31 | Things We Struggle With

In this episode, Amy and James are honest about some of the things they struggle with. -- Things they struggled with early in their tech career and some of the things they continue to struggle with even now.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:54 Struggling with learning new things
• 3:18 Concepts I used to struggle with
• 5:44 Struggling with Technical Interviews
• 6:26 Struggling with Giving Presentations
• 7:20 Struggling with Algorithms
• 9:48 How I Learn New Things
  • Level Up Tutorials
  • Wes Bos
  • James Q Quick
    • Svelte Crash Course
    • Asynchronous JavaScript
    • Promise.all Video
  • Amy's Git Series on YouTube
• 13:05 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 13:58 Advice for Learning New Things: Build Stuff
• 16:21 Some of the Things we Struggle with Now
• 23:13 Sponsor: Vercel
• 24:43 Creating content
• 27:19 Writing production code
• 29:51 Imposter Syndrome
• 35:01 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 36:25 Grab Bag Questions: How do I get paid without feeling guilty?
• 40:29 Picks and Plugs
• 40:40 James's Pick: Freedom Writers on Netflix
• 41:21 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube
• 41:39 Amy's Pick - 2Bobs Podcast
• 42:16 Amy's Plug - SelfTeach.me on Twitch