Getting a Coding Job For Dummies

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Никхил Абрахам. Getting a Coding Job For Dummies

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I. Getting a Job in Coding

Chapter 1. Seeing the Big Picture

What Is Coding?

Why Coding Matters: Past, Present, Future

Tracking the Explosion of Coding Jobs

Companies Hiring Coding Professionals

Chapter 2. Exploring Coding Career Paths

Augmenting Your Existing Job

Finding a New Coding Job

Chapter 3. Working as a Coder

Writing Code by Using a Process

Compensating a Coder

A Week in the Life of a Coder

Chapter 4. Understanding Key Coding Concepts

Developing for the Front End and Back End

Storing Data in SQL and NoSQL Databases

Saving Your Code in a Repository

Optimizing Code for Search Engines

Part II. Technologies Used When Coding

Chapter 5. Creating a Website

What Do HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Do?

Common HTML Tasks and Tags

Common CSS Tasks and Selectors

Common JavaScript Tasks and Commands

Practicing Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Chapter 6. Programming with Ruby and Python

Introducing Ruby and Python

Coding Advanced Functionality

Choosing between Ruby and Python

Chapter 7. Creating Mobile Apps

Defining Types of Mobile Apps

Creating Mobile Web Apps for Any Phone

Coding Native Mobile Apps for iPhones and Android Devices

Identifying the Parts of an App

Chapter 8. Analyzing Big Data

Understanding Big Data

Decoding Data with R and Python

Visualizing and Interacting with Data

Part III. Getting Your Coding Education

Chapter 9. Coding on Your Own

Assessing Your Goal, Time, and Budget

Learning to Code Online and Offline

Staying on Target to Achieve Your Goal

Just Ship It

Collect Feedback

Iterate on Your Code

Share Your Successes and Failures

Chapter 10. Going to Boot Camp

Discovering Coding Boot Camps

Filtering Boot Camps by Topic and Quality

Understanding the Coding Boot Camp Curriculum

Choosing the Right Boot Camp for You

Applying to a Coding Boot Camp

Preparing to Attend a Coding Boot Camp

Finding a Job after a Coding Boot Camp

Chapter 11. Exploring Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees

Getting a College Degree

Enrolling in an Advanced Degree Program

Interning to Build Credibility

Chapter 12. Training on the Job

Taking a Work Project to the Next Level

Learning on the Job and After Work

Freelancing to Build Confidence and Skills

Transitioning to a New Role

Part IV. Launching Your Career Path

Chapter 13. Building Your Portfolio Site

Introducing Sarah Rudder’s Portfolio Site

Introducing Matt Rudder’s Portfolio Site

Creating Your Own Portfolio Site

Chapter 14. Networking for Opportunities

Networking in the Real World

Building Your Online Network

Creating a Winning Resume

Chapter 15. Interviewing and Becoming a Star

Getting the Interview

Surviving Interviews

Becoming a Star Employee

Part V. The Part of Tens

Chapter 16. Ten Interview Questions Decoded

Can You Walk Me through Your Resume?

What Recent Project Have Your Worked On?

Why Do You Want to Work Here?

What Feature Would You Add to or Remove from Product X?

What Team Conflict Have You Resolved?

What Is Your Ideal Company and Job?

What Is Your Superpower?

Which Three Strengths and Weaknesses Would Your Friends Use to Describe You?

What Do You Know to Be True that Most People Disagree With or Find Surprising?

What Questions Do You Have for Me?

Chapter 17. Ten Job Search Strategies

Publish Your Code

Blog Regularly

Learn New Technologies

Update and Refresh Your Resume

Review Your Public Information

Attend Hackathons

Teach Yourself a Popular API

Build and Release Something People Want

Consult to Fix a Painful Problem

Do a Trial Engagement

Chapter 18. Ten Coding Myths

You Must Be Good at Math

You Must Have Studied Engineering

You Can Learn Coding in a Few Weeks

You Need a Great Idea to Start Coding

Ruby Is Better than Python

Only College Graduates Receive Coding Offers

You Must Have Experience

Tech Companies Don’t Hire Women or Minorities

The Highest Paying Coding Jobs Are in San Francisco

Your Previous Experience Isn’t Relevant

Chapter 19. Ten Coding Job Websites

Part-Time and Contract Coding Jobs

Full-Time Coding Jobs

Talk the Talk

Big Data

Employment

Mobile

Infrastructure

Web Development

About the Author

Dedication

Author Acknowledgements

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Everywhere you turn, people are looking for coders. In offices and boardrooms, at your neighborhood bar, and around the family table, people have ideas wanting to become websites, data needing to be analyzed, and processes waiting to turn into a mobile app. Building a product requires many people – including designers, product managers, marketers, and content creators – but finding coders is always at the top of everyone’s list because they are so scarce.

On the supply side of the equation, learning to code and then getting a job can feel overwhelming. However, there have never been more ways to learn how to code, including on your own, in school, at a coding boot camp, and on the job. And companies of every size and type are hiring developers.

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Figure 1-3: Airbnb booked 5 million nights after three and a half years, and its next 5 million nights six months later.

The one constant in technology and coding is change. Improvements in existing computer architecture will lead to the creation of newer, faster, and smaller hardware devices, and developers will then write code to operate and control those hardware devices.

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