately the component is mounted. That will lead to lots undefined and even after the data Is fetched, it will still be undefined until the UI is refreshed.
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Hey brian, loved your advice just wanted to ask what if you live in a 3rd world country and they tell you to make the whole website yourself and publish it on Google for them. Now i am new to web development but i know for a fact that you cant publish it on on Google for free you need a domain set up and everything so what can i do about that should i just look for people who alr bought a domain and have a working website that i can tell them i can make optimizations to it?
Thanks ❤
LOL! "Do I trust the author? I guess so.... yeah, because I am the freaking author." 😂
Cool thanks 🎉
Thanks for sharing your wisdom and practices
As always height quality content ❤
Where can we access the resources mentioned in this video?
Your take on this is flippant... it's an absolute bloodbath in the job market. Your logic about 40+ devs going into management (thus freeing up developer vacancies) is sound logic, but in the market right now that is not how it is playing out. Even seniors are struggling although they are getting an odd interview compared to a junior. What I've seen is a merging of roles like DevOps and Dev and sometimes QA into a single role with above norm compensation. It is brutal out there even with everything you listed at 1:52
yeah i dont wanna be a cornball influencer lol
very informative, thanks for sharing and keep up the good work❤🙏
What has happened to software once it was so white and freee
Boohoo
I started in the humanities. Worked in service for 5 years. Went through a boot camp. Searched like a mofo. Got into a small startup for comms and did a bit of dev. Did menial dev stuff for work, side projects in my spare time and learned the industry. Lost that job, searched like a mofo, took lower paying jobs in the interim, got something with a lil bit more tech duties. Rinse and repeat
Another person making a video that only blames the desperate person just trying to get a job. And doesnt even mention the root of the problem. Not one breath. All his energy goes toward telling you why youre not good enough.... yet... because you didnt have HIS help. Smh...
Hi Brian, thanks for the info and the roadmap. If you are willing to dissect a CV/Website for a video and give some critique and advice, I am more than happy to be the guinea pig.
It is an absolutely terrible time to be a bootcamp grad with no experience at this point in time, far worse than it has been in the past. Obviously some people are exceptional or won't give up but the real question to ask is whether or not the industry still has returns proportional to the amount of effort put in when compared to other opportunities. At this point if you don't have a degree, and have no software development experience you should probably pursue a degree or pursue a different career tbh. Not saying that's how it should be just my conclusion after talking to people.
I skip every video who is havig the same title or similar one. don;t listen to any of them just keep doing your thing and improve.
I have spent 8k on a bootcamp i am 4 months in ive failed my first 2 projects. im not doing it to get emplopyed but to improve my skillset. tbh i wish id just made a website and uploaded projects to it as i dont have the time to commit to the course fully which is why i am getting bad results. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated
Agree with most of this. When I evaluate a candidate, I put a lot more weight on github than linkedin though. LinkedIn seems like mostly BSers BSing BSers to try to get to the top of BS mountain. I would never eliminate a candidate because I didn't like their code style on gh. A code repo is much harder to fake imo.
AI will replace politicians 😉
Says the diversity hire…..
You are just jealous
@@jigsaw2253 you’re probably an Indian making 1/10th of what I make
Will brought me!
Wowww. Very inspirational 🔥
That’s my homie!!!!
@@brookesweedar gotta get you on next 😉- and yes, William is a bawssss
This was a fantastic listen gentlemen!
So inspiring. As someone with a similar story, thank you for sharing all this. It motivates me to share my story as well
Thanks for sharing - good listen for sure.
I’m gonna listen to this
@@Cognitoman you better! 😂
greating from Berlin, while am struggling to have a job and listening to your story. You are great William you are great
@@opencode1 much appreciated 🇩🇪
Good interview! Perseverance is key.
Thank you so much for having me!!!!
@@thetechdad87 thank you! Genuinely had a great time speaking with you
You just gotta lie - if you’re telling the truth don’t count on a call
Great video. I am, however, just sad that all of these things are necessary for a person to find an entry lvl Junior job, or an internship. Take me for example, I have a bachelors degree in Comp Sci, I am a masters student, I have finished courses for React, I am very well versed in javascript, very decent at CSS. I have about 3 projects, 2 front end, and 1 fullstack that i have done for myself. However, if I have not deployed my websites somewhere for someone to see or use or sold it to somoeone or did it for someone, or I dont even know, now suddenly I have very very difficult time finding a JUNIOR position job. How am I not qualified enough for a damn junior job?? Kinda sad man, that today you gotta do all these things to literaly even get started... P.S I also have finished a year of an internship, ONLY beacuse in my country we are guaranteed an internship at a random company which is payed by the state.
I’m a manual qa currently employed. Is it even worth learning to code to transition into a developer job? Seems experienced developers are struggling massively to land a job.
As A CS degree holder who's still looking for their first full-time position, I am tired of volunteering my time for others and trying to navigate the politics of open-source projects just to try to gain some experience that would give me a chance at gaining paid employment. I'm beginning to need income so badly that I'm expanding my job search to nearly anything that will give me a callback. There 1million other people applying
CS grads have grown to such an extent that they outpace supply, especially now that we are no longer in a low interest environment. A decade ago there we had about 25k grads annually, now we are way over 100k. Supply and demand.
I refuse to use LinkedIn. Way too easy to discriminate.
how do you make connections when almost 100% of the employers ask for it?
Me either. I don't have social media period. I'm not going to start for a corperation and let LinkedIn make money off my information.
Demand is low right now, hard to find job. Big surprise. It’s called a cycle and things recover. Now with the internet and the inherent fact that devs are active online, we are hearing the never ending cynicism and crying of it.
"things will recover" is unhelpful when rent is due at the end of the month Landlord doesn't give a AF, he wanted his rent payment yesterday 😂
@@noneplayercharacter729 Your acting like programming will go away. Sometimes a 1 or 2 year break is needed... Just get a crappy side job in any retail job, while continuing to prepare and apply to coding jobs.
@@centripetal6157 minimum wage retail jobs don't pay enough to rent an apartment in USA
I went from computer science to nursing. I miss coding so much 😢
Was it the right choice?
Are you still in school? I'm an unemployed SWE, and have been considering going back to school for nursing
@@noneplayercharacter729 yes 2nd year
Supply and demand thing bro. Fact of the matter is that you could have all of these things down pack and your chances will still be relatively small/almost the same just because there aren’t any jobs. You’re trying to instill hope in people with no experience and no cs background when the people with cs degrees and internships aren’t getting a shot. You wanna make a video on how to get a software developer job, make a video on how to network!!
That emotional rollercoaster is real. I didn't feel nervous almost at all before interviews. And after I got rejected, I didn't feel much. But then after a couple of days, I started feeling like I'm a no good dev, I won't ever be employed and I'm just wasting people's time. I actually quit all the other recruitment processes. I was also a bit bitter because I had studied for a long time, and I felt like I didn't get to present how broad knowledge and eagerness to learn I had. I resumed school and didn't apply anymore, but then I got a job offer from someone anyways, I took that and became a junior dev. But now I have to search for a job again and the market is even worse than 2 years ago when I first applied. Well at least I have some work experience, so there's that. But I have a feeling that getting rejected is gonna hurt even more this time because I feel like I "should" get a job.
Did this man just say “buy a url”? You can’t be serious. It’s called a domain name…
Since the demand for SE is going down, they come here to shill a brighter picture of the market. Easiest and most lucrative thing to sell is hope.
As a C++ developer I had no trouble getting hired even as a junior. I agree that there are too many people that have nothing to show for and expect companies to blindly put their faith in them. Build a github portfolio that shows off what you can do.
Can you Please Share Javascript Interview Questions You mentioned In the Video .